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Selected Updates: the Guide to
Black Art Exhibitions in 2009
Black Art ProjectGeorge-McKinley Martin
P. O. Box 8515
Silver Spring, Maryland 20907
Annapolis
Banneker-Douglass MuseumSoul Sanctuary: Images of the
African American Worship Experience
February 1- April 18, 2009
“Renowned photographer, Jason MiccoloJohnson, captures an intimate look at theAfrican American worship experience throughthe use of black and white photography.Organizing the exhibition into six themesbeginning with ‘Preparation’ and ending with ‘Benediction,’ Johnson celebrates the imagesassociated with the traditional AfricanAmerican church while looking at thecontemporary church setting.”
A catalog accompanies this exhibition.
Banneker-Douglass Museum84 Franklin Street
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410/ [email protected]
Atlanta
High Museum of Art
The Treasure of Ulysses DavisOn view through April 5, 2009
“The Treasure of Ulysses Davis, which wasorganized in collaboration with the King-TisdellCottage Foundation of Savannah, Georgia,
features approximately 115 works includingrepresentative works from every genre inwhich Davis worked. The exhibition featuresDavis' best-known artwork, a series of 40carved busts of all the U.S. Presidents throughGeorge H. W. Bush from the King-TisdellCottage Foundation collection. Anotherhighlight includes a moving depiction of Jesuson the Cross, from the High's permanentcollection…. A range of rarely seen carvings
1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.Atlanta, Georgia 30309
404/ 733-4400; 404/ 733-HIGHwww.high.org/
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from private collections will also be on view.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
Ulysses Davis, Jesus on the Cross, 1946, Carvedcedar, mahogany, toothpicks and paint. High Museum
of Art, Atlanta.
Spelman College Museum of Fine Art
Treasures from the Spelman CollegePermanent Collection
January 29 – May 16, 2009
Spelman College350 Spelman Lane, SWAtlanta, Georgia 30314
404/ 270-5607www.spelman.edu/museum
Baltimore
Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History
and CultureLift Every Voice: Portraits of African
American Musicians by Russ MossOn view through March 8, 2009
“This exhibition features black and whitephotographs of Baltimore’s African Americanmusicians. The selected photographs were
originally created for Sounds & Stories: TheMusical Life of Maryland's African AmericanCommunities, an oral history projectdeveloped by the Peabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University. Grants from theMaryland Historical Trust and the MarylandHumanities Council enabled the Peabody torecord the memories of the musicians. Moss’scandid portraits present a visual legacy of theirlives in music.”
830 East Pratt StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21202
443/ 263-1800www.africanamericanculture.org
Photograph of Ethel Ennis by Russ Moss
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The Walters Art Museum
Portraits Re/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project
On view through February 16, 2009
“This exhibition features photographs bycelebrated American artist Dawoud Bey, whofor the past several years has created portraitsof young people challenging stereotypes abouturban youth. During Bey’s artist-in-residencyproject, the artist collaborated with 12teenagers from several Baltimore-area public,private, and home schools in a summerworkshop that began with an exploration of how race, class and identity have beenaddressed in portraiture throughout arthistory. The Walters’ collection became thebasis for discussions about museum practice,its role in society and the role of contemporary
art in museums with historical collections. Theresulting focus exhibition PortraitsRe/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project , curatedby Bey and the teens, features 10photographic portraits by Bey, juxtaposed withpaintings, drawings, and portrait miniaturesfrom the Walters’ collection to create a uniquedialogue.”
600 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21201
410/ 547-9000http://www.thewalters.org/
Brooklyn
Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporan Arts (MoCADA) Johannesburg to New York
January 29 – May 17, 2009
“Johannesburg to New York is the firstretrospective of the collaborative workbetween South African artist Samson Mnisi andNew York artist Cannon Hersey. Combiningtheir various perspectives on the changingcultural dynamics of South Africa and itsemergence onto the world stage, these artistshave created mixed media imagery that is
socially conscious while also being visuallystimulating. Mnisi incorporates ancient Zulusymbolism and rituals with Hersey'scaptivating photography to give viewersinsider and outsider perspectives oncontemporary South African societies.”
