Benona Clayborn, a third generation artist, spent his youth rejected by the public school system, repeating various grades and reliving one scenario of scholastic failure after another. “The boy just ain’t gittin' it” a counselor once said.

“Looking back I can now safely say, I’m greatfull that I didn’t get it. I probably would have ended up in some way-to-normal job, only to hang myself in a closet. Thank you Lord for giving us art. Amen.”
Benona Clayborn