Author: Visionary Artistry Magazine

African Americans in Tech: Is ATL the Next Silicon Valley?

Any faithful viewers of Donald Glover’s Emmy-award-winning TV show Atlanta know that the titular city was built on, and continues to be fueled by the contributions of African Americans. From politics to infrastructure, to music and food, Atlanta is Black and proud, and that pride can now extend to a new industry: Technology. The Atlanta-Journal Constitution recently explored the statistical increase in African American participation in the Atlanta tech industry. If this upward trend continues, it seems Atlanta will be well-positioned to become the Black Silicon Valley during the coming decades, or even sooner.

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James Roper: Almighty, Artistic Infinity

Chaos. Grandeur. Reverence. Vitality. Surrealism.

A sense of almighty infinity.

These words only hint at the abstract, hyper-stylized nature of James Roper's artwork. Currently based in Manchester, UK, Roper sets a higher standard for what a visual artist can be in the 21st century, by working in whatever medium suits his needs, along with some impressive clientele. 

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Hair Love: A Dream Come True

If you do not believe in the law of attraction, producer-director Matthew Cherry might make you reconsider. If manifesting your dreams was a person then it would be him. In 2012, Cherry tweeted that one day he would win an Oscar. In 2020 that became a reality when he and co-producer Karen Rupert Toliver took home an Oscar award for their film “Hair Love,” a sweet and heartwarming animated short film about an African-American father and his first time doing his daughter’s hair.

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Orville Peck: The Outspoken Outlaw

With his signature fringed Lone Ranger mask and velvety crooner voice, musician Orville Peck picked himself up by his bootstraps and stomped all over his competition in the Country music scene. Ever since the release of his debut album Pony, a melancholy collection of 12 Southern rock tracks released under Sub Pop records in March 2019, Peck stands neck-and-neck with rising icons in the music industry such as Lil Nas X and Kacey Musgraves. So who is the man behind the mask? Or, rather, what is the man behind the mask trying to say? 

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