80 Hanson PlaceBrooklyn, New York 11217
718-230-0492http://www.mocada.org/
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Chicago
Chicago Public LibraryThe Vivian G. Harsh ResearchCollection of African American History
and LiteratureExhibit GalleryTo See Reality in a New Light: The Art and Activism of Marion Perkins
On view through December 31, 2009
“This is a major retrospective exhibition on thelife and work of Chicago Renaissance sculptorand social activist Marion Perkins. It includesoriginal sculptures by Perkins, on loan to theChicago Public Library from the Art Institute of Chicago, DuSable Museum of African American
History, members of the Perkins family, artgalleries, and private collectors. …The Art and Activism of Marion Perkins also featuresoriginal correspondence, rare photographs,and memorabilia from the holdings of theHarsh Research Collection.”
Woodson Regional Library9525 S. Halsted StreetChicago, Illinois 60628
312/745-2080http://www.chipublib.org/
eventsprog/programs/exhibits.php
Chicago State UniversityPresident’s Gallery Al Tyler: Paintings, Drawings and Prints
January 28 – February 28, 2009
“A visual artist for more than sixty years, AlTyler has developed wide-ranging artistictalents, including operating a gallery andproducing art as a 30-year employee of theCity of Evanston, IL. Tyler's art is included inimportant private and public collections. Thelongtime resident of Chicago's Rogers Parkneighborhood presents an alluring sampling of his life's work during African American HistoryMonth.”
Cook Administration Building3rd floor
9501 South Martin Luther King DriveChicago, Illinois 60628
773/ 995-3905www.csu.edu
G. R. N’Namdi Gallery, Chicago
Gregory Coates: PermissionFebruary 6 - April 3, 2009
“The artist, Gregory Coates, works out of necessity and positions himself betweenpainting and sculpture, giving himself
110 North PeoriaChicago, Illinois 60607
312/ 563-9240www.grnnamdi.com
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permission to take risks in the process of making art.”
Gallery GuichardMilton Bowens: Recent Works
January 30 – March 31, 2009
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
3521 South Martin Luther King DriveChicago, Illinois 60653
773/ 373-8000www.galleryguichard.com
Museum of Science and IndustryWest PavilionBlack Creativity 2009: Juried Art Exhibition
On view through March 1, 2009
“The Museum of Science and Industry’s annualBlack Creativity Juried Art Exhibition features80 original works of art from both professionaland amateur African-American artists fromaround the country. The works on display wereselected from more than 390 entries by adistinguished panel of jurors led by KymberlyPinder, Associate Professor and Chair of ArtHistory, Theory and Criticism at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. The winningentries were selected from the categories of ceramics, drawings, mixed medium, paintings,photography, sculpture, textiles and this year’snewest category ‘Green’ Art.”
57th and Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60637
773/ 684-1414http://www.msichicago.org/whats-
here/exhibits/black-creativity-2009/
Spertus Museum
A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius
Rosenwald Fund February 8—August 16, 2009
“ A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund is the firstexhibition to explore the legacy of the Julius
Rosenwald Fund created by the Chicagobusinessman and philanthropist to fosterblack leadership through the arts, literature,and scholarship. From 1928 to 1948, theFund awarded stipends to hundreds of prominent and emerging African Americansartists, writers, and scholars across suchdisciplines as history, sociology, literature,and the visual and performing arts. A Forcefor Change will present the artistic and
Spertus Institute of Jewish StudiesSpertus Museum
610 South Michigan AvenueChicago, Illinois 60605
312/ 322-1773http://www.spertus.edu/museum/index.php
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scholarly products of Julius Rosenwald’ssupport, and includes more than sixtypaintings, sculptures, and works on paper bytwenty-two Rosenwald fellows, as well as aselection of documentary and archivalmaterials.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
Cleveland
The Art Gallery at Cleveland State
UniversityMain GalleryEach in Their Own Voice: African American Artists in Cleveland, 1970 –
2005 On view through March 7, 2009
“This exhibition is a collaborative projectbetween Cleveland State University, theCleveland Artists Foundation, and the EastCleveland Public Library. An exhibition of 24prominent African American artists, active inCleveland between 1970 and 2005, wereselected by a community advisory panel.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversity
2307 Chester AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44114
216/ 687-2103
http://www.csuohio.edu/artgallery/[email protected]
College Park
The David C. Driskell Center for the
Study of the Visual Arts and Cultureof African Americans and the African
DiasporaTradition Redefined: The Larry and
Brenda Thompson Collection of
African American Art
February 18 – May 29, 2009
“The strength of the Thompson’s collectingprocess is their considered attention to artistswho have typically not been recognized in thetraditional narratives of African American art.In addition to the acknowledged ‘masters,’ theThompsons have collected works by artistswho have been labeled ‘emerging,’ ‘unknown,’ ‘outsider,’ ‘eccentric,’ ‘vernacular,’ ‘regional’
1214 Cole Student Activity BuildingUniversity of Maryland
College Park, Maryland 20742301/ 314-2615
www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/[email protected]
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and more. The result is a collection thatredefines the landscape of American art,offering a more in-depth, inclusiveunderstanding of African American artists andtheir aesthetic and social concerns.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American HistoryContemporary Artist Gallery (lower level)Let Your Motto Be ResistanceOn view through March 1, 2009
“As the first national traveling exhibition jointlydeveloped by the Smithsonian’sNational Museum of African American Historyand Culture and the National PortraitGallery, it explores photography’s role inshaping public identity and individualconcepts of race and socioeconomic statusover the past 150 years.
