e-list updates to the guide to black art exhibitions in september

8/2/2019 E-List Updates to the Guide to Black Art Exhibitions in September

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Selected Updates: the Guide toBlack Art Exhibitions in 2010

Black Art ProjectGeorge-McKinley Martin

P. O. Box 8515Silver Spring, Maryland 20907

http://blackartproject.blogspot.com/

Atlanta

Hammonds House MuseumLouis DelsarteOn view through September 12, 2010

Described as a figurative painter of dream-like compositions, Louis Delsarte emergedonto the art scene more than thirty five yearsago as a painter. Using texture, abstraction,paints, ebony pencil and mixed media, LouisDelsarte takes the viewer to the depths of hisown experiences and imagination.

503 Peeples Street, SWAtlanta, Georgia 30310

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Louis Delsarte, Encounters with Celestial Skies

Spelman College Museum of Fine ArtEvenly Yoked: Bradley McCallum andJacqueline TarrySeptember 9 December 4, 2010

Evenly Yoked,the latest video endeavor byBrooklyn-based artists Bradley McCallum andJacqueline Tarry, will feature new works fromtheProjectionseries, a group of paintingsthat explore the intersection of race and theentertainment industry; the artists investigatestereotypes perpetuated in theater andcinema and provide a thematic context withinwhich to experience Evenly Yoked.

Spelman College350 Spelman Lane, SWAtlanta, Georgia 30314

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

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The Museum will present Evenly Yokedforthe first time in the Southeast alongside otherphotographs, videos, and installations thatthey have created since 2004.

Q and A with Artists: Tuesday, October 12,2010, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Baltimore

Galerie MyrtisAf.Rui.Ka: The Primal SourceSeptember 18 October 16, 2010

Elsa Gebreyesus makes her solo debut inAf.Rui.Ka: The Primal Source, a visualnarrative of her experiences in and of Africa.

Inspired by modern artists from Ethiopia andEritera who incorporate Fidel, their ancientwriting system; Gebreyesus interprets thesesymbols using her unique language, texturesand themes.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September18, 2010, 6:00 8:00 pm

Artist Talk: Saturday, October 16, 2010,4:00 6:00 pm

2224 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21218

410/ 235-3711www.GalerieMyrtis.com

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Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureTranscending History: MovingBeyond the Legacy of Slavery andthe HolocaustOn view through September 26, 2010

Transcending History: Moving Beyondthe Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust,explores the history and commonexperiences shared by the Black and Jewishcommunities and will feature the work ofartists from around the country. Works shown

reflect upon slavery and the Holocaust, andboth the negative & transformative effectsthat these horrific episodes have had on thecollective psyches of the two communities.

Transcending History: Moving Beyondthe Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaustwas organized by the Idea Coalition.

830 East Pratt StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21202

443/ 263-1800www.africanamericanculture.org

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Ayinde Green, Beautiful Ordeal

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureFifth Anniversary Arts WallRetrospectiveOn view through November 28, 2010

Over the past five years, the museum hascollected and exhibited works of Marylandartists. This special retrospective exhibitionfeatures artists, whose work has been on

view in the past, especially those featured inprevious art exhibitions such as JosephHolston, Harry Evans and Maya FreelonAsante. Visitors will also be introduced torecent acquisitions by Tom Miller and otherartists, who form the museums growingcollection.

830 East Pratt StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21202

443/ 263-1800www.africanamericanculture.org

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Harry Evans, Hamilton Street,Gouache on paper, Circa 1950s,

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Badders, Jr.
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Beaumont

Art Museum of Southeast TexasSedrick Huckaby: From Earth toHeavenOctober 16, 2010 January 9, 2011

Artist Sedrick Huckaby is most inspired byhis family, his faith and his African-Americanheritage. He createsquilt paintingsas a wayto celebrate both his grandmothers craft aswell as the artistic legacy of the African-American quilting tradition. Huckabyreproduces in thick, impasto paint the actualquilts produced by his grandmothers asbackdrops for many of his portrait paintingsof family and friends.

Opening Reception: Friday, October 15,2010, 6:30 8:30 pm

500 Main StreetBeaumont, Texas 77701

409/ 832-3432http://www.amset.org

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Birmingham

Birmingham Museum of ArtBohourfoush GalleryPattern, Costume, andOrnament in African-American ArtOn view through September 12,2010

Works by artists Fred Wilson, OdiliDonald Odita, Jeff Donaldson,Carrie Mae Weems, and othersreveal how African-American artistsincorporate design and decorationinto their work for a variety ofreasons. The exhibition includesphotographs, works on paper,sculpture, and quilts from theMuseums permanent collection.

