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Selected Updates: the Guide toBlack Art Exhibitions in 2010

Black Art ProjectGeorge-McKinley Martin

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Alexandria

Alexandria Black History MuseumGrass Roots: African Origins of anAmerican Art

February 4 March 13, 2010

Explore the history of coiled basketry in Africaand America with this traveling exhibition fromthe Museum for African Art. Grass Roots tracethe evolution of an ancient art while examiningrice-growing societies which, through the trans-Atlantic slave trade, exported their cultures toAmerica. The exhibition features baskets fromthe Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgiaas well as from diverse regions of Africa, andartifacts, such as basket-making tools and ricecultivation relics.

902 Wythe StreetAlexandria, Virginia 22314

703/ 746-4356

Atlanta

Spelman College Museum of Fine ArtAn American Consciousness: RobinHolder's Mid-Career RetrospectiveOn view throughMay 15, 2010

An American Consciousness: RobinHolder's Mid-Career Retrospective is an

in-depth examination of Holders threedecades as a printmaker. Holder, a New York-based artist and educator, is a storytellerwhose work fuses autobiographical, historic,and global issues. Working in series, sheaddresses diverse themes that includeimmigration, racism, jazz, the Holocaust, andchild labor. Through her work Holder unitesaesthetics with sociopolitical ideas, connectspersonal and universal experiences, and

Spelman College350 Spelman Lane, SWAtlanta, Georgia 30314

404/ 270-5607www.spelman.edu/museum

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reflects on nature and spirituality. Her self-reflective images are meditations on identity,womens empowerment, and social realities.The exhibition will feature sixty-five works.

The exhibition is curated by Dorit Yaron, theDavid C. Driskell Center's Deputy Director.

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

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Robin Holder,Aspiration, 1986, Linoleum print withstencils

Baltimore

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureFrom Process to Print: Graphic Worksby Romare BeardenOn view through March 28, 2010

This exhibition presents a major survey of theextensive graphic works created by RomareBearden over more than 30 years. The worksin From Process to Print: Graphic Worksby Romare Bearden show Beardensextraordinary facility for weaving into every artform a rich tapestry of literary, biblical,mythological, popular culture and western andnon-western themes that were informed by hisAfrican American cultural experiences.Included are prints based on collages like theOdysseus Series and Piano Lesson that hereworked in several media through changes intechnique, scale and color and through the useof photographic processes. Also included aretwo important photoengraving series, TheTrain and The Familyand the extraordinarylimited edition 12 Trains.


830 East Pratt StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21202

443/ 263-1800www.africanamericanculture.org

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Birmingham

Birmingham Museum of ArtAfrican-American Art GalleryP. H. Polk Photographs

2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd.Birmingham, Alabama 35203

205/ 254-2565

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On view through May 23, 2010

This exhibition explores various aspects ofPrentice Herman (P.H.) Polk's work. Polk(1898-1984), a Bessemer native, became oneof the most important photographers of the20th century through his role as the officialphotographer of the Tuskegee Institute from1939-1984. Polk became the leading chroniclerof campus life, capturing scenes of social,historical, and artistic significance andrecording for posterity images of GeorgeWashington Carver, the Tuskegee Airmen,Eleanor Roosevelt, Joe Louis, Paul Robeson,and many other prominent individuals.

Amalia K. Amaki, Professor of Art History,University of Alabama, and Curator of the PaulR. Jones Collection, serves as the guestcurator for this exhibition.

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Brooklyn

Corridor GalleryBlack Artists as ActivistJanuary 31 March 28, 2010

Black Artists as Activistwill celebrate thework of 10 emerging and established artistsfrom the African Diaspora whose workaddresses the theme of artists astransformative agents in their lives and theworld.

334 Grand AvenueBrooklyn, New York 11238

860/ 838-4233www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org

Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporan Arts (MoCADA)The Gentrification of Brooklyn: ThePink Elephant SpeaksFebruary 4 - May 16, 2010

This exhibition, guest curated by DexterWimberly, will examine how urban planning,

imminent domain, and real estatedevelopment are affecting Brooklyn'scommunities and how residents throughout theborough are responding. The Gentrificationof Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speakswill include the works of several Brooklyn-based artists, as well as those who have beenforced to relocate as a result of gentrification.In addition to works of art featured atMoCADA, there will be a schedule of public

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programs taking place throughout Brooklyn.

