Isaka Shamsud-Din
Image above: Detail of Bilalian Odyssey (1983), oil on wood panel. Installed in the Oregon Convention Center.
Isaka Shamsud-Din is an artist, educator, and activist who has been capturing the lives, histories, and cultures of African American and African diaspora peoples in his paintings, drawings, murals, teachings, and community projects for most of his 77 years.
Isaka Shamsud-Din is an artist, educator, and activist who has been capturing the lives, histories, and cultures of African American and African diaspora peoples in his paintings, drawings, murals, teachings, and community projects for most of his 77 years.
Isaka has been working on his legacy project, an 19-month Juneteenth Calendar, for many years and he is excited to announce that you can order your calendar today!
To provide ongoing support to Isaka, become his patron at http://patreon.com/isaka. See a list of current patrons below. Thanks to you all—you're helping turn this idea into reality!
Gratitude and praise to these generous, supportive, and visionary patrons of Shamsud-Din Studio and this work.
Gratitude and praise to these generous, supportive, and visionary patrons of Shamsud-Din Studio and this work.
- Arlene Schnitzer, The Harold & Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation; core sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
- Teressa Raiford, Don't Shoot Portland (soon to grow into The Children's Art and Social Justice Council!) director; 2020 candidate for Portland Mayor; fiscal sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
- Victor Maldonado, "dean of inclusion," Pacific Northwest College of Art; assistant professor, foundation, media arts, studio arts
- Matt Letzelter, Director, Watershed; associate professor, printmaking, Pacific Northwest College of Art; fine art sponsor, Juneteenth Calendar
- and just in...Morel Ink—Scott Ballo & Ben Wood—printing sponsor of the Juneteenth Calendar!
- and Tiffany Burnette, designhype; graphic design, layout and colorway design, Juneteenth Calendar
These individuals and organizations are collaborators, supporters, and friends who sustain this work 🙏
- Barb Hall, Schnitzer Care Foundation
- Mary Constans
- Elijah Hassan, fellow, Open Signal
- Yugen Rashad, KBOO Radio
- Milo Reed, Oregon Historical Society
- Jay Cunningham, Multnomah County Library - North Portland
- Julie Ann Rogers
- Laura Byrd
- Anna-Katharina Rigby
- Ishaq Shamsud-Din
- Ma'aloom Shamsud-Din
- Rosemari Banks
- Dominique LaBaw
- Sandra Toussaint
- Jenisa Reed
- Susan Paine
- MESO
- Mark Oliver, Metropolitan Family Services
Thanks to the Patreon Patrons who helped start and keep this whole thing rolling!
- Alexis Morgan
- Asiatic Traveler
- Charlene Levesque
- Cleophas C. Chambliss
- Dominique LaBaw
- Ida J. Cunningham
- Ishaq Shamsud-Din
- Jenisa Reed
- Jennifer Lahoda
- Julie Ann Rogers
- Laura Byrd
- Leonora Ramirez
- Ma'aloom Shamsud-Din
- Marian Gallagher
- Rosemari Banks
- Sandra Toussaint
- and you? Join them at patreon.com/isaka