Portland State Magazine Spring 2019

8 FANFARE AFTER A LIFETIME of painting and a lifetime as a black man in America, Isaka Shamsud- Din ’99, MFA ’01 has created a Juneteenth Calendar that celebrates black history. Juneteenth commemorates the June 19, 1865, abolition of slavery in Texas. Shamsud-Din’s calendar covers the black experience through this century. Starting in June 2019, the calendar features 19 months of his art and information about historic events. Shamsud-Din, now 78 years old, was president of the Black Student Union in 1968, taught Black Studies in 1970-71 and later taught art at PSU. One of his early murals is in the south stairwell of Smith Memorial Student Union. The Juneteenth calendar may be purchased at the PSU Bookstore. A calendar like no other