Selected Updates: the Guide to Black Art Exhibitions in 2010

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Alexandria

Alexandria Black History Museum 902 Wythe Street Grass Roots: African Origins of an Alexandria, Virginia 22314 American Art 703/ 746-4356 February 4 – March 13, 2010

“Explore the history of coiled basketry in Africa and America with this traveling exhibition from the Museum for African Art. Grass Roots trace the evolution of an ancient art while examining rice-growing societies which, through the trans- Atlantic slave trade, exported their cultures to America. The exhibition features baskets from the Lowcountry of South Carolina and Georgia as well as from diverse regions of Africa, and artifacts, such as basket-making tools and rice cultivation relics.”

Atlanta

Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Spelman College An American Consciousness: Robin 350 Spelman Lane, SW Holder's Mid-Career Retrospective , Georgia 30314 On view through May 15, 2010 404/ 270-5607 www.spelman.edu/museum “An American Consciousness: Robin [email protected] Holder's Mid-Career Retrospective is an in-depth examination of Holder’s three decades as a printmaker. Holder, a New York- based artist and educator, is a storyteller whose work fuses autobiographical, historic, and global issues. Working in series, she addresses diverse themes that include immigration, racism, jazz, the Holocaust, and child labor. Through her work Holder unites aesthetics with sociopolitical ideas, connects personal and universal experiences, and

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

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

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

Follow the museum on Twitter@spelmanmuseum Robin Holder, Aspiration, 1986, Linoleum print with Become a Fan on Facebook stencils

Baltimore

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland 830 East Pratt Street African American History and Culture , Maryland 21202 From Process to Print: Graphic Works 443/ 263-1800 by Romare Bearden www.africanamericanculture.org On view through March 28, 2010 [email protected]

“This exhibition presents a major survey of the extensive graphic works created by Romare Bearden over more than 30 years. The works in From Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden show Bearden’s extraordinary facility for weaving into every art form a rich tapestry of literary, biblical, mythological, popular culture and western and non-western themes that were informed by his African American cultural experiences. Included are prints based on collages like the Odysseus Series and Piano Lesson that he reworked in several media through changes in technique, scale and color and through the use of photographic processes. Also included are two important photoengraving series, The Train and The Family and the extraordinary limited edition 12 Trains.”

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

Birmingham

Birmingham Museum of Art 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Blvd. African-American Art Gallery Birmingham, Alabama 35203 P. H. Polk Photographs 205/ 254-2565

2 On view through May 23, 2010 www.artsbma.org

“This exhibition explores various aspects of Prentice Herman (P.H.) Polk's work. Polk (1898-1984), a Bessemer native, became one of the most important photographers of the 20th century through his role as the official photographer of the Tuskegee Institute from 1939-1984. Polk became the leading chronicler of campus life, capturing scenes of social, historical, and artistic significance and recording for posterity images of George Washington 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 Paul R. Jones Collection, serves as the guest curator for this exhibition.

Brooklyn

Corridor Gallery 334 Grand Avenue Black Artists as Activist , New York 11238 January 31 – March 28, 2010 860/ 838-4233 www.corridorgallerybrooklyn.org “Black Artists as Activist will celebrate the work of 10 emerging and established artists from the African Diaspora whose work addresses the theme of artists as transformative agents in their lives and the world.”

Museum of Contemporary African 80 Hanson Place Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) Brooklyn, New York 11217 The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The 718-230-0492 Pink Elephant Speaks http://www.mocada.org/ February 4 - May 16, 2010 [email protected]

This exhibition, guest curated by Dexter Wimberly, will examine how urban planning, imminent domain, and real estate development are affecting Brooklyn's communities and how residents throughout the borough are responding. The Gentrification of Brooklyn: The Pink Elephant Speaks will include the works of several Brooklyn- based artists, as well as those who have been forced to relocate as a result of gentrification. In addition to works of art featured at MoCADA, there will be a schedule of public

3 programs taking place throughout Brooklyn.

Charlotte

Harvey B. Gantt Center for African- 551 South Tryon Street American Art and Culture Charlotte, North Carolina 28202 Main Gallery 704/ 547-3700 The John and Vivian Hewitt Collection http://www.ganttcenter.org/ of African-American Art On view through January 2, 2011

“The Hewitt Collection of African-American Art consists of works by renowned artists including Romare Bearden, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Elizabeth Catlett, Jonathan Green, Jacob Lawrence, Ann Tanksley, and Hale Woodruff. Bank of America acquired the Hewitt Collection in 1998 from John and Vivian Hewitt, and pledged it as a cornerstone of the Gantt Center’s permanent collection.