Charlotte

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art and CultureMain GalleryThe John and Vivian Hewitt Collectionof African-American ArtOn view throughJanuary 2, 2011

The Hewitt Collection of African-American Artconsists of works by renowned artists includingRomare Bearden, Henry Ossawa Tanner,Elizabeth Catlett, Jonathan Green, JacobLawrence, Ann Tanksley, and Hale Woodruff.

Bank of America acquired the Hewitt Collectionin 1998 from John and Vivian Hewitt, andpledged it as a cornerstone of the GanttCenters permanent collection.

For 10 years the Hewitt collection has touredthe United States. The Gantt Center is verypleased to serve as its home.

551 South Tryon StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28202

704/ 547-3700http://www.ganttcenter.org/

Mint Museum of ArtBelk, Dwelle, and Jones GalleriesLois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant

ColorOn view through February 27, 2010

Examining the prolific career of Los MailouJones, spanning nearly 75 years, this exhibitionpresents approximately 70 works from privatecollections and from the artist's estate.

The exhibition provides a survey the manystyles of Jones' 75 years as a painter stretchingfrom late Postimpressionism to a contemporarysynthesis of African, Caribbean, American andAfrican-American images, design and themes.

Jones, as a noted educator, taught paintingand related subjects at Howard University for47 years.

2730 Randolph RoadCharlotte, North Carolina 28207

704/ 337-2000

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Lis Mailou Jones,Jennie,1943 oil on canvas.

On loan from the HowardUniversity Gallery of Art.

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Chevy Chase

Friendship Heights Village CenterOur Common JourneyFebruary 7 28, 2010

A celebration of life, featuring the followingartists: Anne S. Bouie, John Beckley, Daniel T.Brooking, Bernard W. Brooks, GwendolynAqui-Brooks, James Brown, Jr., DesireeDarden, Henry Elliott, Jenne Glover, T. H.Gomillion, Francine Haskins, Gloria C. Kirk,Jacqueline Lee, and Samuel Mercer.

4433 South Park AvenueChevy Chase, Maryland 20815

301/ 656-2797

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Chicago

Museum of Science and IndustryBalcony of the Museums West PavilionBlack Creativity 2010: Juried ArtExhibitionOn view through February 28, 2010

The Museum of Science and Industrys annualBlack Creativity 2010 features more than100 original works of art from bothprofessional and amateur African-Americanartists from around the country. First place

and $3,000 was awarded to James Pate ofDayton, Ohio for his oil painting, Turn ofEndearment. The works on display wereselected from more than 350- entries.

The Museums juried art exhibition is one ofthe longest-running exhibitions of African-American art in the United States. It started in1970 as Black Esthetics and was the impetusbehind the Museums annual Black Creativitycelebration.

57th and Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60637

773/ 684-1414http://www.msichicago.org/whats-

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Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art MuseumMartin Puryear PrintsJanuary 30 May 2, 2010

The acclaimed sculptor, Martin Puryear, hasanother side; he is a great printmaker. This

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513/ 639-2995www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

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exhibit surveys a decade of Puryearsprintmaking. Often referencing his areas ofpersonal interest, Puryears prints are inspiredby furniture design, basketry and internationaltravel. Martin Puryear Prints revealsPuryears exploration of printmaking to capturehis three-dimensional ideas.

Cincinnati Art MuseumKara Walker: Harpers PictorialHistory of the Civil War (Annotated)February 20 May 2, 2010

Confront the dark subversive imagery of Karawalker and experience Kara Walker:Harpers Pictorial History of the Civil War(Annotated). A volatile juxtaposition ofhistory and technology, Kara Walkermasterfully presents a combination of

traditional imagery charged with racialiconography. The exhibition consists of fifteenlarge scale images that begin as enlargementsof the woodcut illustrations featured inHarpers Pictorial History of the Civil War.Walker then overlays these enlargements withsolid black screen prints. The historical scenesare interrupted with black imagery and forcethe viewer to internalize the conflict andsuffering on both sides of the civil war.