The exhibition’s title was inspired by the cry of a Maryland slave, Henry HighlandGarnet (1815 – 1882), who escaped north,became an abolitionist and spoke the phrase
that gives the show its title: ‘Strike for yourlives and liberties. Rather die freemen thanlive to be slaves. Let your motto be resistance.Resistance! Resistance! No oppressed peoplehave ever secured their liberty withoutresistance!’ ”
315 East Warren AvenueDetroit, Michigan 48201
313/ 494-5800www.maah-detroit.org
Charles H. Wright Museum of African
American HistoryColeman A. Young Gallery (upper andlower levels)
Women of a New Tribe (featuringselect women of Metro Detroit)On view through April 6, 2009
“Women of a New Tribe is a stunning nationalexhibition celebrating the physical and innerbeauty of African Americanwomen presented in the 1930s to 1940sglamour, fine art black and white photography
315 East Warren AvenueDetroit, Michigan 48201
313/ 494-5800www.maah-detroit.org
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styles through the award winning lenses of Jerry Taliaferro, a West Point alumnus andresident of Charlotte,North Carolina. All of the exhibited imagestogether present a mosaic of the AfricanAmerican woman in her many forms andessences.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
Flint
Flint Institute of Arts
Temporary Exhibition GalleryBeyond the Frame: African American
Comic Book ArtistsOn view through April 26, 2009
“Beyond the Frame: African American Comic Book Artists presents the work of AfricanAmerican artists working in commercial, self-published, and web-based comic book andgraphic novel genres. The exhibition will reflecta cross-section of artists, some wellestablished, and others emerging and active innew areas of publication, such as Internet-based web comic art.”
1120 East Kearsley StreetFlint, Michigan 48503-1915
810/ [email protected]
Hampton
Hampton University MuseumCommon Ground, Uncommon Vision:
Four Howard University Trained Artists February 9– August 8, 2009
“Over the last eight decades Howard Universityhas established an important place for itself inthe art world as a fertile training ground forartists and scholars. Common Ground,
Uncommon Vision, celebrates that evolvingtradition by bringing together a group of Howard University trained exhibiting artistswho also teach. The participating artists areKwabena Ampofo-Anti, Rudolph and CarolynMendes, Gina Lewis and Richard Ward. Theexhibit features over thirty works executed ina variety of media. While Common Ground,Uncommon Vision artists are unique in theirartistic inspirations and processes, they share
Huntington BuildingHampton, Virginia 23668
757/727-5308www.hamptonu.edu/museum
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a common training and a common dedicationto an aesthetic and intellectual ideal. It is anideal that they pursue in their own work, andseek to instill in the students that theyteach. “
Hartford
The Amistad Center for Art and
Culture at the Wadsworth AtheneumMuseum of Art
Lincoln: Man, Myth and Memory February 12 - April 26, 2009
“In celebration of the Lincoln's Bicentennial,The Amistad Center for Art & Culture examines
Lincoln's reflection in Black America with theexhibition Lincoln: Man, Myth, and Memory .With material drawn from The Amistad Center'shistorical collection as well as loans fromcontemporary artists, the exhibition exploresLincoln's role in the Civil War, his post-assassination emergence as a nationalcelebrity, and the president's place in AfricanAmerican public memory.”
