“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”
Elizabeth Catlett“"I was born in the US and l have lived in Mexico since 1946. I believe that all these states of being have influenced my work and made it what you see today. I am inspired by Black people and Mexican people, my two peoples. My art speaks for both my peoples" ~ Elizabeth Catlett”
Melanie Anne Herzog“Art is only important to the extent that it aids in the liberation of our people.”
Elizabeth Catlett, Traditions And Transformations: Contemporary Afro American Sculpture: The Bronx Museum Of The Arts, February 21 May 27, 1989