Selected Updates: the Guide to Black Art Exhibitions in 2010

Black Art Project George-McKinley Martin P. O. Box 8515 Silver Spring, Maryland 20907

http://blackartproject.blogspot.com/

Atlanta
Hammonds House Museum Louis Delsarte On view through September 12, 2010
Described as a figurative painter of dreamlike compositions, Louis Delsarte emerged onto the art scene more than thirty five years ago as a painter. Using texture, abstraction, paints, ebony pencil and mixed media, Louis Delsarte takes the viewer to the depths of his own experiences and imagination.

503 Peeples Street, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30310 404/ 752-8730 www.hammondshouse.org info@hammondshouse.org

Louis Delsarte, Encounters with Celestial Skies

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Evenly Yoked: Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry September 9 December 4, 2010
Evenly Yoked, the latest video endeavor by Brooklyn-based artists Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry, will feature new works from the Projection series, a group of paintings that explore the intersection of race and the entertainment industry; the artists investigate stereotypes perpetuated in theater and cinema and provide a thematic context within which to experience Evenly Yoked.

Spelman College 350 Spelman Lane, SW Atlanta, Georgia 30314 404/ 270-5607 www.spelman.edu/museum museum@spelman.edu

The Museum will present Evenly Yoked for the first time in the Southeast alongside other photographs, videos, and installations that they have created since 2004. Q and A with Artists: Tuesday, October 12, 2010, 5:00 - 6:30 pm

Baltimore
Galerie Myrtis Af.Rui.Ka: The Primal Source September 18 October 16, 2010
Elsa Gebreyesus makes her solo debut in Af.Rui.Ka: The Primal Source, a visual narrative of her experiences in and of Africa. Inspired by modern artists from Ethiopia and Eritera who incorporate Fidel, their ancient writing system; Gebreyesus interprets these symbols using her unique language, textures and themes. Opening Reception: Saturday, September 18, 2010, 6:00 8:00 pm Artist Talk: Saturday, October 16, 2010, 4:00 6:00 pm

2224 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21218 410/ 235-3711 www.GalerieMyrtis.com Myrtis@GalerieMyrtis.com

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust On view through September 26, 2010
Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust, explores the history and common experiences shared by the Black and Jewish communities and will feature the work of artists from around the country. Works shown reflect upon slavery and the Holocaust, and both the negative & transformative effects that these horrific episodes have had on the collective psyches of the two communities. Transcending History: Moving Beyond the Legacy of Slavery and the Holocaust was organized by the Idea Coalition.

830 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 443/ 263-1800 www.africanamericanculture.org emailus@maamc.org

Ayinde Green, Beautiful Ordeal

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture Fifth Anniversary Arts Wall Retrospective On view through November 28, 2010
Over the past five years, the museum has collected and exhibited works of Maryland artists. This special retrospective exhibition features artists, whose work has been on view in the past, especially those featured in previous art exhibitions such as Joseph Holston, Harry Evans and Maya Freelon Asante. Visitors will also be introduced to recent acquisitions by Tom Miller and other artists, who form the museums growing collection.

830 East Pratt Street Baltimore, Maryland 21202 443/ 263-1800 www.africanamericanculture.org emailus@maamc.org

Harry Evans, Hamilton Street, Gouache on paper, Circa 1950s, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Walter C. Badders, Jr.

Beaumont
Art Museum of Southeast Texas Sedrick Huckaby: From Earth to Heaven October 16, 2010 January 9, 2011
Artist Sedrick Huckaby is most inspired by his family, his faith and his African-American heritage. He creates quilt paintings as a way to celebrate both his grandmothers craft as well as the artistic legacy of the AfricanAmerican quilting tradition. Huckaby reproduces in thick, impasto paint the actual quilts produced by his grandmothers as backdrops for many of his portrait paintings of family and friends. Opening Reception: Friday, October 15, 2010, 6:30 8:30 pm

500 Main Street Beaumont, Texas 77701 409/ 832-3432 http://www.amset.org info@amset.org

Birmingham
Birmingham Museum of Art Bohourfoush Gallery Pattern, Costume, and Ornament in AfricanAmerican Art On view through September 12, 2010
Works by artists Fred Wilson, Odili Donald Odita, Jeff Donaldson, Carrie Mae Weems, and others reveal how African-American artists incorporate design and decoration into their work for a variety of reasons. The exhibition includes photographs, works on paper, sculpture, and quilts from the Museums permanent collection.