600 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103-2990
860/ 838-4233www.amistadartandculture.org
Los Angeles
California African American Museum(CAAM)
A Dream Realized On view through March 1, 2009
“Annually, CAAM celebrates the life anddreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with athemed photo exhibition reflecting hiscommitment to the betterment of life for allpeople. This year’s installation is expanded toincorporate the ‘dream come true’ campaign of
Barack Obama to be the 44th President of theUnited States. The timely convergence of thishistoric event and our country’s annualrecognition of King’s extraordinary imprintpresent a unique opportunity for imagerysymbolic of a dream realized for all of us.”
600 State DriveExposition Park
Los Angeles, California 90037213/ 744-7432
(June 19, 1964)Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. reacts in St.
Augustine, Florida after learning that the senatepassed the Civil rights Bill. (AP photo)
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Laband Art GalleryGallery 32 and Its Circle: Los
Angeles’ African American Art
Community in the 1960s and 70sOn view through March 22, 2009
“This exhibition surveys the rich, but muchforgotten, history of Los Angeles’ Gallery 32.Dating from 1968 until 1970, Gallery 32 wasone of the few art spaces that exhibitedemerging African American artists and issignificant for its exhibitions of such artists asDavid Hammons, Betye Saar, Alison Saar,Timothy Washington, and Emory Douglas. Thehistory of Gallery 32 offers a unique view of the vibrant Los Angeles art scene of theperiod, exposing the diversity of the region’s
contemporary art practices.
This unprecedented exhibition will featuremany of the actual works exhibited during thegallery’s three-year existence, as well asrepresentative works from that time period byartists associated with the gallery along with aselection of gallery announcements,photographs and other gallery materials to addinsight into the life of the gallery.”
Laband Art GalleryLoyola Marymount University
7900 Loyola BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90045-2659
310/ 338-2880www.cfa.lmu.edu/laband
Louisville
Gallery
Actors Theatre of Louisville15th Annual African American Art
ExhibitionOn view through February 28, 2009
“This exhibition is an exuberant array of workby local and regional artists, ranging fromsculpture in various media to unique mixedmedia collages and batik to evocative
paintings and photography.”
316 West Main StreetLouisville, Kentucky 40202-4218
502/ 584-1265www.actorstheatre.org/visit_gallery.htm
Miami
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Miami-Dade Public Library SystemMain Library-Auditorium Color
All Around: Illustrations by Adjoa J.Burrowes
On view through March 31, 2009
“Color All Around features 42 original cut-paper collages from picture books illustratedby artist Adjoa J. Burrowes. Burrowescombines her expertise as graphic designerwith skillful use of collage and mixed media.Her colorful illustrations pop with exuberantcut-paper figures, organic shapes, and angularforms.
Multiple illustrations from the booksGrandma's Purple Flowers, My Steps, andDestiny's Gift are included in the show.
Displays of preliminary drawings, modelphotos, and editorial comments introducevisitors to the progression of an illustratedstory from initial concept to the finished book.”
101 West Flagler StreetMiami, Florida 33130
305/ 375-2665http://www.mdpls.org/
( Adjoa Burrowes , Caterpillar: My Metamorphosis,1999,
mixed media cut paper collage,Courtesy of the artist.)
New York
Jack Shainman GalleryNick Cave: Recent Soundsuits
On view through February 7, 2009
“This exhibition of recent Soundsuits by NickCave is comprised of a diverse selection of thehighly imaginative, mixed-media, wearablesculptures. Soundsuits, named for the soundsmade when the sculptures are worn, are asreminiscent of African and religious ceremonialcostumes as they are of haute couture. Amultitude of references bring to mind not onlydisparate cultural traditions but they alsohighlight Cave’s diverse background andartistic training. He is as interested in fashionand cultural, ritualistic and ceremonialconcepts as he is in politics, a domain that hasalways been part of his work as demonstratedby acts of collecting and reconfiguringelements and concealing the identity, race,and gender, of those who wear his suits.Rendering them faceless and anonymous thesuits help these individuals transcend thepolitical realm in order to enter the realm of dreams and fantasy.”
513 West 20th
New York, New York 10011212/ 645-1701
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June Kelly GalleryLeRoy Henderson: Mermaids and
MasqueradesOn view through February 24, 2009
“LeRoy Henderson: Mermaids and Masquerades, an exhibition of dramaticphotographs, captures the joy, the antics andthe pageantry of Brooklyn’s legendary paradesand carnivals.