2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Boulevard(formerly 2000 8th Avenue, North)

Birmingham, Alabama 35203205/ 254-2565

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Jeff Donaldson,Iminence, Acrylic and mixed media oncorrugated paper board.
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Bloomington

Indiana University Art MuseumGallery of the Art of the Western World,1st FloorWorks by Felrath Hines: Recent

AcquisitionsOn view through December 19, 2010

This installation features three paintings andthree works on paper by abstract artist andIndiana native Felrath Hines (19181993).These recent acquisitions were gifts from thewife of the artist in 2009. This installation ispresented in conjunction with the museumssummer Jazz in July concert series.

1133 East 7th StreetBloomington, Indiana 47405

812/ 855-5445http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/

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Boston

The Institute of Contemporary Art,BostonMark BradfordNovember 19, 2010 March 13,2011

This exhibit which was organized by theWexner Center features a large selectionof works from the past decade plus newpaintings and other projects produced aspart of Bradfords residency at theWexner Center.

Described as a vigorous archaelogist,

Bradford builds each work around a

carefully chosen compendium of foundmaterials or, as he calls them,materialswith a built-in history,that might recallRobert Rauschenbergs creativescavenging in the late 1950s. Heanalyzes, combines, embellishes,brutalizes, and reconstitutes thesematerialsposters, flyers, and billboardpaper, among themin a very physical,

craft-based process that is the basis ofall his work.

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

100 Northern AvenueBoston, Massachusetts 02210

617/ 478-3100http://www.icaboston.org/

[email protected]

Mark Bradford
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Brooklyn

The Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiaspora Arts (MoCADA)

Aint I A WomanOn view through December 19, 2010

This group exhibition offers contemporaryartistic depictions of women of Africandescent, focusing specifically on theirinteriority. Rather than examining womenthrough the objectivity of their bodies, theartists portray African Diasporan women asactive participants in their own visualrepresentations. Aint I A Woman featuresworks in painting, video, installation andmixed media by damali abrams,Eric Alugas,Kimberly Becoat, Priscila De Carvalho, AndreaChung, Elizabeth Colomba, William Mwazi,Kenya (Robinson), Phoenix Savage and

Francis Simeni.

The James E. Davis Art Building80 Hanson Place

Brooklyn, New York 11217-1506718/ 230-0492

http://mocada.org/[email protected]

Charlotte

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art and CultureCharlotte Collects African AmericanArtSeptember 10, 2010 January 9, 2011

On loan from collectors in Charlotte,Charlotte Collects African American Artprovides Gantt Center visitors an outstandingoverview of the importance of collectingAfrican American visual art. The exhibit willfeature cultural masterpieces that depictworld renowned and emerging artists.

551 South Tryon StreetCharlotte, North Carolina 28202

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

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art and CultureProtg: Sam Gilliam and Kevin Cole

September 10, 2010 January 9, 2011

Sam Gilliam and his protg, Kevin Cole,whose work celebrates history, survival and apersonal memory of a time and place, willtake you on an artistic journey from anexpressionistic place to one of abstraction.


704/ 547-3700

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Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Art and CultureProgeny: Deborah Willis and HankWillis ThomasOctober 8, 2010 - January 9, 2011

Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas' workexpounds on the notion of understandinghumanity. Wise and energetic, the workinvigorates the intimacy of personal history asit echoes through body and thought, gainingstrength as it creates new life. These worksconnect to new perspectives and personalvulnerabilities which grow into a collectivestrength.


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

Chicago

Rhona Hoffman GalleryKehinde Wiley: The World StageIndiaSri LankaSeptember 10 - October 23, 2010

118 North Peoria StreetChicago, Illinois 60607

312/ 455-1990www.rhoffmangallery.com

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College Park

The David C. Driskell CenterEmbodied: Black Identities inAmerican Art from the YaleUniversity Gallery of ArtSeptember 15 October 29, 2010

1214 Cole Student Activities BuildingUniversity of Maryland

College Park, Maryland 20742301/ 314-2615

http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/index.php

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The David C. Driskell CenterJacob Lawrence: Prints and Selected

PaintingsNovember 11 December 17, 2010

1214 Cole Student Activities BuildingUniversity of Maryland

College Park, Maryland 20742301/ 314-2615

http://www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/index.php

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Dayton

The Dayton Art Institute100 Years of African-American Art:The Arthur Primas CollectionNovember 6, 2010 January 30, 2011

The exhibition features 75 works from theArthur Primas collection, one of the countrysmost significant collections of African-American art. It highlights 30 artists,including Hughie Lee-Smith, Charles White,Elizabeth Catlett and many others, whobrought forth magnificent art that reflects theAfrican-American experience and aesthetic.