953 Eden Park DriveCincinnati, Ohio 45202

513/ 639-2995www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

Cleveland

The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversityGallery CPhysical GraffitiOn view through February 13, 2010

Physical Graffitifeatures new mixed mediacollage paintings by Kushmere Bell, one of theartists in last years celebrated exhibition atCleveland State University: Each in Their OwnVoice,African American Artists in Cleveland

1970 to 2005.

The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversity

2307 Chester AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44114

216/ 687-2103http://www.csuohio.edu/artgallery/

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Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland 8501 Carnegie Avenue

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William D. Ginn Gallery and Dr. Geraldand Phyllis Seltzer Rotunda GalleryIona Rozeal Brown: All Falls DownJanuary 29 May 9, 2010

This exhibition features recent and newly

commissioned work by Washington D.C.-basedartist, Iona Rozeal Brown, who examines theglobalization and appropriation of hip-hopculture in vibrant large-scale acrylic paintings.Sparked by her interest in ganguro, a trend inthe late 1990's among Japanese teenagers(mostly girls) who were infatuated with lookinglike African-American hip-hop stars, brownintegrates hip-hop's stylistic motifs into thecompositional framework of Japan's mostillustrious modern artistic tradition: ukiyo-eprintmaking.

Connecting hip-hop's material culture to the

opulent ukiyo-e world of geishas, samurais,and Kabuki actors, Brown reveals themalleable, polymorphic nature of history,culture, and identity.

Cleveland, Ohio 44106216/ 421-8671

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Museum of Contemporary Art ClevelandMarjorie Talalay, Peter B. Lewis, andVideo GalleriesFrom Then to Now: Masterworks ofContemporary African-American ArtOn view through May 23, 2010

Unprecedented in the region, the exhibitionbrings together for the first time the richholdings of contemporary African American artdrawn from preeminent collections ofcontemporary art in the region - the AllenMemorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, theAkron Art Museum, the Cleveland ClinicFoundation, Progressive Corporation, and theCleveland Museum of Art. Presented will beworks by some of the most important artists ofour time in a range of media - works on paper,painting, sculpture, and installations.

The exhibition features 25 artists, and beginswith signature pieces by such pioneeringfigures of the 1970s and 1980s as RomareBearden or Alma Thomas, and continues up tothe present with prime examples of works byartists such as Lenardo Drew, Alison Saar,Willie Cole, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson,Carrie Mae Weems, Ren Green, Kara Walkerand Kehinde Wiley, among others.

8501 Carnegie AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44106

216/ 421-8671http://www.mocacleveland.org

Kehinde Wiley, Passing/Posing, 2003, Acrylic onpaper, 72 X 65 X 3 in. Collection of the Progressive

Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio

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College Park

The David C. Driskell Center for theStudy of the Visual Arts and Culture ofAfrican Americans and the AfricanDiaspora

Her Story: Margo Humphrey,Lithographs and Works on PaperOn view through March 12, 2010

Co-curated by Dr. Robert E. Steele,

the David C. Driskell Center'sExecutiveDirector, and Dr. AdrienneChilds, Curator

1214 Cole Student Activity BuildingUniversity of Maryland

College Park, Maryland 20742301/ 314-2615

www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/[email protected]

Columbia

Columbia Museum of ArtThe Chemistry of Color:Contemporary African-AmericanArtistsFebruary 05 May 09, 2010

The Columbia Museum of Art celebrates its60th anniversary year by hosting a majorexhibition of art by contemporary African-American artists. The Chemistry of Color:Contemporary African-American Artists

chronicle the accomplishments and strugglesof African-American artists in the latter half ofthe 20th century with approximately 72 worksby a number of preeminent modern artists.

The Columbia Museum of Art has a longhistory of presenting exhibitions featuringAfrican-American art and African culturalheritage more than 37 years and more than25 exhibitions, beginning in 1972.

