Barbara Jones-Hogu extensive body of works on paper includes woodcuts, etchings, lithographs and screen prints. A founding member of the African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists (AFRICOBRA) Jones-Hogu was also a filmmaker, educator, and a contributor to Chicago’s “Wall of Respect” mural. High Priestess was made during the height of AFRICOBRA’s activities. It epitomizes Jones-Hogu’s interest in promoting positive, uplifting images of Black people. On the occasion of her 2018 solo exhibition at DePaul Art Museum in Chicago, museum director Julie Rodrigues Widholm said, “[JonesHogu’s] print work from the late 1960s and early 1970s is incredibly colorful and graphic but is also infused with political commentary about racism and positive messages about African American communities and creativity. [Her works from this time] show the impact that current events and the black power movement had on the artist and her work.”