Homecoming: Leo Twiggs' Art | Art of Jonathan Green and Leo Twiggs | Carolina Stories - Episode 6

Leo Twiggs has certain recurring themes in his work.

Twiggs has a series called the Hurricane Hugo series.  Twiggs states, "The hurricane series became more than just a series about the wind. When I started doing it, it translated into... the adversity that African Americans have to overcome, and it was standing fast in the face of all that adversity. Then I thought, the adversity that all of us have... you know, that we have to stand fast, that nature... presents adversity... humans, other humans, present adversity."

Green and Twiggs are sons of the South with messages and meanings influenced by their heritage, refined through their memories, and reflected through their artwork.

Standards

• VA.C Connecting - I can relate artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
  • VA.C.6 I can identify and examine the role of visual arts through history and world cultures.
    • VA.C AH.6 I can analyze the beliefs, values, and behaviors of a society and how they impact an artist's’ work.
• VA.C Connecting - I can relate artistic ideas and work with personal meaning and external context.
  • VA.C.6 I can identify and examine the role of visual arts through history and world cultures.
    • VA.C AL.6 I can analyze the function and meaning of artworks from various cultures and time periods.
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
  • 1.11 Explain how political, social, and economic institutions are similar or different across time and/or throughout the world.
• 1 Literacy Skills for Social Studies
  • 1.6 Interpret information from a variety of social studies resources.