In conjunction with the Columbia Museum ofArts Year of American Art and TheChemistry of Color, the Museum presents an

installation from its own collection, ColorVision: African-American Masters fromthe Collection, which opens Wednesday,February 17 and runs through May 30.


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Eatonville

Zora Neale Hurston National Museum ofFine Arts (The Hurston)

Zora Neale Hurston: The Legacy ofInspired Reality

On view through August 27, 2010 Thisdistinctive exhibit features the works ofnumerous artists (Deborah Willis, Carrie MaeWeems, Lonnie Graham, Whitfield Lovell, FredWilson, Betye Saar, Hank Willis, and ThermanStatom) inspired by Hurstons work.ZoraNeale Hurston: The Legacy of InspiredRealityfeatures two- and three-dimensionalworks, representing photography, installationart, and mixed media.

227 East Kennedy BoulevardEatonville, Florida 32751

407/ 647-3307

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Evanston

Dittmar Memorial GalleryNorris University CenterAfriCOBRA and the Chicago Black ArtsMovementFebruary 12 March 13, 2010

In 1968, a group of African American artists inChicago gathered to imagine and discuss thedevelopment of a vibrant dynamic Black visualart that would capture the beauty, value, andsignificance of critical dimensions of Africandescended culture. They named themselvesAfriCOBRA (an African Commune of BadRelevant Artists.) They shared a belief in theimportance of visual expression as a means ofconveying positive elements of blackexperiences that shaped identities andstrengthen communities.

Northwestern University1999 Campus Drive

Evanston, Illinois 60208847/ 491-2348

http://www.norris.northwestern.edu/dittmar.php

Flint

Flint Institute of ArtsMary Lee Bendolph,Gee's Bend Quilts, and BeyondHodge & Temporary Exhibition GalleriesOn view through April 18, 2010

1120 East Kearsley StreetFlint, Michigan 48503-1915

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Mary Lee Bendolph, Gees Bend Quilts,and Beyondhighlights one of Gees Bendsmost original artists, Mary Lee Bendolph, andalso explores the work of three of Bendolphsclose relatives, her mother, Aolar Mosely, herdaughter, Essie B. Pettway, and her daughter-in-law, Louisiana P. Bendolph.

In addition to the quilts included in theexhibition, are works by two contemporaryAlabama-based artists who have been inspiredby the quilts of Gees Bend, Thorton Dial andLonnie Holley. The self-taught Dial and Holleyexplore the African American experiencethrough their assemblage sculptures, whichare created from commonplace found objectsand found materials, such as furniture, cloth,carpet, and paint.

Mary Lee BendolphAmericanStrips and Stringscotton and cotton blends, 200374 x 49 inchesCourtesy of Tinwood Alliance

Greensboro

Weatherspoon Art MuseumExisted: Leonardo DrewFebruary 06 May 09, 2010

This major mid-career surveyexhibition, Existed: Leonardo Drew,includes fourteen large-scale worksrealized between 1991 and 2006,including the installation, Number 123(2006), which is specially adapted bythe artist for the Weatherspoonsatrium, along with eight works onpaper made between 2005 and 2008.

Throughout his career, Drew has beencontinuously engaged with the cyclicalnature of existence. Made to resemblethe detritus of everyday life, his

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formally abstract butemotionallycharged compositions have anaesthetic authority and metaphoricalweight that are unique, transcendingtime and place in a celebration ofthings eternal. These works range fromthe intense drama of his sculpturesand installations of the 1980s, to theepic sweep of his massive wall-boundtableaux of the 1990s, to the ethereallanguage of his paper casts of the early2000s.

A catalogue accompanies thisexhibition.

