ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. Clarence Talley Sr. is Senior Pastor at Mount Corinth Missionary Baptist Church, Heavenly Hempstead, Texas a fellowship that he has been affiliated with for over four decades. He is Professor of Art at Prairie View A & M University in Prairie View, Texas where he has taught, mentored, and inspired students to achieve for almost fifty years.

He received a B.A. from Southern University, an M.F.A. from Louisiana State University, an M.A. from Houston Graduate School of Theology, and a D.B.S. from Master’s International School of Divinity.

Dr. Talley is a Fulbright-Hays Scholar to Africa where he has traveled East and West Africa. He is also a Phelps-Stoke Fellow to the Caribbean. His travels subsequently led to photographic essays, exhibitions/exhibit catalogues, and journal articles.

He is listed in “250 Years of Afro American Art,” “Who’s Who in the South and Southwest,” “Who’s Who Among African Americans,” “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers and Who’s Who in Black Houston.”

As an accomplished artist, Dr. Talley art works have been shown both nationally and internationally in numerous one man and group exhibitions such as The Corcoran Gallery, Washington D.C.; Black Creativity, Chicago, Illinois; Huntsville Museum of Art, Museum of Art, Port Au Prince; University of West Indies in Trinidad; Biblical Art Center, Dallas, TX, The Apex Museum, Atlanta, Georgia, University of Texas, Texas A & M, Prairie View A & M and recently in Shanghai, China and India.

He is the author of Seven Things God Hates, Jesus Christ Made Straight A’s, From the Pulpit to the Streets, Lie after Lie after Lie, Cruising with Jonah, A Call from God, God in the Land of Ghana, and other noted works.

Dr. Talley and his wife of 51 years, Carolyn Ann, reside in Precious Prairie View, Texas. They are the proud parents of Clarence Jr. and Crystal Ann.