SILER CITY, N.C. — Tiana Brooks, a senior artist at Jordan-Matthews High School and JMArts Scholar, was commissioned to create work for the first-ever JMArts spring greeting cards now on sale.
Her digital work, “symbol of strength”, will appear on greeting cards sold by JMArts, the Jordan-Matthews Arts Foundation, to raise money for JM artists. Brooks received $100 for the rights to reproduce her work.
The greeting cards are designed for any occasion and planned for sale before Mother’s Day, graduation and other spring occasions. They feature the digital work on the front with a blank area inside for personal messages. The back lists the name of the artist and her work, along with a very short artist statement.
Brooks was recently selected as one of 35 high school artists statewide to exhibit work at The 2021 Emerging Artists Invitational, an exhibition for high school artists sponsored by the Darrell E. Sechrest Art Gallery and the High Point University School of Art and Design. Her mixed media work, “Say Their Names”, is appearing now in the exhibition being held online this year due to the pandemic. The exhibition runs through April 19.
Preorders for JMArts greeting cards are now being accepted online at JMArtsGreetingCards.com. Packets of 10 cards and 12 envelopes are $10 each at the Jordan-Matthews High School office — or $13 by mail to domestic addresses. The domain forwards to a Google form, where you can place an order and pay online with a credit card or through the mail by cash or check.
More information about JMArts, including a schedule of upcoming arts events and information on membership, is available online at JMArts.org.
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The front and back panels of this spring’s JMArts greeting cards featuring Tiana Brooks’s digital work, “symbol of strength”.