Greensboro, North Carolina 27402336/ 334-5770

www.weatherspoon.uncg.edu/[email protected]

Hampton

Hampton University MuseumThe City of Hampton: Through theLens of Reuben V. Burrell and JamesVan Der ZeeFebruary 28 November 27, 2010

Reuben V. Burrell has documented through

photographs a half of a century of HamptonUniversity events both big and small. Notonly is Mr. Burrell the Griot (historian) of theUniversity but his lens goes beyond thecampus into the surrounding community. Hiredat Hampton in December 1949, Mr. Burrellbegan his career as the school photographer.For more than sixty years, he has provided aninvaluable service to the universitydocumenting its history as well as reprinting

Huntington BuildingHampton, Virginia 23668

757/727-5308www.hamptonu.edu/museum

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historic photographs. He has also documentedlandmarks, businesses, social and civicactivities in the city of Hampton.

James Van Der Zee is recognized as the dean

of African American photographers based onhis large body of photographs taken in Harlem,New York during more than half of the 19thcentury. In 1906 Van Der Zee left hishometown of Lenox, Massachusetts where hemet and married Kate L. Brown, a seamstressfrom Newport News, Virginia. The couplesfirst child, Rachel, was born in 1907 andshortly afterward they traveled to Virginia.The Van Der Zees decided to remain inTidewater, Virginia where Van Der Zee foundemployment as a waiter at the HotelChamberlin. The photographs will shareimages of two categories: the everyday

activities of Slabtown residents and theacademic community at Whittier PreparatorySchool.

Hartford

The Amistad Center for Art and Culture atthe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtDigging DeeperOn view through April 4, 2010

Digging Deeperis a rare and excitingcollaborative project that engages artists WillieCole, and Hank Willis Thomas, in theexploration of The Amistad Center's importantculturally specific collection and the WadsworthAtheneum's renowned and diverse collectionsto produce an exhibition, including new worksthat will enlighten and entertain our publiccommunity. The exhibition will juxtaposecollection materials and Cole's and WillisThomas' original works to challenge viewers tothink about contemporary art in an historical

context, traditional art in a contemporarycontext, and the capacity of multiplegenerations and forms of art to document,comment on, and sometimes change history.

600 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103-2990

860/ 838-4233www.amistadartandculture.org

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The Phillips Museum of ArtDana & Rothman Galleries, SteinmanCollege CenterAP-PRAISED: Solo Exhibition ofWorks by William Hutson and

Selected Works From His PersonalCollectionOn view through February 28, 2010

An exhibition of selected works by William R.Hutson as well as selected works by: FrankBowling, Nanette Carter, Juan Cash, EdwardClark, Gregory Coates, Ed Colston, AdrienneHoard, Alvin Loving, Melvin Edwards, JamesLittle, Sam Middleton, Larry Potter, ShirleyStark, William T. Williams, and others.

The exhibition will offer a glimpse of the

recently acquired life work of Mr. Hutson, andwill include pieces from his personal collectionof artwork by distinguished African AmericanAbstractionists, memorabilia and ephemerafrom the 1960's through the end of the 20thCentury.

Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania

717/ 291-3879www.fandm.edu/exhibitions

Laurel

Montpelier Arts Center

Marcella Morgese, Library GalleryCulture of the Mind and Spirit: AnExhibition of Regional AfricanAmerican ArtistsFebruary 5 March 26, 2010

The exhibition features the works of a diversegroup of artists with a common heritage andprofound links to Montpelier Arts Center.Artists with works on exhibit include: JohnBeckley, Jacqueline Lee, Alonzo Davis, HenryElliott, Clarence Page, Kenneth Shepherd,Thomas Gomillion, Cheryl Dyer, Angela Mathis,

Roland Richardson, and Rushern Baker, IV.

9652 Muirkirk Road

Laurel, Maryland 20708301/ 377-7800; 410-792-0664

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Los Angeles

California African American Museum 600 State Drive

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After 1968: Contemporary Artists andthe Civil Rights LegacyOn view through March 7, 2010

After 1968: Contemporary Artists andthe Civil Rights Legacyilluminates how theevents and actions of 1968 ignited progressivesocial change and helped to initiate politicalpolicies that radically reshaped Americanculture. This exhibition features recent andnewly commissioned works by a group ofyoung, emerging artists and collectives, allborn in or after 1968. They include DeborahGrant, Adam Pendleton, Jefferson Pinder,Nadine Robinson, Leslie Hewitt, OtabengaJones and Associates, and Hank WillisThomas.

