Seitu Jones
Seitu Kenneth Jones | |
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Seitu Jones | |
| Born | 1951 |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | M.L.S. in Environmental History and a B.S. in Landscape Design |
| Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
| Known for | Public artist |
| Notable work | “Turnip Greens” Nashville Farmers Market, Nashville, TN, 2019; “At the Crossroads: A Community Meal,” Newfields, Indianapolis, IN, 2019; “Shadows at the Crossroads,” Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, MN, 2019 (collaboration with Ta-coumba T. Aiken and Soyini Guyton); “CREATE: The Community Meal,” St. Paul, MN, 2014 ; Rice Street, Dale Street and Lexington Parkway Light Rail Stations, St. Paul, MN, 2014; Storyteller’s Bench, Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul, MN, 2013; Harriet Tubman, Tubman Center Alliance, Minneapolis, MN, 2003 |
| Movement | Black Arts Movement |
| Spouse | Soyini Guyton |
| Children | Jowell Jones and Jacke Jones |
| Website | seitujonesstudio |
Seitu Jones (born 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer known for his large-scale public artworks and environmental design. Working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, Jones has created over forty large-scale public art works.
Jones is retired from the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Arts MFA program at Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington and lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota.