I Am Biracial Series
I created a series of smaller, painted self-portraits entitled; I Am Biracial. Along with my continuous search for my racial identity,...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
He Is Biracial Series
Throughout He Is Biracial, Roebuck has sewn three portraits that depict three different ages (Middle School, High School, and College),...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Rise
Rise is calling to human beings to acknowledge the excluded and ignored and bringing to light how we are living in a pronounced racially...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Better Than Blood
This piece is specifically about my mother’s and I’s relationship and how she has always taken care of my hair. More specifically, how...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Still We Rise
Still We Rise is a larger-than-life textile featuring four portraits of my grandmother, myself, my birth mother, and my adoptive mother....
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
We Are Blood I Series
We Are Blood I, is a wood cutout featuring the artist as a child and her 3 older siblings. This piece is inspired by a poem entitled By...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Not Enough
This piece depicts the artist and her younger brother, specifically examining their racial impostor syndrome as biracial siblings adopted...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Enough I Series
Have you ever felt enough? I mean deep within Your bones That you Belonged That you Were worthy That you Were Enough A...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Interconnectedness I Series
This series specifically examines how the artist has been piecing together her racial wholeness. Through exploring her racial impostor...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 2 min
How Does a Voice Sound
I have been told I am all white I have been told That I needed to change I have been told That I have been searching for connection A...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Blossom II Series
The Blossom series delves into the challenges faced by the artist, who identifies as biracial, as well as her healing process as a...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Blossom I Series
The Blossom series delves into the challenges faced by the artist, who identifies as biracial, as well as her healing process as a...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
One Must Not Wither I Series
One must not wither But Decide to Blossom To embrace All of Yourself The shattered The whole Stitched back together
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
One Must Not Wither II Series
One must not wither But Decide to Blossom To embrace All of Yourself The shattered The whole Stitched back together
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
It's Not Voluntary I and II
Have you ever felt like an outsider? That you didn’t belong Or maybe You were denied That constant Reminder An outsider That wasn’t...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Pillow Talk
I have been Searching And searching For any sign Even a glance Of how How a voice could Sound white Is there even such a thing I want to...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
A Tapestry of Difficulties II
A Tapestry of Difficulties My hair caught on fire By a candle the Height Of a child A society where you Are Forced to decide My older...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Your Voice Sounds White
You say I am all white But how can I be all white? I am 30% Nigerian You say my voice sounds white But how does a voice sound white? I am...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 2 min
Ashen
The Lingering Sound of Your Voice Imprinted on the eight-yr-old Like a Leaf Cast Within a Rock Never to be Escaped Always Haunting Always...
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Josie Roebuck
- Jun 2
- 1 min
From Deserving to Denial
There is an emptiness Festering within The feeling of Authenticity and Belonging Have vanished The sense of Identity is lost They...
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