Henderson describes himself as a ‘peoplewatcher.’ His images, in color as well as high-contrast black and white, come from separatebodies of work amassed over four decades of photographing two annual historic events --the West Indian-American Day Carnival, which
brings together people from different islandnations, and the Mermaid Parade, an earlysummer spectacle that pays tribute to ConeyIsland’s history and mythology and its long-ago Mardi Gras.”
591 BroadwayNew York, New York 10012
212/ 226-1660www.junekellygallery.com
The Studio Museum in Harlem
Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of theCool
On view through March 15, 2009
“Hendricks's unique work resides at the nexusof American realism and post-modernism, aspace somewhere between portraitists ChuckClose and Alex Katz and pioneering blackconceptualists David Hammons and AdrianPiper. He is best known for his stunning, life-sized portraits of people of color from theurban northeast.
Cool, empowering and sometimesconfrontational, Hendricks's artistic privilegingof a culturally complex black body has pavedthe way for today's younger generation of
artists. This unprecedented exhibition of Hendricks's paintings includes work from 1964to the present.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
144 West 125th StreetNew York, New York 10027
212/ 864-4500www.studiomuseum.org
The Studio Museum in HarlemPROJECT SPACE: SHINIQUE SMITH
144 West 125th StreetNew York, New York 10027
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On view through March 15, 2009
“Shinique Smith will be the second artist toactivate the Project Space with an installationdesigned and executed especially for thegallery. No stranger to the Studio Museum,Smith participated in their emerging artistexhibition Frequency (2005), and is known forher multimedia practice including sculpturesmade of clothing, collage on walls and paper,painting and drawing. Smith’s diverse arttreads the lines between accumulation andloss, containment and scatter, legibility andscribble. Smith transforms the walls of theProject Space with a surprising use of text andfabric that disrupts the traditional definition of ‘mural.’ ”
212/ 864-4500www.studiomuseum.org
Oakland
Joyce Gordon GalleryMain GallerySweet Dreams: Ben Hazard On view through March 1, 2009 “Twenty new exquisitely executed charcoaldrawings express the power of life as BenHazard sees it. This particular series of charcoal drawings are powerful, social-realisticstatements reflecting the time, place andcircumstances that both express and evoke
emotions.”
406 14th StreetOakland, California 94612
510/ 465-8928www.joycegordongallery.com
Joyce Gordon Gallery
Downstairs Photography GalleryReflections: D. Michael Cheers
On view through March 1, 2009
This photography exhibit features images fromdocumentary photographer and educator, D.Michael Cheers, whose critical photojournalismspans more than three decades.
406 14th StreetOakland, California 94612
510/ 465-8928www.joycegordongallery.com
Philadelphia
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African-American Museum inPhiladelphia
Hidden Treasures: Art Collected by Young African Americans
On view through March 8, 2009
701 Arch StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
215/ 574-0380http://www.aampmuseum.org/
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Joan Spain Gallery, first floor, PerelmanBuildingQuilt Stories: The Ella King Torrey Collection of African American Quilts
and Other Recent Quilt AcquisitionsOn view through March 1, 2009
“This exhibit includes thirteen examples byleading Southern quiltmakers. The collectionwas formed between 1980 and 1983 while Ms.Torrey was conducting fieldwork on African
American quiltmaking with Maude SouthwellWahlman. Among its highlights are anappliquéd ‘word quilt’ by the Mississippi artistSarah Mary Taylor (born 1916) and one of her ‘hand’ quilts, a version commissioned for thefilm The Color Purple.”
Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman BuildingFairmont and Pennsylvania Avenues
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130215/ 763-8100
http://www.philamuseum.org/[email protected]
“Hands” quilt, Winter 1980,Sarah Mary Taylor,
cotton and synthetics
Sande Webster Gallery
Main Gallery John Mc Daniel: Leaping Boundaries
On view through February 2, 2009
“McDaniel recently shifted from painting oncanvas to painting on sheets of metal. InLeaping Boundaries his two-dimensionalartistic vision has developed into paintedconstructions of overlapping stainless steelsheets, perforated metal, wire, and brass rods.…The combination of overlapping metal,variation in surfaces, and three-dimensionallines create very cryptic constructions.”
2006 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103215/ 636-9003
Woodmere Art Museum In Search of Missing Masters: The
Lewis Tanner Moore Collection of African American Art
Woodmere Art Museum9201 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118215/ 247-0476
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On view through February 22, 2009
“In Search of Missing Masters is the second inWoodmere’s series of exhibitions highlightingdistinguished private collections of art from thegreater Philadelphia region.
