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Artist: April Deacon (Wheelersburg, Ohio)
Sold directly by the artist. Contact: Venmo @April-Deacon-1. Please mention Pulp Stiction.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Vintage coloring book clipping, vintage learning toy, acrylic, acrylic gouache, paint markers | Dimensions: 17.25 x 14.25 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
As an educator, I am horrified by the censorship playing out across the country. From book bans, to course cancellations, to teachers being asking to remove inclusive classroom decor, and the defunding/cancellation of DEI initiatives. The school house chalkboard in this image reads GOVERNMENT APPROVED LESSONS: MOSTLY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE which refers directly to the erasure of lessons and histories of people of color.
About the Artist
April Deacon is an artist and art educator living in Wheelersburg, Ohio. She earned her BFA in
Studio Art from Ohio Wesleyan University and her MA in Studio Art from Marshall University. In
the studio, her paintings and mixed media works oscillate between celebrating and criticizing
humanity. April’s work has been exhibited nationally. Select exhibitions include Projecting
Grace at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the Ohio Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Riffe
Gallery, Hear Our Voice: Art of the Women’s March in Asheville, North Carolina, Come Along
with Me at the Riffe Gallery, New Neon at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California, and
Women of Appalachia at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. She is also a Joseph Editions Ohio
Portfolio Artist. April has spent her 23 year teaching career educating students in underserved
communities and has twice been awarded Teacher of
the Year.
https://www.aprildeacon.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.
Artist: April Deacon (Wheelersburg, Ohio)
Sold directly by the artist. Contact: Venmo @April-Deacon-1. Please mention Pulp Stiction.
Year: 2025 | Medium: Vintage coloring book clipping, vintage learning toy, acrylic, acrylic gouache, paint markers | Dimensions: 17.25 x 14.25 inches | Display: Wall-hung (2D)
Artist Statement
As an educator, I am horrified by the censorship playing out across the country. From book bans, to course cancellations, to teachers being asking to remove inclusive classroom decor, and the defunding/cancellation of DEI initiatives. The school house chalkboard in this image reads GOVERNMENT APPROVED LESSONS: MOSTLY ABOUT WHITE PEOPLE which refers directly to the erasure of lessons and histories of people of color.
About the Artist
April Deacon is an artist and art educator living in Wheelersburg, Ohio. She earned her BFA in
Studio Art from Ohio Wesleyan University and her MA in Studio Art from Marshall University. In
the studio, her paintings and mixed media works oscillate between celebrating and criticizing
humanity. April’s work has been exhibited nationally. Select exhibitions include Projecting
Grace at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, the Ohio Biennial Juried Exhibition at the Riffe
Gallery, Hear Our Voice: Art of the Women’s March in Asheville, North Carolina, Come Along
with Me at the Riffe Gallery, New Neon at the Bedford Gallery in Walnut Creek, California, and
Women of Appalachia at the Dairy Barn Arts Center. She is also a Joseph Editions Ohio
Portfolio Artist. April has spent her 23 year teaching career educating students in underserved
communities and has twice been awarded Teacher of
the Year.
https://www.aprildeacon.com
Pulp Stiction: Collage as an Act of Resistance. Hopkins Hall Gallery, OSU, Oct 26 to Dec 11, 2026.