Exposition ParkLos Angeles, California 90037

213/ 744-7432www.caamuseum.org

California African American MuseumAn Idea Called Tomorrow-1On view through March 7, 2010

This exhibition was co-conceived by theCalifornia African American Museum (CAAM)and the Skirball Cultural Center as one exhibitsplit between each institution. An IdeaCalled Tomorrowis intended to inspirevisitors to reflect upon the active role we mustall play in bringing about a more just,equitable, and peaceful future. On view atCAAM isAn Idea Called Tomorrow-1showcasing works by fifteen contemporary

artists imaging what a civilfuture looks like.An Idea Called Tomorrow-2 is featured atthe Skirball Cultural Centerhttp://www.skirball.org/.

600 State DriveExposition ParkLos Angeles, California 90037

213/ 744-7432www.caamuseum.org

California African American MuseumDance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years ofFirstsJanuary 28 June 6, 2010

In 1969, writing about Dance Theatre of

Harlem, Clive Barnes, dance critic for The NewYork Times, began his article, Black isbeautiful, classic ballet is beautiful, so why arethe two so rarely found together? Thatchanged when Arthur Mitchell, accomplishedartistic director, astute educator, talentedchoreographer and extraordinary dancer, co-founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with hismentor,Karel Shook. Inspired by the death ofDr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Arthur Mitchell

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wanted to make a difference; by doing whathe knew best, which was the focus anddiscipline of dance. He brought the art form ofballet to Harlem.

For more information and a sampling of works,see: http://www.caamuseum.org/fe.htm

Skirball Cultural CenterRoad to Freedom: Photographs of theCivil Rights Movement, 1956 - 1968On view through March 7, 2010

Organized by the High Museum of Art(Atlanta), Road to Freedom features nearly170 unforgettable images by more than thirty-five photographers and tracks a crucial episodein American social and political history.

Poignant and deeply affecting, thephotographs in this exhibition portrayhistorical turning points such as theMontgomery bus boycott (1956), the FreedomRides to the Deep South (1961), the March onWashington (1963), the Selma-to-MontgomeryMarch (1965), the assassination of MartinLuther King, Jr. (1968), and the Poor People'sCampaign (1968). Some of the photographshave never been displayed to the public.

2701 North Sepulveda BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90049

310/ 440-4500http://www.skirball.org/

Skirball Cultural CenterBreach of Peace: Photographs ofFreedom Riders by Eric Etheridge Onview now through April 11, 2010

Breach of Peace, a companion to theexhibition Road to Freedom, displays fortycontemporary portraits by photographer EricEtheridge of Freedom Riders, who, in 1961,converged on Jackson, Mississippi to challengestate segregation laws. Their noble effortswere met with fierce hostility, and many of theyoung men and women were arrested andconvicted of the charge breach of the peace.

Breach of Peace displays Etheridge'sphotographs of several Freedom Riders, nowsenior citizens, alongside their original mugshots. The exhibition examines theirinvolvement in the Civil Rights movement,takes a look at who they are today, and sharestheir unique perspectives on that historicalperiod. The exhibit encompasses relatedhistorical objects, including student activist

2701 North Sepulveda BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90049

310/ 440-4500http://www.skirball.org/

Helen Singleton, Los Angeles, CA 2005 EricEtheridge

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buttons and newspaper clippings.

Helen Singleton, July 30, 1961 Archive of theMississippi State Sovereignty Commission

Louisville

Gallery at ActorsActors Theatre of Louisville16th Annual African American ArtExhibitionOn view through February 21, 2010

The 16th Annual African American ArtExhibition will run concurrent with thetheatrical production ofElla, a musical tributeto Ella Fitzgerald. The exhibition is not theme-specific. The annual exhibition has become apopular highlight of the regions visual artsseason.