Lewis Tanner Moore, a descendant of thefamed 19th-century African American artistHenry Ossawa Tanner, began his art collectionsome three decades ago, with a small numberof paintings handed down to him from hisfather, a prominent Philadelphia attorney.From the outset, Mr. Moore concentrated ontwentieth-century. With a devotee’s zeal, hepursued not just the well-known names butalso the unheralded masters whose works andachievements had slipped into obscurity.
Woodmere’s exhibition is composed of more
than one-hundred paintings, sculptures, andworks on paper by some four to five dozenartists.”
A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.
www.woodmereartmuseum.org/
Richmond
Anderson Gallery
3rd FloorBeaded Prayers Project
On view through March 1, 2009
“This project is directed by artist Sonya Clark,Chair of Virginia Commonwealth University’sDepartment of Craft/Material Studies. TheBeaded Prayers Project is an ongoingcollaborative artwork begun in 1999 that nowcomprises over 4,500 ‘beaded prayers.’ Inspired by protective amulets made by peoplein Africa and throughout the world, the beadedprayers represent the participation of individuals from 36 different countries, rangingin age from 6 through 90. Each sealed,embellished packet contains the written
wishes, hopes, dreams and prayers of itsmaker.”
Artist Talk / Workshop: Thursday, January 29,2009 from 2:00 – 5:00 PM.
Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAnderson Gallery
907½ West Franklin Street
Richmond, Virginia 23284-2514804/ 828-1522http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery/
Sacramento
40 Acres Art Gallery African American Currents:
40 Acres Art Gallery35th Street and Broadway
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Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection
On view through March 28, 2009
“ African American Currents: Contemporary Art from the Bank of America Collection showcases
work from its holdings by some of the leadingartists of the African Diaspora.
There are over seventy artworks in African American Currents, ranging from paintings andsculptures to photography, prints and mixedmedia collages.”
3428 3rd AvenueSacramento, California 95817
916/ 456-5080 or 916/ 649-7900http://www.40acresartgallery.org/
St. Petersburg
Museum of Fine Arts
Revelations: Works by Self-Taught African American Artists
Ongoing
“In celebration of recent donations to thecollection, the Museum presents a selection of remarkable artworks by African American folkartists. The grouping was given to the Museumby several collectors. Many of the mosttalented and respected self-taught AfricanAmerican artists—represented by paintings,sculpture, assemblage, and drawings—areincluded in this inspiring exhibition.”
255 Beach Drive, NE
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701727/ 896-2667
http://www.fine-arts.org/
Mary L. Proctor DANCING ON THE STREET PAVE [SIC] IN GOLD, 1996, Mixed media with foundobjects on wooden door Promised Gift of Donna andThomas Brumfield, Jr.
Terre Haute
Swope Art MuseumEducation Gallery African American Images and Artistsfrom the Swope Collection
On view through March 21, 2009
This exhibition is rich in a diversity of artisticapproaches and historical perspectives,including works by Jacob Lawrence, ThomasShaw, William Edouard Scott, Richard Hunt,Billy Morrow Jackson, John Dowell Jr. andothers.
“African American subject matter, by
25 South 7th StreetTerre Haute, Indiana 47807
812/ 238-1676www.swope.org
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Caucasian artists, includes a painting based ona ‘Negro Spiritual’ by Southern RegionalistJohn McCrady and a nude, portrait of his wife,by Billy Morrow Jackson. All of the works inthis exhibition reveal perspectives on race andcivil rights which reflect the eras in which theywere made….”
Washington, DC
Hemphill Fine Arts
Selections from the Barnett-AdenCollection: Homecoming Celebration
January 31 - March 6, 2009
1515 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005
202/ 234-5601www.hemphillfinearts.com
International Visions-The Gallery
Inaugural Exhibition: PrestonSampson, Charly Palmer, Roy Lewis
On view through February 28, 2009
“Preston Sampson creates ‘Forty FourPortraits’ of Barack Obama. Mixed mediaartist, Charly Palmer, takes the viewer on a journey ’40 Years: 1968-2008,’ and Roy Lewis,photographer, revisits Africa with, ‘FestacRevisted – 1977.’”
