Amazing People


Amazing People

Amazing People introduces you to ten amazing women and men who have been challenged by poverty in their lives but who are committed to creating a better life for themselves and their families. The ten include single mothers, who work tirelessly to provide for their children, and young men who are just beginning their journey to meet their goals in life. Collectively, they model for all of us the courage, caring, generosity of spirit, perseverance, intelligence, resourcefulness and grace needed to deal with life’s challenges. As one single mom said, “You have to cope with the hand you are dealt,” and all of them have demonstrated their ability to be successful in doing that.

We have so much to learn from these amazing people.

Curators’ Statement for Amazing People

Photos From the Exhibition Opening

Video Produced by Gordon Wallace for the Exhibition

  • Jania Blakeney

    Growing Up

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  • Tika Cisco

    Tika's Family

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  • Crystal Douglas

    Financial Challenge

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  • Latoya Johnson

    Growing Up as Mother Hen

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  • Ollie Jones

    Being Picked On

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  • Robert Jones

    Struggling to Get Time

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  • Xavier Jones

    Post High School Decisons

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  • John Queen

    Growing Up in Poverty

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  • Gordon Wallace

    Moved Often as a Child

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  • Tyron Wright

    Highlights of My Life

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The Amazing People stories are curated by Lani Seikaly and Gordon Wallace. Seikaly and Wallace conducted the interviews and edited the videos. The longer video was produced by Wallace who compiled interview clips into an overview of our amazing people. Amazing People was the February 2020 exhibition at Chestertown RiverArts. Gordon Wallace is a recent graduate from Stevenson University with a degree in Digital Marketing. He is a native of Kent County who is currently starting his own digital marketing agency in Chestertown, MD named Pick6Digital. He also works as the Communications and Media Coordinator for Sumner Hall. Lani Seikaly has been collecting stories of Kent County natives for the past 10 years. She has curated ten oral history exhibitions at RiverArts and Sumner Hall which feature local stories about work, civil rights, black entrepreneurs, WWII and life histories.