2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Boulevard (formerly 2000 8th Avenue, North) Birmingham, Alabama 35203 205/ 254-2565 http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/patterncostume-a-ornament museum@artsbma.org

Jeff Donaldson, Iminence, Acrylic and mixed media on corrugated paper board.

Bloomington
Indiana University Art Museum Gallery of the Art of the Western World, 1st Floor Works by Felrath Hines: Recent Acquisitions On view through December 19, 2010
This installation features three paintings and three works on paper by abstract artist and Indiana native Felrath Hines (19181993). These recent acquisitions were gifts from the wife of the artist in 2009. This installation is presented in conjunction with the museums summer Jazz in July concert series.

1133 East 7th Street Bloomington, Indiana 47405 812/ 855-5445 http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/ section.php?navSection=galleries iuam@indiana.edu

Boston
The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston Mark Bradford November 19, 2010 March 13, 2011
This exhibit which was organized by the Wexner Center features a large selection of works from the past decade plus new paintings and other projects produced as part of Bradfords residency at the Wexner Center. Described as a vigorous archaelogist, Bradford builds each work around a carefully chosen compendium of found materials or, as he calls them, materials with a built-in history, that might recall Robert Rauschenbergs creative scavenging in the late 1950s. He analyzes, combines, embellishes, brutalizes, and reconstitutes these materialsposters, flyers, and billboard paper, among themin a very physical, craft-based process that is the basis of all his work. A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

100 Northern Avenue Boston, Massachusetts 02210 617/ 478-3100 http://www.icaboston.org/ info@icaboston.org

Mark Bradford

Brooklyn
The Museum of Contemporary African Diaspora Arts (MoCADA) Aint I A Woman On view through December 19, 2010 This group exhibition offers contemporary artistic depictions of women of African descent, focusing specifically on their interiority. Rather than examining women through the objectivity of their bodies, the artists portray African Diasporan women as active participants in their own visual representations. Aint I A Woman features works in painting, video, installation and mixed media by damali abrams, Eric Alugas, Kimberly Becoat, Priscila De Carvalho, Andrea Chung, Elizabeth Colomba, William Mwazi, Kenya (Robinson), Phoenix Savage and Francis Simeni.

The James E. Davis Art Building 80 Hanson Place Brooklyn, New York 11217-1506 718/ 230-0492 http://mocada.org/ info@mocada.org

Charlotte
Harvey B. Gantt Center for AfricanAmerican Art and Culture Charlotte Collects African American Art September 10, 2010 January 9, 2011
On loan from collectors in Charlotte, Charlotte Collects African American Art provides Gantt Center visitors an outstanding overview of the importance of collecting African American visual art. The exhibit will feature cultural masterpieces that depict world renowned and emerging artists.

551 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 704/ 547-3700 http://www.ganttcenter.org/

Harvey B. Gantt Center for AfricanAmerican Art and Culture Protg: Sam Gilliam and Kevin Cole September 10, 2010 January 9, 2011
Sam Gilliam and his protg, Kevin Cole, whose work celebrates history, survival and a personal memory of a time and place, will take you on an artistic journey from an expressionistic place to one of abstraction.

551 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 704/ 547-3700 http://www.ganttcenter.org/

Harvey B. Gantt Center for AfricanAmerican Art and Culture Progeny: Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas October 8, 2010 - January 9, 2011
Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas' work expounds on the notion of understanding humanity. Wise and energetic, the work invigorates the intimacy of personal history as it echoes through body and thought, gaining strength as it creates new life. These works connect to new perspectives and personal vulnerabilities which grow into a collective strength.

