Artist:
Alice Y Traore
Alice Y. Traore currently resides in Madison, WI, yet has deep roots in Peoria, IL, where most of her immediate family resides. Her interest in art and her natural talents originate from a lifetime of admiration of her artist father, Preston Jackson, who is a sculptor and painter. Alice describes herself as a self-taught watercolor artist who paints as a form of meditation and self-care. It is essential to her well-being to have a creative outlet. Alice works as a facilitator and curriculum designer of learning communities at UW-Madison and has been an employee of UW-Systems for 25+ years. Her work at the university has always been, in some way, linked to an exploration of society’s sociocultural landscape. Her full-time work adds an additional layer of depth to her art as both provide her further space to explore her own sociocultural journey.
