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 Casting a Net #4, 36″ x 40″, oil on canvas Basketlady #16, 16″ x 20″, oil on canvas

Casting a Net #4 and Basketlady #16 are part of an exhibit which focuses on the Gullah Culture in South Carolina. The exhibit was curated by the Art in Embassies Program (AIEP). The program was established within the United States Department of State in 1964 by President John F. Kennedy and his wife Jackie.

The goal of AIEP is to promote national pride and a sense of cultural identity by displaying America's art and its artists throughout the world. The program places more than 5,000 works of art in the public rooms of approximately 180 American diplomatic residences worldwide. Artwork is borrowed from galleries, museums, individual artists, and corporate and private collections. AIEP curators develop thematic exhibitions in collaboration with each ambassador, taking into account the host country's artistic traditions and cultural mores.

The Gullah Culture exhibit will be on display for two years in Luanda, Angola at the residence of Ambassador Chris McMullen. View all artwork in this exhibit.