Benford Stellmacher, Jr. is an artist who views his canvas as a pulpit.
He’s a graduate of Hampton University in Virginia, home to the oldest museum of the African diaspora in this country - and today, he is based nearby in Newport News.
Stellmacher’s upcoming exhibition here in Chattanooga - “The Weight of My Faith” - features abstract paintings and figurative compositions, inspired by these words from Biblical Scripture: “Faith without works is dead.”
Later this week, the exhibition goes on display at ClearStory Arts for the month of September - with an opening reception, free for the public, on Friday starting at 6 PM.
Part of the proceeds from “The Weight of My Faith” will benefit the nonprofit SPLASH Youth Arts Workshop here in Chattanooga - and Hampton University Alumni’s Chattanooga Chapter.