456 Belmonte Park NorthDayton, Ohio 45405

937/ 223-5277www.daytonartinstitute.org

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Romare BeardenPilate (Misty Mountain), 1979,Art Romare Bearden Foundation,Licensed by VAGA, New York, NY

The Dayton Art InstituteMarking the Past/Shaping thePresent: The Art of Willis BingDavisNovember 6, 2010 January 30, 2011

In conjunction with 100 Years of African-American Art, The Dayton Art Institute willcollaborate with the University of Dayton onMarking the Past/Shaping the Present:The Art of Willis BingDavis, aretrospective of works by the noted Dayton

artist. The University of Dayton will displayDavis photographs and ceramics, while TheDayton Art Institute will host an exhibition ofhis paintings and drawings.

The Dayton Art Institute456 Belmonte Park North

Dayton, Ohio 45405937/ 223-5277

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University of DaytonDepartment of Visual Arts

300 College Park

Dayton, Ohio 45469937/229-3237
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Detroit

Charles H. Wright Museum of AfricanAmerican HistoryAin't Nothing Like the Real Thing:How the Apollo Theater Shaped

American EntertainmentOctober 1, 2010 January 2, 2011

Drawing on wide-ranging materials includinghistoric photographs, film, recordings, andartist interviews, the exhibition traces theevolution of the Apollo from its birth in1914 as a whites-only burlesque theater to itsyears as a premier entertainment venue anda magnet for audiences from around theworld.

315 East Warren AvenueDetroit, Michigan 48201

313/ 494-5800www.maah-detroit.org

Charles H. Wright Museum of African

American HistoryContemporary Artist ProgramPortrayals of Life and Landscapes:The Art of Frank Kelly, Jr.August 27 December 12, 2010

Portrayals of Life and Landscapes: The Artof Frank Kelley, Jr.features more than 30 ofKelleys paintings. His art incorporatesnumerous styles and subjects. Primarily aregional painter, he draws upon sources from

his roots in North Central Louisiana. Thepeople, places, and events that he experiencedwhile growing up in this culturally rich areainspired his work. Using his signature style oflayering white paint over dark, he addsperspective and details that catches the eye.

315 East Warren AvenueDetroit, Michigan 48201

313/ 494-5800www.maah-detroit.org

Durham

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke UniversityColor Balance: Paintings by FelrathHines and Alma ThomasOn view through September 5, 2010

"Color Balance will contextualize a recent giftof abstract paintings by Felrath Hines (given tothree area university art museums) byjuxtaposing them with contemporary

2001 Campus DriveDurham, North Carolina 27705919/ 684-5135

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abstractionist, Alma Woodsey Thomas.

Thomas large, exuberant acrylics based innature will make a perfect contrast to Hines'quiet oils with subtle color shifts, smoothsurfaces and precise edges that embody apurist approach. See selected images fromexhibit:http://nasher.duke.edu/galleries/main_gallery/?cat=37&offset=0&pic_id=1

This exhibit will finalize its tour at NorthCarolina Central University, September 26

December 10, 2010. Follow this link:http://www.nccu.edu/aboutnccu/art_museum/index.cfm

Hartford

The Amistad Center for Art and Culture atthe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtEvolution: Five Decades ofPrintmaking by David C. Driskell(Part1)October 30, 2010 March 6, 2011

Driskell's works are often experiments incollage and mixed media. His prints oftenconjure themes of beauty, sexuality, anderoticism, as well as the structure of Africanmasks, nature, history and memory. Driskellworks solo and collaboratively having workedat the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia,and the Brodsky Center at Rutgers, andLafayette College's Experimental Institute inEaston, Pennsylvania.