551 South Tryon Street Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 704/ 547-3700 http://www.ganttcenter.org/

Chicago
Rhona Hoffman Gallery Kehinde Wiley: The World Stage IndiaSri Lanka September 10 - October 23, 2010 118 North Peoria Street Chicago, Illinois 60607 312/ 455-1990 www.rhoffmangallery.com rhoffman@rhoffmangallery.com

College Park
The David C. Driskell Center Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Gallery of Art September 15 October 29, 2010 1214 Cole Student Activities Building University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 301/ 314-2615 http://www.driskellcenter.umd. edu/index.php driskellcenter@umd.edu

The David C. Driskell Center Jacob Lawrence: Prints and Selected Paintings November 11 December 17, 2010

1214 Cole Student Activities Building University of Maryland College Park, Maryland 20742 301/ 314-2615 http://www.driskellcenter.umd. edu/index.php driskellcenter@umd.edu

Dayton
The Dayton Art Institute 100 Years of African-American Art: The Arthur Primas Collection November 6, 2010 January 30, 2011
The exhibition features 75 works from the Arthur Primas collection, one of the countrys most significant collections of AfricanAmerican art. It highlights 30 artists, including Hughie Lee-Smith, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett and many others, who brought forth magnificent art that reflects the African-American experience and aesthetic.

456 Belmonte Park North Dayton, Ohio 45405 937/ 223-5277 www.daytonartinstitute.org info@daytonartinstitute.org

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

The Dayton Art Institute Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis Bing Davis November 6, 2010 January 30, 2011
In conjunction with 100 Years of AfricanAmerican Art, The Dayton Art Institute will collaborate with the University of Dayton on Marking the Past/Shaping the Present: The Art of Willis Bing Davis, a retrospective of works by the noted Dayton artist. The University of Dayton will display Davis photographs and ceramics, while The Dayton Art Institute will host an exhibition of his paintings and drawings.

The Dayton Art Institute 456 Belmonte Park North Dayton, Ohio 45405 937/ 223-5277 www.daytonartinstitute.org info@daytonartinstitute.org

University of Dayton Department of Visual Arts 300 College Park Dayton, Ohio 45469 937/229-3237

Detroit
Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment October 1, 2010 January 2, 2011
Drawing on wide-ranging materials including historic photographs, film, recordings, and artist interviews, the exhibition traces the evolution of the Apollo from its birth in 1914 as a whites-only burlesque theater to its years as a premier entertainment venue and a magnet for audiences from around the world.

315 East Warren Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 313/ 494-5800 www.maah-detroit.org

Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History Contemporary Artist Program Portrayals of Life and Landscapes: The Art of Frank Kelly, Jr. August 27 December 12, 2010 Portrayals of Life and Landscapes: The Art of Frank Kelley, Jr. features more than 30 of Kelleys paintings. His art incorporates numerous styles and subjects. Primarily a regional painter, he draws upon sources from his roots in North Central Louisiana. The people, places, and events that he experienced while growing up in this culturally rich area inspired his work. Using his signature style of layering white paint over dark, he adds perspective and details that catches the eye.

315 East Warren Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48201 313/ 494-5800 www.maah-detroit.org

Durham
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University Color Balance: Paintings by Felrath Hines and Alma Thomas On view through September 5, 2010
"Color Balance will contextualize a recent gift of abstract paintings by Felrath Hines (given to three area university art museums) by juxtaposing them with contemporary

2001 Campus Drive Durham, North Carolina 27705 919/ 684-5135 www.nasher.duke.edu/ nasherinfo@duke.edu

abstractionist, Alma Woodsey Thomas. Thomas large, exuberant acrylics based in nature will make a perfect contrast to Hines' quiet oils with subtle color shifts, smooth surfaces and precise edges that embody a purist approach. See selected images from exhibit: http://nasher.duke.edu/galleries/main_gallery/ ?cat=37&offset=0&pic_id=1 This exhibit will finalize its tour at North Carolina 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 at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Evolution: Five Decades of Printmaking by David C. Driskell (Part 1) October 30, 2010 March 6, 2011
Driskell's works are often experiments in collage and mixed media. His prints often conjure themes of beauty, sexuality, and eroticism, as well as the structure of African masks, nature, history and memory. Driskell works solo and collaboratively having worked at the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, and the Brodsky Center at Rutgers, and Lafayette College's Experimental Institute in Easton, Pennsylvania.

