Cleveland artist Tyrone Moore. In this column, Justice B. Hill draws our attention to the underappreciated art on the walls of Cleveland Hopkins International Airport. He especially highlights the work of Moore, who uses his art to educate and celebrate the Black Diaspora, providing travelers with a unique and captivating visual experience.CLEVELAND, Ohio — I think often about things people miss when they walk about with their eyes wide shut. They tend not to see the beauty that surrounds them.
Nowhere in the years since college did Moore, 52, distance himself from art. The charcoal portraits he drew for friends kept art in his mind. It’s given him an outside interest that’s brought him acclaim — here and elsewhere.His art spoke to themes that have long appealed to me. While I appreciate the classical artists and the contemporary ones as well, I’ve got a special spot in my heart for works that tell my people’s stories.
alive in my mind — seemingly ready to spellbind with their beauty travelers who stroll the corridors inside Hopkins. I have no idea where Moore gets inspiration. I don’t particularly care, because as a writer, I don’t know where I get mine. One moment something can stoke an artist’s imagination, and off he goes to following that idea wherever it heads.Justice B. Hill grew up and still lives in the Glenville neighborhood. He wrote and edited for several newspapers in his more than 25 years in daily journalism before settling into teaching at Ohio University. He quit May 15, 2019, to write and globetrot.
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