600 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103-2990

860/ 838-4233www.amistadartandculture.org

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Kearney

Museum of Nebraska ArtAfrican-American Artists: TheNebraska ExperienceDecember 4, 2010 April 3, 2011

This first comprehensive survey exhibitiondocuments the artwork of African Americanartists with ties to Nebraska. Providing anopportunity for broader awareness of thehistorical experience of African Americans in

2401 Central AvenueKearney, Nebraska 68847308/ 865-8559

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Nebraska, the exhibition also aims to create adeeper understanding of the power of art forpersonal expression and interpersonalconnection between people of diversebackgrounds.

Keene

Keene State CollegeThorne-Sagendorph Art GalleryDouble Exposure: African AmericansBefore and Behind the CameraOctober 23 December 12, 2010

This exhibition explores the African-American cultural experience through

photographic works from the 19th and 20thcenturies and includes photographs, albums,cased images, and contemporary artworksthat incorporate vintage photographicimagery.

Public Reception: Friday, October 22, 5:30-

7:30 pm, hosted by Friends of the Thorne

Wyman WayKeene, New Hampshire 03435-3501

603/ 358-2720http://www.keene.edu/tsag/exhibits.cfm

Hank Willis Thomas, Smokinjoe, color

photograph

Lancaster

The Phillips Museum of Art

Dana Gallery, Steinman College CenterEncore: Works by Bill HutsonSeptember 1 October 15, 2010

Adorned by a selection ofHutsons art, thegallery is alive with a sea of colors andshapes. The abstract artist pauses to discussone of his pieces, Tactile Series #1,highlighted by the morning sunlight in thecorner of the gallery.

Franklin and Marshall College

Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604717/ 291-3879

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Works by Bill Hutson will be exhibited in theDana Gallery to greet students as theybegin the semester, as well as others whovisit the campus to view the exhibition.Hutson recently gave the bulk of his artcollection to Franklin and Marshall, one ofthe largest and most significant gifts in the

Colleges history. It contains more than300 items, including numerous pieces ofHutsons own work and artwork by othernoted African American contemporaryartists.

Artist Reception, Gallery Talk, OpenMic: Friday, October 1, 2010, 4:45 6:30pm

Bill Hutson, the Cook Distinguished SpecialCurator of the Hutson Collection, poses in front of

Tactile Series #3in the Dana Gallery of the PhillipsMuseum of Art.

Macon

Tubman African American MuseumWorks by Michael ScoffieldOctober 22, 2010 January 8, 2011

In 2009 Michael Scoffield curated anexhibition for the Tubman Museum entitled

Urban Chrysaliosis, featuring works from agroup of Atlanta based artists who wereinterested in interpreting the pressure andpromise of contemporary urban life. Worksof Michael Scoffieldfollows the previousexhibit, and focuses its attention on Scoffield,who, in addition to curating, was a featuredartist in Urban Chrysaliosis. This exhibitionfeatures recent works by the Atlanta basedabstract painter whose constantly evolvingstyle reflects his inquisitiveness, and his questfor mastery of the formal elements ofpainting.

Opening Reception: Friday, October 22,2010, 6:00 8:00 pm

340 Walnut StreetMacon, Georgia 31201

478/ 743-8544http://www.tubmanmuseum.com/
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Marietta

Avisca Fine Art GalleryRory Golden: No Escape from LoveOctober 2 16, 2010

Rory Golden creates multi-layered figurativework that deals in an intelligent andsometimes provocative way with issuessurrounding race, violence, sexuality, anddesire. His work takes us to the deep end ofour psychic pool where we navigate thepsychological complex and ambiguous watersof our lives, where erotic tension and sexualfantasy are ironically paired with theiropposites: struggle and the potential forviolence.

In his early work, Golden achieved ametaphorical and allegorical engagement with

history and incidents of violence motivatedboth by race and homophobia. In the currentseries, nude black males set against abackdrop that suggest danger, function as acultural screen onto which our fears andfantasies are projected.

507 Roswell Street NEMarietta, Georgia 30060

770/ 977-2732www.aviscafineart.com

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Rory Golden: No Escape from Loveincludes graphic sexual imagery and isnot appropriate for an underageaudience.

New York

The Studio Museum in HarlemZwelethu Mthethwa: Inner ViewsOn view through October 24, 2010

Zwelethu Mthethwa: Inner Viewsbrings together three series by SouthAfrican photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa.InteriorsandEmpty Bedsdocument thedomestic lives of migrant workers aroundJohannesburg, South Africa, whileCommon Groundfocuses on the sharedexperience of natural disasters in urbanareas, featuring houses in New Orleans,Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and on

the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa,after wildfires.