600 Main Street Hartford, Connecticut 06103-2990 860/ 838-4233 www.amistadartandculture.org amistadcenter@wadsworthatheneum.org

Kearney
Museum of Nebraska Art African-American Artists: The Nebraska Experience December 4, 2010 April 3, 2011
This first comprehensive survey exhibition documents the artwork of African American artists with ties to Nebraska. Providing an opportunity for broader awareness of the historical experience of African Americans in

2401 Central Avenue Kearney, Nebraska 68847 308/ 865-8559 http://monet.unk.edu/mona/ exhibitions.html mona@unk.edu

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Nebraska, the exhibition also aims to create a deeper understanding of the power of art for personal expression and interpersonal connection between people of diverse backgrounds.

Keene
Keene State College Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery Double Exposure: African Americans Before and Behind the Camera
October 23 December 12, 2010 This exhibition explores the AfricanAmerican cultural experience through photographic works from the 19th and 20th centuries and includes photographs, albums, cased images, and contemporary artworks that incorporate vintage photographic imagery. Public Reception: Friday, October 22, 5:307:30 pm, hosted by Friends of the Thorne

Wyman Way Keene, New Hampshire 03435-3501 603/ 358-2720 http://www.keene.edu/tsag/exhibits.cfm

Hank Willis Thomas, Smokinjoe, color photograph

Lancaster
The Phillips Museum of Art Dana Gallery, Steinman College Center Encore: Works by Bill Hutson September 1 October 15, 2010
Adorned by a selection of Hutsons art, the gallery is alive with a sea of colors and shapes. The abstract artist pauses to discuss one of his pieces, Tactile Series #1, highlighted by the morning sunlight in the corner of the gallery.

Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17604 717/ 291-3879 http://www.fandm.edu/phillipsmuseum

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Works by Bill Hutson will be exhibited in the Dana Gallery to greet students as they begin the semester, as well as others who visit the campus to view the exhibition. Hutson recently gave the bulk of his art collection to Franklin and Marshall, one of the largest and most significant gifts in the Colleges history. It contains more than 300 items, including numerous pieces of Hutsons own work and artwork by other noted African American contemporary artists. Artist Reception, Gallery Talk, Open Mic: Friday, October 1, 2010, 4:45 6:30 pm
Bill Hutson, the Cook Distinguished Special Curator of the Hutson Collection, poses in front of Tactile Series #3 in the Dana Gallery of the Phillips Museum of Art.

Macon
Tubman African American Museum Works by Michael Scoffield
October 22, 2010 January 8, 2011 In 2009 Michael Scoffield curated an exhibition for the Tubman Museum entitled Urban Chrysaliosis, featuring works from a group of Atlanta based artists who were interested in interpreting the pressure and promise of contemporary urban life. Works of Michael Scoffield follows the previous exhibit, and focuses its attention on Scoffield, who, in addition to curating, was a featured artist in Urban Chrysaliosis. This exhibition features recent works by the Atlanta based abstract painter whose constantly evolving style reflects his inquisitiveness, and his quest for mastery of the formal elements of painting. Opening Reception: Friday, October 22, 2010, 6:00 8:00 pm

340 Walnut Street Macon, Georgia 31201 478/ 743-8544 http://www.tubmanmuseum.com/

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Marietta
Avisca Fine Art Gallery Rory Golden: No Escape from Love October 2 16, 2010
Rory Golden creates multi-layered figurative work that deals in an intelligent and sometimes provocative way with issues surrounding race, violence, sexuality, and desire. His work takes us to the deep end of our psychic pool where we navigate the psychological complex and ambiguous waters of our lives, where erotic tension and sexual fantasy are ironically paired with their opposites: struggle and the potential for violence. In his early work, Golden achieved a metaphorical and allegorical engagement with history and incidents of violence motivated both by race and homophobia. In the current series, nude black males set against a backdrop that suggest danger, function as a cultural screen onto which our fears and fantasies are projected.

507 Roswell Street NE Marietta, Georgia 30060 770/ 977-2732 www.aviscafineart.com contact@aviscafineart.com

Rory Golden: No Escape from Love includes graphic sexual imagery and is not appropriate for an underage audience.

New York
The Studio Museum in Harlem Zwelethu Mthethwa: Inner Views On view through October 24, 2010
Zwelethu Mthethwa: Inner Views brings together three series by South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa. Interiors and Empty Beds document the domestic lives of migrant workers around Johannesburg, South Africa, while Common Ground focuses on the shared experience of natural disasters in urban areas, featuring houses in New Orleans, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina and on the outskirts of Cape Town, South Africa, after wildfires.

