06/10/2024
🎨 Meet the Artist: Howard Priestley 🎨
We’re excited to welcome the incredible Howard Priestley from West Yorkshire! Born in Halifax in 1956, Howard has always had a deep passion for African-American culture and comic books.
✨ About Howard Priestley ✨
At the same time as beginning his formal Art studies at Stourbridge in the West Midlands, Howard became a regular contributor to the British Comics Fan scene. After completing his Fine Arts Degree, where he wrote his thesis on Holland Dozier Holland, he returned home and published a 3-issue series titled Shock Therapy. His work from this period is credited in Nasty Tales – A History Of The British Underground Comic Scene (2000).
He has designed CD cover art for legends like Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, and Jerome Brailey, while also writing histories for several CD compilations.
Howard was instrumental in developing community radio in Calderdale and now hosts The Soul City Show on Phoenix FM.
His interviews include icons like Eddie Holland, Marvin Junior of The Dells, and Richard Street of The Temptations.
As a writer, he has contributed to magazines such as Blues & Soul, Soul Express, and MOJO Magazine, and has written a regular column on Funk for the fanzine Soul Up North.
https://www.howardpriestley.co.uk/
Join us for an exclusive live discussion with Howard Priestley on Wednesday, 23rd October, 1 PM - 3 PM at The Meeting Point, Nucleus Arts Centre, Chatham, Kent!
Yes I got him to leave Yorkshire and come visit Medway, lets give him a warm welcome x
🎟️ Book your FREE tickets here: www.theblackarthub.co.uk/events-workshops