316 West Main StreetLouisville, Kentucky 40202-4218

502/ 584-1265www.actorstheatre.org/visit_gallery.htm

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Mobile

Mobile Museum of ArtSuccessions: Prints by AfricanAmerican Artists from the Jean andRobert Steele CollectionOn view through April 18, 2010

Successions: Prints by African-AmericanArtists from the Jean and Robert Steele

Collection will feature 62 works of traditionaland non-traditional printmaking techniquessuch as etching, monoprint, lithography,linocut and silkscreen by 45 artists includingRomare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, DavidDriskell, Sam Gilliam, Margo Humphrey, JacobLawrence, Stephanie Pogue, Faith Ringgold,Lou Stovall, William T. Williams and James L.Wells.

4850 Museum DriveMobile, Alabama 36608

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Montclair

Montclair Art MuseumA Force for Change: AfricanAmerican Art and the JuliusRosenwald Fund

February 07 July 25, 2010

A Force for Change: African AmericanArt and the Julius Rosenwald Fundis thefirst exhibition to explore the legacy of theJulius Rosenwald Fund created by the Chicagobusinessman and philanthropist to foster blackleadership through the arts, literature, andscholarship. From 1928 to 1948, the Fundawarded stipends to hundreds of prominentand emerging African Americans artists,writers, and scholars across such disciplines ashistory, sociology, literature, and the visualand performing arts.

A Force for Change presents more than sixtypaintings, sculptures, and works on paper bytwenty-two Rosenwald fellows, as well as ashort documentary film.

The exhibition will be complemented by aninstallation of approximately 20 works byAfrican American artists from the Montclair ArtMuseum's permanent collection.


3 South Mountain AvenueMontclair, New Jersey 07042

973/ 746-5555www.montclairartmuseum.org

Newark

University Museums

University of DelawareMechanical Hall GalleryAbstract RelationsFebruary 10 June 06, 2010

Abstract Relations, a collaboration of the

David C. Driskell Center, University ofMaryland and the University of DelawareMuseums, examines traditions and methods ofabstraction in African American art. Artistsrepresented include Alma Thomas, NormanLewis, Sam Gilliam, Mary Lovelace ONeal,William T. Williams, Al Loving, E.J.Montgomery and David Driskell.This exhibit highlights recent gifts from thewidow of artist and conservator Felrath Hines

University MuseumsMechanical Hall (MEH)

near the intersection of East Main Streetand North College Avenue

Newark, Delaware302-831-8037

http://www.udel.edu/museums/

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(1913-1993) to the University Museums andthe David C. Driskell Center.

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Felrath Hines, Sentinel II, 1983. Oil on linen, 48 x 46in. University Museums, University of Delaware. Giftof Dorothy C. Fisher, Wife of the Artist. FelrathHines Estate.

New York

The Studio Museum in Harlem30 Seconds off an InchOn view through March 14, 2010

This survey exhibition brings togetherapproximately one hundred works by dozensof artists who, having absorbed the lessonsof U.S.-based Conceptual art and identity

politics, imbue their respective practiceswith a critical sense of play and irreverenceadopted from Fluxus, Arte Povera, Gutai andNeoconcretism, among other internationalmovements. 30 Seconds takes the singularpractices and conceptual methods of blackartists active on the West Coast in the late1960s and early 1970s as a starting pointwork that inspired a bodily engagement inconceptual practice.


144 West 125th StreetNew York, New York 10027

212/ 864-4500www.studiomuseum.org

Jabu Arnell, Disco Ball 2, 2009, Courtesy of artist

The Studio Museum in HarlemA Delicate Touch: Watercolors fromthe Permanent CollectionOn view through March 14, 2010

The Studio Museum continues to explore and

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212/ 864-4500www.studiomuseum.org

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engage its permanent collection with theexhibitionA Delicate Touch: Watercolorsfrom the Permanent Collection. Presentingeighteen works on paper,A Delicate Touchbrings together works dating from the late1940s to 2007 that share the same medium.

The exhibition was organized by CuratorialAssistant Lauren Haynes, and includes thefollowing artists: John Bankston, RomareBearden, Beauford Delaney, John Dowell, SamGilliam, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu,Otobong Nkanga, Chris Ofili, and RichardYarde.

