Hope and Faith ♡

About the Artist

Through vibrant hues, Black ritual, and spiritual imagery, twins Eleisha Faith and Tonisha Hope McCorkle utilize storytelling and collage to conflate the ideas of reconstruction and resilience within the Black experience. Their work serves as testaments to healing by example, honoring the Black mother, spirit, food, and childlike wonder in the stories told through their scrolls, installations, and other creations. There is a sense of joy and wonderment that can be felt when viewers experience the pair’s work– Hope and Faith’s attraction to textures, shiny materials, and patterns enhance the story and interpersonal experience shared as twins and with their communities. Materials are broken down and rebuilt to reinforce the journey toward completion, emphasizing the colorful, multidimensional layers of the inner and outer worlds they inhabit as afro-indigenous creators. The lightworkers actively channel collective consciousness within their practice, traveling various dimensions and connecting 2D, 3D, and 4D elements to birth a new understanding of experience, one that is affirming, uplifting, and powerfull. What they create isn't just work, nor is it art. It is the manifestation of hope and faith.    The pair have work acquired by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities and permanently installed at the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C. They are currently expanding their practices individually and collectively in Baltimore, Maryland at their artist residency with Creative Alliance.