Madame Jacque

On Friday I was fortunate to be able to ride into Farmville with a couple of artist/curators who had business at the LCVA. It was the perfect opportunity to pay my respect to a dear friend and mentor, the sculptor Jackie Wall.

Jackie's story would be a good read and is the result of strong convictions and passion for the world around her. She's an advocate for art, culture, nature conservation, human relations, much less race relations! She has exhibited her sculpture throughout the mid Atlantic and been a force for change during the past 40 years or so in central Virginia.

Late one morning I was pulling into my studio parking lot and was shocked to hear Jackie's voice on NPR! She was interviewed as part of "Separate But Unequal, How a Student-Led Protest Helped Change the Nation." She is the voice of reason and promise in this interview that honored the 50th anniversary of Brown vs the Board of Education. If you visit this link and listen to the second part of the interview series you'll hear Jackie talking about her experiences during that era and the promise of the future.

She's the real deal. At 81, she's still a force of nature.