Descriptions of Workbooks on Table, no specific order:
My Baltimore Workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover features a hand-drawn illustration of a person with dark hair, a light brown complexion and a pinkish top looking out from a large door with a window to their right, with three miniature white swans floating behind them on the right. There is one large swan drawn on the bottom of the door. The title at the top, highlighted in yellow, reads “My Baltimore.” At the bottom right, also highlighted in yellow, reads “Written and Illustrated by Gloria Garrett. Photos by Ben Garrett. Copyright 2019.” While the texture of the cover is smooth, the material suggests it was thick and textured, with a nearly oily feel to it as if touching pastels. The silvers also appear to be reflective.
The Afro Star Workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover features a hand-drawn illustration of two adults and a baby. All three have dark brown complexions and are looking to their right, with the two adults in profile. The largest male figure has dark brown skin, a white head covering, and is wearing a flowing white robe. The medium female figure is sitting and has dark brown skin, a red head covering, and silvery hoop earrings. The baby she is holding appears to be wrapped in a white blanket. Next to them is a large, silver, Christian cross. There are yellow highlighted text boxes below it that read: “Information About Our History: The Afro Star,” “Written and Illustrated by Gloria Garrett, A Baltimore City Artist,” “Copyright 2019.”
Flowers and You Workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover features a colorful, textured painting showing a young girl with a light brown complexion and dark hair covered by a red bandana wearing a red shirt and blue pants, tending to a flower garden. The flowers are vibrant and cover most of the scene with reds, oranges, and greens. They are surrounded by a circular brick flower bed. At the top, the title reads “Flowers and You” in large, all capital, typed letters, and appears to have been cut out separately from the rest of the work. Near the bottom, a typed label outlined by a dark green marker box says “Written and Illustrated Gloria Garrett. Copyright 2019.”
Peace My Joy Workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. This cover features a large, hand-drawn peace sign in the center, with shades of red, brown, orange, and some green. There are scribbled lines around the border of the cover in various colors. At the top, there is a boxed title that reads, “PEACE, MY JOY.” At the bottom left, there is another box with the text “Written and Illustrated by Gloria Garrett.”
Advice for Life workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover features colorful, hand-drawn illustrations of four smiling children in a grassy outdoor scene. The young boy at the top center of the cover has a pale complexion and curly, light brown hair, and is standing with arms raised in excitement, wearing a red top with a white collar and blue pants. The three other children are seated or kneeling. The young girl in the bottom right corner has a white complexion with flecks of brown, curly dark hair, and is dressed in a pink outfit. On the far left a young boy with yellow skin, dark curly hair, and wearing a blue shirt is sitting on the ground, and the fourth female child on the right of the boy has a yellow complexion with curly red hair and is cross legged wearing purple, looking up at the standing child. Green trees and bushes are in the background, and purple flowers are scattered in the grass. Text on the cover reads, in green boxes: “Advice for Life. Written and Illustrated by Gloria Garrett, a Baltimore City Artist. Copyright 2019.”
Generations Workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover features a woman with a smiling face, a light brown complexion, large eyes that are looking to the left, and an orange headcovering. The woman is wearing a dark outfit and is placed in the foreground, with two dark brown and black houses behind them and crosses in the grass on each side. The art is titled “Generations,” with a label at the top, and is signed “c 2019 GLO” in the lower right corner. The book has a blue spine.
I Can’t, We Can workbook: This workbook is hand-drawn and is made up of photocopies of drawings, makeup paintings, activities, and poetry. The cover is smooth and reflective, with a long, thin strip of red material covering the spine of the book. The cover features a central image of a large, yellow, Christian cross outlined in blue, set within a cloud shape with squiggly red, green, and yellow lines around it. At the top, it reads, in all caps, typed “I Can’t” on the far left and “We Can” on the far right of the cover. To the right of the cross, there’s a small illustration of a person with very light brown skin who is wearing a red shirt and blue jeans lifting or pushing a boulder that has been outlined in black and colored in with a light gray, with text under it reading “I can move this boulder out of my way” in a person’s hand writing. At the bottom of the cover, it reads in type “Written and Illustrated by: Members of Our Own Inc. Baltimore and People Encouraging People. Copyright 2018.”