2629 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008
202/ 234-5112www.inter-visions.com
Parish Gallery - Georgetown
Bruce McNeil: Painter, Photographer February 6 – 28, 2009
1054 31st Street, NWCanal Square
Washington, DC 20007202/ 944-2310
http://www.parishgallery.com/[email protected]
Smithsonian Anacostia Community
Museum Jubilee: African American Celebration
On view through September 20, 2009
“Jubilee” examines historical andcontemporary African American holidays andcelebrations from around the country. Theyare presented through images of capturedmoments throughout the years, along withtreasured artifacts, costumes, documents,music, video and interviews.”
1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020
202/ 633-4820
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Winston-Salem
Diggs Gallery
Charles Searles: Universal Reflections of Color and Rhythm
On view through March 21, 2009
“Searles’ work reflects the universal rhythmsof human nature; they are bold, expressive,and celebratory of global cultures. Theinfluence of dance and music as universallanguages is evident throughout his colorfulcanvases and often larger than life sculptures."
Diggs Gallery is located on the lower
level of the O’Kelly LibraryWinston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. DriveWinston-Salem, North Carolina 27110
336/ 750-2458http://www.wssu.edu/wssu
OTHER NEWS of INTEREST
SWANN Auction Galleries104 East 25th Street
New York, New York 10010
Swann Galleries will present two annual auctions focusing on African-American art, history, and culture in February.
The AFRICAN-AMERICAN FINE ART auction (Sale 2169)will be held on Tuesday, February 17, 2009 at 1:30 PM. “The saleconsists of 169 lots with many museum-quality works from a numberof private collections, representing all of the major 20th-centuryartistic movements. Artists include Henry Ossawa Tanner, JamesVanDerZee, Augusta Savage, Romare Bearden, Norman Lew is, Jacob
Lawrence, Charles White, Hale Woodruff and Kara Walker.”
The illustrated color catalogue for Sale 2169 is available for $35.00; itmay also be viewed on line at the following link:http://swanngalleries.rfcsystems.com/asp/search.asp?st=U
For further information or questions, please contact Nigel Freeman at212/ 254-4710, ext. 33 or [email protected] .
The PRINTED and MANUSCRIPT AFRICAN AMERICANAauction (Sale 2171) will be held on Thursday, February 26, 2009at 2:30 PM. There will be an illustrated catalogue for Sale 2171,
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selling for $35.00. This sale includes “a large section on Slaveryand Abolition, featuring an insurance policy for the slave ship ‘Lily’ on the final leg of the Atlantic triangle, 1795; a copy of FrederickDouglass’ only piece of fiction, The Heroic Slave, 1853; a collectionof signatures of 20 black Reconstructionist Congressman electedbetween 1868-97; and etc.”
For further information or questions, please contact Wyatt H. Dayat 212/ 254-4710, ext. 300 or [email protected] .
National Black Fine Art Show (NBFAS)
The National Black Fine Art Show (NBFAS) has found a new home in the
heart of Manhattan across from the Empire State Building, 7 West 34thStreet. “This is the only venue where collectors, students, and curators canview and buy from the full gamut of original Black art in a single venue. ThisShow attracts leading galleries and dealers in both the primary andsecondary markets from across the United States, Canada, Europe and theCaribbean, and provides a rare opportunity to view and purchase works byearly African American masters, Harlem Renaissance masters, modernmasters, young giant and emerging artists.”
Visit this unique mix of original art from the 19th century to the present.Selections will include paintings, photography, sculpture, mixed media, andworks on paper. The show is dedicated to the exclusive showing of original
art produced by artists of African and African American descent.
The Charity Preview will benefit the Schomburg Center for Research inBlack Culture and is held on Thursday, February 12, 2009. The showdates begin on Friday, February 13 and continue through Sunday,February 15, 2009.
NBFAS offers an opportunity to purchase great fine art, to gain practicaladvice from gallery owners, art historians, museum curators, and to engagewith other collectors. Approximately 40 galleries and art dealers willparticipate. See the web site for details: http://www.blackfineartshow.com/Info.html
The Black Art Project welcomes any information that you might have relating toBlack art exhibitions, particularly regional exhibitions that are not traditionallymarketed on a national scale. The Project will verify the accuracy of any informationsubmitted, so we welcome all leads. Thank you for any assistance that you provide.
Black Art Project
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George-McKinley MartinP. O. Box 8515
Silver Spring, Maryland [email protected]
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