ANGELA D. BRIGGS
Multimedia artist, Angela Briggs creates personal shrines, spirits dolls, masks, prints, books, assemblage, instruments, and public art. Signature pieces in Briggs’ repertoire of art to wear include her one-of-a-kind Khatiti JuJu bags and necklaces made from gourds, coconut shells, leather, bone fiber, and copper.
Briggs’ spirit dolls and prints are featured in “The Healing Passage” and “Higher Ground” a film and CD by S. Pearl Sharp, Art Doll Quarterly, and The Complete Book of Carving and Gourd Spirit Dolls, by Jim Widess and Ginger Summit.
Her work has been exhibited at CAAM, Watts Tower Art Center, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Temecula Valley Museum, and various galleries in California. She was one of the artists commissioned for Earth Day, to address global warming by constructing a seven-foot globe using natural and recycled materials.
For 45 years, Angela Briggs has worked with K-12, college students, and adults with disabilities, creating workshops that teach history and traditions of African, Native American, and Asian cultures at several school sites in California.
Briggs’ spirit dolls and prints are featured in The Complete Book of Gourd Carving and Making Gourd Dolls and Spirit Figures by Jim Widess and Ginger Summit, the CD Higher Ground, S. Pearl Sharp’s documentary. The Healing Passage/Voices From The Water and Art Doll Quarterly. She is an Associate Artist at Dorland Mountain Arts Colony.
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