Romare BeardenUntitled (Classical Series), c. 1948

The Studio Museum in Harlem; museumpurchase and a gift from E.Thomas and Audlyn

Higgins Williams 97.9.6

Topeka

Mulvane Art MuseumColor in Freedom: Journey Along the

Underground RailroadFebruary 6 April 3, 2010

Color in Freedom: Journey Along theUnderground Railroadfeatures paintings,etchings & drawings by Joseph Holston thatwere created to capture the essence of thecourage & determination required to escapeand to enhance understanding of the conditionof slavery and the powerful instinct towardfreedom.

Washburn University17th and Jewell

Topeka, Kansas 66621785/ 670-1124http://www.washburn.edu/mulvane/

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Towson

Center for the Arts GalleryA Complex Weave: Women andIdentity in Contemporary ArtFebruary 12 April 17, 2010This exhibition presents the work of 16 artistsof diverse backgrounds who address aspects of

Towson State University8000 York Road

Towson, Maryland 21252410/ 704-2787

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identity, including nationality, ethnicity,gender, and religion. Media includessculpture, painting, prints, fibers, andphotography. The exhibition includes suchartists as Sonya Clark, Ze Charlton,Philemona Williamson, and others.

Washington, DC

District of Columbia Public Library

Great Hall

Re-Enslavement Revisted: An

Exhibition of the Art of Terry Dixon

and Robert MorrisFebruary 1 28, 2010

Re-Enslavement Revisitedwill featurecelebrated artists Terry Dixon and RobertMorris. Their visual interpretation of re-enslavement was inspired by DouglasBlackmons 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning non-fiction book, Slavery By Another Name: TheRe-Enslavement of African Americans from theCivil War to World War II. The exhibit isdesigned to highlight the role of majorcorporations and local government in denyingsouthern blacks their civil rights through thepower of judicial and local governments.

Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library901 G Street, NW

Washington, DC 20001202/ 727-1222

www.dclibrary.org

Artist:Terry Dixon, Title: Accusation / DiptychMedium: Mixed Media, Size: 24"x24"

International Visions-The Gallery 2629 Connecticut Avenue, NW

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Michael PlattFebruary 3 March 13, 2010

Washington, DC 20008202/ 234-5112

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Parish Gallery-GeorgetownMargaret Burroughs: Collage, LinocutFebruary 5 28, 2010

1054 31st

Street, NWCanal SquareWashington, DC 20007

202/ 944-2310http://www.parishgallery.com/

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Smithsonian Anacostia CommunityMuseumThe African Presence in Mxico:From Yanga to the PresentOn view through July 4, 2010

The African Presence in Mxico: FromYanga to the Presentexamines the history,culture, and art of Afro-Mexicans, and beginsin the colonial era and continues to the presentday. Highlights of the exhibition includediscussions of African slavery in Mexico and thehero/slave rebel Yanga; artifacts related to thetraditions and popular culture of Afro-Mexicans; and paintings, masks, photography,and other works of art.

This exhibition is accompanied by Who AreWe Now? Roots, Resistance, andRecognition that charts the history of therelationship between Mexicans and AfricanAmericans in the United States as well as therelationship between African Americans and thecountry of Mexico. These exhibitions wereorganized by the National Museum of MexicanArt, Chicago.

http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/af/africanpresence.html

1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020

202/ 633-4820www.anacostia.si.edu

[email protected]

Winston-Salem

Diggs GalleryYoung AmericansOn view through March 06, 2010

Young Americans is a dynamic new series

Diggs Gallery/lower level, OKelly LibraryWinston-Salem State University

601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. DriveWinston-Salem, North Carolina 27110

336/ 750-2458

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of photographs by photographer Sheila PreeBright in which she explores the identities ofyoung people and their relationship to theUnited States in an unusual manner. Eachparticipant was aged 18 to 25 and posed withan American Flag.

Pree Bright began working on the YoungAmerican series in the fall of 2006. Sheinvited the subjects of the photographs tochoose their own clothing, poses andinteractions with the American flag. The resultis a mix of emotions that these young peoplewere able to express.

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Phillip Osborne II, 2007, Sheila Pree Bright,Chromogenic print, 40" x 30"

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