144 West 125th Street New York, New York 10027 212/ 864-4500 www.studiomuseum.org

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Norfolk
Chrysler Museum of Art Prints and Drawings Gallery The Sculpture of Elizabeth Catlett: A Collectors Passion
On view through January 16, 2011 Among the most renowned of modern American sculptors and printmakers, Elizabeth Catlett has devoted much of her nearly 70-year career to iconic depictions of African-American and Mexican women. Rendered in wood, stone, and bronze, her sculptures are both powerful evocations of the female form and spirit, and virtuoso demonstrations of the sculptural art. This exhibition of Catletts sculpture will feature a group of works from a private Virginia collection, as well as the Chryslers own.

245 West Olney Road Norfolk, Virginia 23510 757/ 664-6200 www.chrysler.org/ museum@chrysler.org

Oakland
Joyce Gordon Gallery Main Gallery Michael Platt: Photography
November 4 December 31, 2010

406 14th Street Oakland, California 94612 510/ 465-8928 http://www.joycegordongallery.com/ jvbgg@sbcglobal.net

Sacramento
Evolve the Gallery Milton 510 Bowens: Lights Camera Affirmative Action, A Fine Art Exploration and Celebration of Black Cinema September 4 26, 2010 Lights Camera Affirmative Action is
the third installment in an ongoing collection of fine art works, which explores and celebrates Black Cinema past and present and its impact on the African American Culture. Instead of attempting to depict the content of the selected films from one narrow viewpoint or focus on the obvious stereotypes that label some, Milton 510 artistically depict the films from a multitude of viewpoints to represent

2907 35th Street Sacramento, California 95817 916/ 572-5123 www.evolvethegallery.com info@evolvethegallery.com
Call the Gallery for a complete schedule.

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their cultural value in a greater, more interesting context. Milton 510 hopes that this examination of Black Cinema in paintings will help to heal the negative wounds of how we Black Folk view and discuss the importance of our own cultural image and elevate our icons and restore dignity in the process. Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 6:00 9:00 pm

San Francisco
African American Art and Cultural Complex Sargent Johnson Gallery, Floor 1 Rhapsody in Blue
August 24, 2010 March 11, 2011 Rhapsody in Blue features some of Nannette Harriss beloved and popular works like: James Brown, Carlos Santana, and Tina Turner. She will also unveil her new creations like: Jimi Hendrix, Marilyn Monroe, and Sargent Johnson.

762 Fulton Street San Francisco, California 94102 415/ 922-2049 http://www.aaacc.org/ info@aaacc.org

San Francisco Public Library United in Peace: Visual Artists Leading the Way (A part of AfroSolo Arts Festival 17) On view through October 15, 2010
A mixed media group-show that explores the theme of peace in its many facets. In a world that is increasingly in conflict, our goal is to use the exhibit to uplift, inform and inspire. The over all intention of the exhibit expresses our belief in visual artists ability to envision, promote and celebrate peace. Subject matter will range from human connections, family matters, racial harmony, global concerns and/or religious dilemmas. In viewing the work, we invite the viewer to imagine the possibly of a

African American Center Main Branch 100 Larkin Street San Francisco, California 94102 415/ 557-4400 http://sfpl.org/index.php?pg=1002815501 eerlandson@sfpl.org

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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 Gallery Phoebe Beasley, Highways to the Heart: A 40 Year Journey
September 15 November 6, 2010

3008 Main Street Santa 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 Lives
November 3 24, 2010 Opening Reception: Friday, November 5, 2010, 6:30 9:00 pm

2017 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 202/ 331-7282 www.artsclubofwashington.org

The Gallery at AYN Studio Pretty Things, Little Treasures and Hidden Meaning September 3 17, 2010
Pretty Things, Little Treasures and Hidden Meaning is inspired by the themes in the works of Jamea Richmond-Edwards and Amber Robles-Gordon that convey the feminine mystique. Both women focus on their personal stories and the roles of women in society. The Pretty Things refer to the physical beauty and the sentiment that women attribute to the things they collect and adorn themselves with. Little Treasures

923 F Street, NW, Suite 201 Washington, DC 20004 202/ 271-9475 https://www.aynstudio.com/ gediyon@AynStudio.com

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are the intricate details that create the narratives. The Hidden Meanings are the various images and concepts that encompass the feminine mystique, yet reproduce social norms that confine. Opening Reception: Friday September 3, 2010, 6:30 - 8:30 pm The exhibition will remain on view by appointment until Friday September 17, 2010.