144 West 125th

StreetNew York, New York 10027212/ 864-4500

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Norfolk

Chrysler Museum of ArtPrints and Drawings GalleryThe Sculpture of Elizabeth Catlett: ACollectors Passion

On view through January 16, 2011

Among the most renowned of modernAmerican sculptors and printmakers,Elizabeth Catlett has devoted much of hernearly 70-year career to iconic depictions ofAfrican-American and Mexican women.Rendered in wood, stone, and bronze, hersculptures are both powerful evocations of thefemale form and spirit, and virtuosodemonstrations of the sculptural art. Thisexhibition of Catletts sculpture will feature agroup of works from a private Virginiacollection, as well as the Chryslers own.

245 West Olney RoadNorfolk, Virginia 23510

757/ 664-6200www.chrysler.org/

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Oakland

Joyce Gordon GalleryMain GalleryMichael Platt: PhotographyNovember 4 December 31, 2010

406 14th StreetOakland, California 94612

510/ 465-8928http://www.joycegordongallery.com/

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Sacramento

Evolve the GalleryMilton 510 Bowens: Lights CameraAffirmative Action, A Fine ArtExploration and Celebration of BlackCinemaSeptember 4 26, 2010

Lights Camera Affirmative Action isthe third installment in an ongoing collectionof fine art works, which explores andcelebrates Black Cinema past and present andits impact on the African American Culture.Instead of attempting to depict the content ofthe selected films from one narrow viewpointor focus on the obvious stereotypes that labelsome, Milton 510 artistically depict the filmsfrom a multitude of viewpoints to represent

2907 35th StreetSacramento, California 95817

916/ [email protected]

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their cultural value in a greater, moreinteresting context.

Milton 510 hopes that this examination ofBlack Cinema in paintings will help to heal thenegative wounds of how we Black Folk viewand discussthe importance of our own

cultural image and elevate our icons andrestore dignity in the process.

Opening Reception: Saturday, September11, 2010, 6:00 9:00 pm

San Francisco

African American Art and Cultural

ComplexSargent Johnson Gallery, Floor 1Rhapsody in BlueAugust 24, 2010 March 11, 2011

Rhapsody in Blue features some ofNannette Harriss beloved and popular workslike: James Brown, Carlos Santana, and TinaTurner. She will also unveil her new creationslike: Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Monroe, and Sargent Johnson.

762 Fulton Street

San Francisco, California 94102415/ 922-2049

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San Francisco Public LibraryUnited in Peace: Visual ArtistsLeading the Way(A part of AfroSolo Arts Festival 17)On view through October 15, 2010

A mixed media group-show that exploresthe theme of peace in its many facets. In aworld that is increasingly in conflict, ourgoal is to use the exhibit to uplift, informand inspire. The over all intention of theexhibit expresses our belief in visual artists

ability to envision, promote and celebratepeace.

Subject matter will range from humanconnections, family matters, racialharmony, global concerns and/or religiousdilemmas. In viewing the work, we invitethe viewer to imagine the possibly of a

African American CenterMain Branch

100 Larkin StreetSan Francisco, California 94102

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world with fewer conflicts.

SEE: AfroSolo Arts Festival 17:http://afrosolo.org/events/events.php?szfombli1&id=visualarts10

Morrie Turner, Fight, Cartoon

Santa Monica

M. Hanks GalleryPhoebe Beasley, Highways to theHeart: A 40 Year JourneySeptember 15 November 6, 2010

3008 Main StreetSanta Monica, California 90405

(Between Pier and Marine)310/ 392-8820

www.mhanksgallery.com

Washington, DC

Arts Club of Washington

Monroe Gallery (1st

Floor)Where Spirit LivesNovember 3 24, 2010

Opening Reception: Friday, November 5,2010, 6:30 9:00 pm

2017 I Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006202/ 331-7282

www.artsclubofwashington.org

The Gallery at AYN StudioPretty Things, Little Treasures andHidden MeaningSeptember 3 17, 2010

Pretty Things, Little Treasures andHidden Meaning is inspired by the themes

in the works ofJamea Richmond-Edwardsand Amber Robles-Gordon that convey thefeminine mystique. Both women focus ontheir personal stories and the roles of womenin society. ThePretty Thingsrefer to thephysical beauty and the sentiment thatwomen attribute to the things they collectand adorn themselves with.Little Treasures

923 F Street, NW, Suite 201Washington, DC 20004

202/ 271-9475https://www.aynstudio.com/

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are the intricate details that create thenarratives. TheHidden Meaningsare thevarious images and concepts that encompassthe feminine mystique, yet reproduce socialnorms that confine.

