BESSIE SMITH

Although being the highest-paid Black performing artist during the 1920s, Bessie Smith’s life hasn’t always been fashionable. This poster symbolically represents her story, but in a bold, confident, supreme way for that was the type of artist she was. To her core, Bessie is a gritty gal with a glamorous presence, and this poster is my effort in shining a light on such a remarkable woman.

Poster featured in the Black Prairie Blues Museum during a celebration of Mississippi’s Black History!