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“Willow Moon” by Tamara Natalie Madden (Jamaican), Oil on canvas / 2009, The Wright Museum (Detroit, Michigan) #WomenInArt #WomanArtist #WomensArt #WomenArtists #TamaraNatalieMadden #ArtText #art #TheWright #JamaicanArtist #ContemporaryArt #WayneState #FemaleArtist #BlackArtist #TheWrightMuseum
Late Jamaican-born painter and mixed-media artist Tamara Natalie Madden is known for her allegories whose subjects are the people of the African diaspora. In her 2009 oil painting “Willow Moon,” there’s a mirrored likeness, from the color palette to the focused gaze in the eyes, found in the close-up of a beautiful Black woman and a small red bird perched on her fingers. Birds were common in Madden’s paintings and often represented struggle, survival, and freedom. The woman’s exquisite brown skin is illuminated with rich golden hues plus red and orange highlights. Her body is adorned by a muted forest green quilt with intricately designed fabrics. Madden’s attention to the detailed threads is a nod to her Jamaican roots where quilting is a form of familial storytelling and clothing complements one’s essential beauty. The unidentified woman’s bare collar bone is clearly defined and teases her soft sensuousness while adding to an aura that evokes a message of divine femininity. Madden’s personal story of a serious illness that led her to rediscover art and her battle with a rare form of cancer that led to her passing in 2017 (at 42) is a source of inspiration. She participated in her first art exhibition in 2001 - the same year she received a kidney transplant from her brother. Living in Atlanta, Georgia, she created images based on her memories of the people of her native Jamaica, placing them in high-status fabrics (like raw silks, or colorful satins), that mimicked those worn by royalty. As we see in this painting, birds were a common theme in many of Madden's paintings, chosen as a personal symbol of her freedom from illness.
June 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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P.S. Dr. King said: "We are not makers of history. We are made by history." 🙏🏾

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January 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM
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MTSU School of Music's premier student big band, Jazz Ensemble I, will perform a free concert beginning at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Hinton Music Hall of theWright Music Building at 1439 Faulkinberry Drive. Click to learn more. #mtsu #jazz
MTSU School of Music presents Jazz Ensemble I student concert Feb. 19
The free concert begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 19, in the Hinton Music Hall of theWright Music Building at 1439 Faulkinberry Drive.
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February 12, 2026 at 10:00 PM