April Martin Chartrand

Academic Pedagogy & Art Expression

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Exceptional images by French photographer Francis Giacobetti ranging from Fashion, Issey Miyake (designer),  Dance, Design, Beauty, Cuban Music et al...

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ISSEY MIYAKE Spring Summer 2016 video.

 directed by Jacob Sutton 

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25 Dresses for 25 Cities designed by Jule Waibel for Bershka.  Shop Window Exhibition. 

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ENTFALTUNG  designed by Jule Waibel

Quote from you tube:  “Life is a voyage. Collapsible structures reflect how our world is constantly changing. My response is to use folding as part of my design process. A particular folding technique can transform simple sheet materials into three-dimensional objects, with the additional capability that they can expand and contract. A dress which changes its shape according to the movement of the body, an expandable bag and an umbrella are all made of Tyvek®, a lightweight water- and tear-proof synthetic paper. The project celebrates the beauty to be found between geometry, transformation and play. Their elegance, efficiency and beauty enhances my life on the move.”

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In 2015 I changed my legal date of my birthday to  be celebrated on April 19th; due to a family issue which that puts a stain on my actual legal birthday. 

Graphic Design:  April Martin Chartrand, All rights reserved by April Martin Chartrand

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Fine Art:  Don’t Touch My Hair.  Don’t Ask if You Can Touch My Hair.

I designed this because I got fed up with white people (especially) always wanting to touch and paw my hair w/o permission this proceed to say stuipd comments about it as if it is not human hair (I am 99.9% the same DNA as the rest of the Human Race).  I am not a petting zoo.  Hair is hair, it is just a different texture. This is not rocket science folks. 

Photo Shop Design:  April Martin Chartrand.  Model:  April Martin Chartrand

All rights reserved by Artist, April Martin Chartrand

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April Martin Chartrand, Fiberalchemist 2010

APRIL MARTIN CHARTRAND, Fiberalchemist, Author, and Illustrator presents 'Fiberalchemy' as way to express her artistic creation. Her work ranges from chemical textile painting & sculptural sewing (wall relief) which incorporates found object assemblage, digital art graphics, and poetic expressions.

Music copyright free:  Kevin MacLeod

Video designed by April Martin Chartrand. All rights reserved by artists, April Martin Chartrand

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Angel's Destiny: A Novel Story of Poems &  Illustrations by April Martin Chartrand

~A soulful collection of thought provoking poems & illustrations spanning a rich spectrum of emotions from illusions love.~ ANGEL'S DESTINY: A Novel Story of Poems & Illustrations by  April Martin Chartrand. Similar to novel style chapters, each advances you from one stage of life's emotions to another. This collection of poems & illustrations mimics a novel in an unexpected way similarly, it tells an emotional plot of a character which interweaves the four emotion elements Illusions, Anger, Awareness, Love - progressing forward towards a healing resolve. Each emotional character takes the reader through a progressive journey of a multi-cultural womens self-discovery . . . far away from adversity. ISBN 978-0-615-30251-5 / Library of Congress number 09914167 $13.00 USA/$18.75 

Music copy right free:  by Kevin MacLeod

Video designed by April Martin Chartrand

All rights reserved by artists, April Martin Chartrand

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"TREASURED CIGAR BOX designed by April Martin Chartrand, 2012.  San Francisco Public Library solo exhibition. San Francisco Public Library (Main) June 23-August 2nd, 2012 3rd Floor African American Wing.

Chartrand's Treasured Cigar Box series invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America (USA).  These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled and found objects, keys, money, and hand painted paper. This series bridges a historical gap by connecting the major Colonial slave trade shareholders and their cultivation of tobacco products in the New World.  The larger European Crowns (a constitution Monarchy) which expanded their empires were: Portugal, Spain, France, Britain/England, Dutch/Netherlands, and America.  Theses countries established global trading companies, built fortified harbors and trading settlements along the coastlines of the African continent (Gore, St. Louise, Elmira, and Cape Coast . . .).  For example, the French East Indian Company was one of the first such Gold Coast corporations.  All of these counties traded in various commodities, and parceled out newly colonized territories throughout the Triangular Trade system (West Africa, Caribbean, Americas, and Europe). The Treasured Cigar Box series offers knowledge and research into the deeper meaning of how their exploitative practices in the brutal servitude of the African slaves reaped fortunes for the Colonizers.  Finally, the planting and harvesting of tobacco by African Slaves fueled the beginnings of the modern day global corporations.

All art in this video is produced by April Martin Chartrand.  All rights reserved by the Artist, April Martin Chartrand.

Music copyright free:  Kevin MacLeod

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TREASURED CIGAR BOX by April Martin Chartrand - California African American Museum (research library) 2013

Treasured Cigar Box:  Assemblage Explorations of the African Diaspora designed by April Martin Chartrand - All rights reserved 2013. Chartrand's Treasured Cigar Box series invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America (USA).  These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled and found objects, keys, money, and hand painted paper. This series bridges a historical gap by connecting the major Colonial slave trade shareholders and their cultivation of tobacco products in the New World. The larger European Crowns (a constitution Monarchy) which expanded their empires were: Portugal, Spain, France, Britain/England, Dutch/Netherlands, and America.  Theses countries established global trading companies, built fortified harbors and trading settlements along the coastlines of the African continent (Gore, St. Louise, Elmira, and Cape Coast . . .).  For example, the French East Indian Company was one of the first such Gold Coast corporations.  All of these counties traded in various commodities, and parceled out newly colonized territories throughout the Triangular Trade system (West Africa, Caribbean, Americas, and Europe).

