About the speaker
Kyle Yearwood is a visual artist from Baltimore, MD. Kyle attended Morgan State University, and received a B.A. in Screenwriting & Animation (Film) in 2014. Kyle's work has been published in various outlets such as: Afropunk, Complex, The Baltimore Sun, and Essence. In 2018 alone, Kyle has had work featured in the National Black Theatre in Harlem, The Tectonic Space in Baltimore, and participated in an augmented reality exhibition at the Museum of the African Diaspora in San Francisco. Kyle is a Light City - Neighborhood Lights award recipient and premiered his first major art instillation in the Spring of 2018 in the heart of Baltimore City.
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So my first tip for you all is to write down what you want. Write down the vision that you have for yourself.
Wonder is an inside job.
I think that the people that truly enjoy and connect with my artwork do so because they see the magic and beauty in it; and there was already magic and beauty inside them. And that is what they mean when they say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or in this case, wonder is in the heart of the wonderful.
Before I could create the artwork that you see, I had to do some serious inner work. I had to tune into my own power, into my own magic, into my own beauty. And that truthfully wasn't easy. It was a process of being in the dark and having no other choice but to look toward the light.
Every time I get the opportunity to speak, I am reminded of a note that I wrote to myself back in 2014. And in that note I wrote I want to be at the podium of life. Only those who have something to say get to stand at the podium. Only those who have accomplished something get to stand at the podium.
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