Amber Robles-Gordon, Milked, 2010, 30 x 30 on canvas

Hemphill Fine Arts Rene Stout: The House of Chance and Mischief September 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. Stout understands 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 and family, and current events comprise the content of Stouts fourth exhibition at Hemphill. The show is a cacophonous party where guests peer into the lives of the characters developed throughout Stouts oeuvre.

1515 14th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 202/ 234-5601 http://www.hemphillfinearts.com/ gallery@hemphillfinearts.com

Opening Reception: Saturday, September 11, 2010, 6:30 8:30 pm International Visions-The Gallery Paintings by James Phillips October 6 November 6, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, October 9, 2010

Rene Stout, Party at the House of Chance and Mischief, 2010, Acrylic on panel, 30 x 24; Courtesy of the artist and Hemphill.

2629 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20008 202/ 234-5112 www.inter-visions.com Intvisions@aol.com

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Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner, Connecting Communities through Language
On view through March 27, 2011 This exhibit documents the historical journey made by people from Africa, their language, and their music, to the Americas. Through words, music, and story Lorenzo Dow Turner discovered in the late 1930s that the Gullah people of Georgia and South Carolina still possessed parts of the culture and language of their enslaved ancestors, which had long been believed lost. Highlights of the exhibit will include rare photographs, recordings, and artifacts collected by Dr. Turnerand housed at the Anacostia Community Museum and other repositories in the United States.

1901 Fort Place, SE Washington, DC 20020 202/ 633-4820 www.anacostia.si.edu

Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) 2nd Floor of the National Museum of American History The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey: Where Art and History Intersect October 15, 2010 May 3, 2011
From an early version of the Emancipation Proclamation to correspondence between Malcolm X and Alex Haley, Bernard and Shirley Kinsey have amassed a trove of rare artifacts and artwork that spans four centuries and embodies the hardships and triumphs of the African American experience. Organized into four themes, the exhibition honors the lives of famous African Americans like Frederick Douglass and Martin Luther King Jr., as well as those people whose identities have been lost to history, like a young girl featured in an ambrotype portrait, circa 1855, whose name remains unknown. Among the themes are the following: Stories of Slavery and Freedom, Freedom Struggles, Remembering the Faces of a People, and Remembering and Connecting with Africa. For further reading: http://nmaahc.si.edu/section/programs/view/191

NMAAHC's Gallery at the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History 1400 Constitution Avenue Washington, DC

Artis Lane, Portrait of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, 2002, Oil on canvas, 41 x 31

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Williamstown
Williams College Museum of Art Posing Beauty in African American Culture
September 11 - November 21, 2010 This exhibition explores the contested ways in which African and African American beauty have been represented in historical and contemporary contexts through a diverse range of media including photography, film, video, fashion, advertising, and other forms of popular culture such as music and the Internet. Featuring approximately 84 works drawn from public and private collections, Posing Beauty includes photographs by Carrie Mae Weems, Charles Teenie Harris, Eve Arnold, Gary Winogrand, Sheila Pree Bright, Leonard Freed, Renee Cox, Anthony Barboza, Bruce Davidson, Mickalene Thomas, and Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, among others. Posing Beauty in African American Culture is curated by Deborah Willis and organized by Curatorial Assistance, Pasadena, California.

15 Lawrence Hall Drive, Suite 2 Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267 413/ 597-2429 http://www.wcma.org/exhibitions/ exhibitions.shtml

Ken Ramsay, Susan Taylor, ca. 1970s. Courtesy of the photographer.

Black Art Project welcomes any information or leads that you might have relating to Black art exhibitions, particularly regional exhibitions that are not traditionally marketed on a national scale. The Project will verify the accuracy of any information submitted. Thank you for any assistance that you provide. Black Art Project George-McKinley Martin P. O. Box 8515 Silver Spring, Maryland 20907 blackartproject@comcast.net or blackartproject@yahoo.com September 2010

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