Adana Tillman uses fabric, black hair traditions, pattern, beading and embroidery in her figurative work.  Her residency work, titled “Black Joy”, will include a vintage school desk that has been painted with added wood relief carvings into the surface. Accompanying this assemblage is an audio/visual component.  Tillman will interview black men on the long-time activity of creating musical rhythms with pens/pencils/hands on the desk surface. Additionally, Adana Tillman will create 3D dioramas depicting the everyday life of her subjects using fabrics and paint with quilting techniques.