Opening Reception:Friday September 3,

2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm

The exhibition will remain on view byappointment until Friday September 17,

2010.

Amber Robles-Gordon, Milked, 2010,

30 x 30 on canvas

Hemphill Fine ArtsRene Stout: The House of Chanceand MischiefSeptember 11 October 30, 2010

The House of Chance and Mischief is

based on a recurring dream of Rene Stouts,

in which she is walking through a familiar

house and suddenly encounters a door that

leads to new and mysterious rooms. Stoutunderstands the house of her dream to be a

metaphor for the self, and the newly revealed

rooms to represent an expanding awareness

of a world inside and outside of that self.Her dream, the challenges of friendship andfamily, and current events comprise thecontent of Stouts fourth exhibition atHemphill. The show is a cacophonous partywhere guests peer into the lives of thecharacters developed throughout Stoutsoeuvre.

Opening Reception: Saturday,

September 11, 2010, 6:30 8:30 pm

1515 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005

202/ 234-5601http://www.hemphillfinearts.com/

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Rene Stout, Party at the House of Chance and

Mischief, 2010, Acrylic on panel, 30 x 24;Courtesy of the artist and Hemphill.

International Visions-The GalleryPaintings by James PhillipsOctober 6 November 6, 2010

Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9,2010

2629 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008

202/ 234-5112www.inter-visions.com

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Smithsonian Anacostia Community

Museum

Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow

Turner, Connecting Communities

through LanguageOn view through March 27, 2011

This exhibit documents the historical journeymade by people from Africa, their language,and their music, to the Americas. Throughwords, music, and story Lorenzo Dow Turnerdiscovered in the late 1930s that the Gullahpeople of Georgia and South Carolina stillpossessed parts of the culture and languageof their enslaved ancestors, which had longbeen believed lost. Highlights of the exhibitwill include rare photographs, recordings, andartifacts collected by Dr. Turnerand housed

at the Anacostia Community Museum andother repositories in the United States.

1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020

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

Smithsonian National Museum of African

American History and Culture (NMAAHC)2nd Floor of the National Museum ofAmerican History

The Personal Treasures of Bernard andShirley Kinsey: Where Art and HistoryIntersect

October 15, 2010 May 3, 2011

From an early version of the EmancipationProclamation to correspondence betweenMalcolm X and Alex Haley, Bernard and ShirleyKinsey have amassed a trove of rare artifactsand artwork that spans four centuries andembodies the hardships and triumphs of theAfrican American experience.

Organized into four themes, the exhibitionhonors the lives of famous African Americans likeFrederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr., aswell as those people whose identities have been

lost to history, like a young girl featured in anambrotype portrait, circa 1855, whose nameremains unknown. Among the themes are thefollowing:Stories of Slavery and Freedom,Freedom Struggles,Remembering the Faces ofa People,andRemembering and Connectingwith Africa.For further reading:http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/programs/view/191

NMAAHC's Gallery at the Smithsonian'sNational Museum of American History

1400 Constitution AvenueWashington, DC

Artis Lane, Portrait of Bernard and ShirleyKinsey, 2002, Oil on canvas, 41x 31
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Williamstown

Williams College Museum of ArtPosing Beauty in African AmericanCulture

September 11 - November 21, 2010

This exhibition explores the contestedways in which African and African Americanbeauty have been represented in historicaland contemporary contexts through adiverse range of media includingphotography, film, video, fashion,advertising, and other forms of popularculture such as music and the Internet.Featuring approximately 84 works drawnfrom public and private collections, PosingBeautyincludes photographs by Carrie MaeWeems, CharlesTeenieHarris, Eve Arnold,

Gary Winogrand, Sheila Pree Bright,Leonard Freed, Renee Cox, AnthonyBarboza, Bruce Davidson, MickaleneThomas, and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe,among others. Posing Beauty in African

American Culture is curated by DeborahWillis and organized by CuratorialAssistance, Pasadena, California.

15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Suite 2Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267

413/ 597-2429

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Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, ca. 1970s. Courtesy ofthe photographer.

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