A celebration of the life of Tom Feelings, a professor in the art department from 1988 to 1996, will be held at 3 p.m. Sept. 13 at the State Museum on Gervais Street. Feelings, 70, died Aug. 25 after a battle with cancer.
In 1995, Feelings published The Middle Passage about the transatlantic journey that brought enslaved Africans to the Americas. The book contained only illustrations, no text. Although it depicted many of the horrors of the journey, it was intended for young people. An exhibition of works from the book, organized by McKissick Museum, toured the country.
The artist illustrated 20 books, including Something on My Mind and Daydreamers, both winners of the Coretta Scott King Award given by the American Library Association. Moja Means One and Jambo Means Hello each was named a Caldecott Honor book, an honor presented annually to the illustrator of the most distinguished American picture book for children.
In 1987, he published Now Sheba Sings the Song, a collaboration with writer Maya Angelou. A new book, I See Your Face, by Feelings and Kwame Dawes, English, will be published next year.
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