Seitu Jones

Seitu Kenneth Jones
Seitu Jones
Born1951
NationalityAmerican
EducationM.L.S. in Environmental History and a B.S. in Landscape Design[1]
Alma materUniversity of Minnesota
Known forPublic artist
Notable work“Turnip Greens” Nashville Farmers Market, Nashville, TN, 2019; “At the Crossroads: A Community Meal,” Newfields, Indianapolis, IN, 2019; “Shadows at the Crossroads,” Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, MN, 2019 (collaboration with Ta-coumba T. Aiken and Soyini Guyton); “CREATE: The Community Meal,” St. Paul, MN, 2014 ; Rice Street, Dale Street and Lexington Parkway Light Rail Stations, St. Paul, MN, 2014; Storyteller’s Bench, Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul, MN, 2013; Harriet Tubman, Tubman Center Alliance, Minneapolis, MN, 2003
MovementBlack Arts Movement
SpouseSoyini Guyton
ChildrenJowell Jones and Jacke Jones
Websiteseitujonesstudio.com

Seitu Jones (born 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer known for his large-scale public artworks and environmental design. Working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, Jones has created over forty large-scale public art works.[2][3]

Jones is retired from the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Arts MFA program at Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington and lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota.[4]

  1. ^ "A NOURISHING CAREER". Forecast Public Art. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Walker Art Center Commissions New Work by Seitu Jones and Ta-coumba T. Aiken for the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden". walkerart.org. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  3. ^ "Seitu Jones". B Magazine. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
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