The Treasured Cigar Box series offers knowledge and research into the deeper meaning of how their exploitative practices in the brutal servitude of the African slaves reaped fortunes for the Colonizers.   Finally, the planting and harvesting of tobacco by African Slaves fueled the beginnings of the modern day global corporations.

Music copyright free: Kevin MacLeod

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"HIGHWAYMEN: Florida's Traveling '26' by April Martin Chartrand (2013) Afro Solo Festival 2013

2013: New Works Inspired by the Unsung African-American Icons. HIGHWAYMEN  Florida's Traveling '26' Designed by April Martin Chartrand.  These works will be featured at the Afro Solo Art Festival 2013 August 15-October 15, 2013 @ the San Francisco Public Library (main). I am in an an art show presented by Afro Solo Art Festival 2013 and my work will feature the "Highwaymen: Florida's Traveling '26'  Designed by April Martin Chartrand in a group show ‘Reflecting the Light: Works Inspired by Black Masters’ Curated by Michael Ross.

Art titles: Alfred Hair Birthplace: Fort Pierce, Florida DOB: 1941-1970 "A.E. Backus' King apprentice, Mr. Alfred Hair " 7"w X 9"h X 2 ½"d Harold NEWTON Birthplace: Gifford, Florida DOB: 1934-1994 "Knight Harold Newton" 7 3/4"w X 7 3/4"h X 2 1/2" d Livingston (Castro) ROBERTS Birthplace: Elkton, Florida DOB: 1941-2004 "Yeager's Pawn, Livingston (Castro) Roberts" 6"w X 7 3/4 h X 1 ¼" d Mary Ann CARROLL Birthplace: Sandersville, GA DOB: 1940-present "Queen Mary Ann Carroll" 5 1/4"w X 6 ½" h X 1 ¼" d All art work is designed and conceived by April Martin Chartrand 2013 - I, as the artist, Reserve All rights to my art work.  San Francisco, CA.  Music- Copy right free: Kevin MacLeod  

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ASSEMBLAGE CARDS Designed by April Martin Chartrand, Fiberalchemist   (2013)

Assemblage Cards designed by April Martin Chartrand, Fiberalchemist (2013) These ~One-of-a-Kind~ cards can be used as mini-pieces of art or sent as special greeting cards. 80% Recycled & 20% new materials. Size: 5" x 6" Card stock: Acid Free Made in San Francisco, CA USA $8.00 ea or $14 for two in a gift box. Music copy right freee: Bablyon by Kevin MacLeod

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Once Upon a Time 7 ½" h x 7 ½ w x 11"d Treasured Cigar Box -- Series April Martin Chartrand ©2012 All Rights Reserved Ms. Daphne D. Evans, CEO for "Once Upon a Time. . ."   benefit for The Heaven's Door Cancer Foundation. EXPRESSIONS: Money:   American coins:  Spa donations for Heaven's Door Cancer Foundation     Canadian coins: Daphne traveled with her parents to Canada to assist with building churches on reservations. Nicaraguan coins:  She visited a after the Sandinista regime and had trucks bring clothing over the bombed out roads for the villagers while she flew in by a Russian parachute plane. Hearts:  Helping ministry and courage to overcome major health challenges. . Keys= The key is a powerful mechanism which allows one to open the doors to their lives; it is also serves as an Angel of Freedom and directs those seeking freedom to the North-Star. During American slavery, many slaves were directed to follow the North Star which led them to their freedom-crossing in Canada.   Locks= Iron bondage  preserves human limitations;  first-time offenders are breaking the locks of their past and marching forward to new heights by gaining new skills at the Concordia Argonaut Club.  Attached to the front lock & key is a tag "1830."  In 1830 the "slave population in the U.S. numbers more than two million, making the ratio of free to enslaved Americans approximately 5.5:1."

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"TREASURED_CIGAR_BOX" designed by April Martin Chartrand, 2012 NEW (2 of 2)

Art Exhibition:  San Francisco Public Library (Main) June 23-Augusuat 2, 2012 100 Larkin Street - 3rd Floor African American Wing San Francisco CA

All art in this video is produced by April Martin Chartrand

The video is produced by April Martin Chartrand

Chartrand's Treasured Cigar Box series invites you into a world of the global slave trade perspectives between Africa, Europe, the Americas, and America (USA). These multidimensional assemblage cigar boxes incorporate recycled and found objects, keys, money, and hand painted paper.

This series bridges a historical gap by connecting the major Colonial slave trade shareholders and their cultivation of tobacco products in the New World. The larger European Crowns (a constitution Monarchy) which expanded their empires were: Portugal, Spain, France, Britain/England, Dutch/Netherlands, and America. Theses countries established global trading companies, built fortified harbors and trading settlements along the coastlines of the African continent (Gore, St. Louise, Elmira, and Cape Coast . . .). For example, the French East Indian Company was one of the first such Gold Coast corporations. All of these counties traded in various commodities, and parceled out newly colonized territories throughout the Triangular Trade system (West Africa, Caribbean, Americas, and Europe).

The Treasured Cigar Box series offers knowledge and research into the deeper meaning of how their exploitative practices in the brutal servitude of the African slaves reaped fortunes for the Colonizers. Finally, the planting and harvesting of tobacco by African Slaves fueled the beginnings of the modern day global corporations.

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I presented my two grad school academic posters at the Association for Women in Psychology Feminism & Restorative Justice Repairing, Restoring, and Reintegrating March 5-8, 2015 | Holiday Inn | 1500 Van Ness Avenue | San Francisco, CA 94109