For 10 years the Hewitt collection has toured the United States. The Gantt Center is very pleased to serve as its home.”

Mint Museum of Art 2730 Randolph Road Belk, Dwelle, and Jones Galleries Charlotte, North Carolina 28207 Lois Mailou Jones: A Life in Vibrant 704/ 337-2000 Color www.mintmuseum.org On view through February 27, 2010 [email protected]

“Examining the prolific career of Loïs Mailou Jones, spanning nearly 75 years, this exhibition presents approximately 70 works from private collections and from the artist's estate.

The exhibition provides a survey the many styles of Jones' 75 years as a painter stretching from late Postimpressionism to a contemporary synthesis of African, Caribbean, American and African-American images, design and themes. Jones, as a noted educator, taught painting and related subjects at Howard University for 47 years.”

Löis Mailou Jones, Jennie, 1943 oil on canvas. On loan from the Howard University Gallery of Art.

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Friendship Heights Village Center 4433 South Park Avenue Our Common Journey Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815 February 7 – 28, 2010 301/ 656-2797 [email protected] A celebration of life, featuring the following artists: Anne S. Bouie, John Beckley, Daniel T. Brooking, Bernard W. Brooks, Gwendolyn Aqui-Brooks, James Brown, Jr., Desiree Darden, Henry Elliott, Jenne Glover, T. H. Gomillion, Francine Haskins, Gloria C. Kirk, Jacqueline Lee, and Samuel Mercer.

Chicago

Museum of Science and Industry 57th and Lake Shore Drive Balcony of the Museum’s West Pavilion , Illinois 60637 Black Creativity 2010: Juried Art 773/ 684-1414 Exhibition http://www.msichicago.org/whats- On view through February 28, 2010 here/exhibits/black-creativity-2010/

“The Museum of Science and Industry’s annual Black Creativity 2010 features more than 100 original works of art from both professional and amateur African-American artists from around the country. First place and $3,000 was awarded to James Pate of Dayton, Ohio for his oil painting, ‘Turn of Endearment.’ The works on display were selected from more than 350- entries.

The Museum’s juried art exhibition is one of the longest-running exhibitions of African- American art in the United States. It started in 1970 as “Black Esthetics” and was the impetus behind the Museum’s annual Black Creativity celebration.”

Cincinnati

Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive Martin Puryear Prints Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 January 30 – May 2, 2010 513/ 639-2995 www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org “The acclaimed sculptor, Martin Puryear, has another side; he is a great printmaker. This

5 exhibit surveys a decade of Puryear’s printmaking. Often referencing his areas of personal interest, Puryear’s prints are inspired by furniture design, basketry and international travel. Martin Puryear Prints reveals Puryear’s exploration of printmaking to capture his three-dimensional ideas.”

Cincinnati Art Museum 953 Eden Park Drive Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 History of the Civil War (Annotated) 513/ 639-2995 February 20 – May 2, 2010 www.cincinnatiartmuseum.org

“Confront the dark subversive imagery of Kara walker and experience Kara Walker: Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated). A volatile juxtaposition of history and technology, Kara Walker… masterfully presents a combination of traditional imagery charged with racial iconography. The exhibition consists of fifteen large scale images that begin as enlargements of the woodcut illustrations featured in Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War. Walker then overlays these enlargements with solid black screen prints. The historical scenes are interrupted with black imagery and force the viewer to internalize the conflict and suffering on both sides of the civil war.”

Cleveland

The Art Gallery at Cleveland State The Art Gallery at Cleveland State University University Gallery C 2307 Chester Avenue Physical Graffiti Cleveland, Ohio 44114 On view through February 13, 2010 216/ 687-2103 http://www.csuohio.edu/artgallery/ “Physical Graffiti features new mixed media [email protected] collage paintings by Kushmere Bell, one of the artists in last year’s celebrated exhibition at Cleveland State University: Each in Their Own Voice, African American Artists in Cleveland 1970 to 2005.”

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland 8501 Carnegie Avenue

6 William D. Ginn Gallery and Dr. Gerald Cleveland, Ohio 44106 and Phyllis Seltzer Rotunda Gallery 216/ 421-8671 Iona Rozeal Brown: All Falls Down http://www.mocacleveland.org January 29 – May 9, 2010

“This exhibition features recent and newly commissioned work by Washington D.C.-based artist, Iona Rozeal Brown, who examines the globalization and appropriation of hip-hop culture in vibrant large-scale acrylic paintings. Sparked by her interest in ganguro, a trend in the late 1990's among Japanese teenagers (mostly girls) who were infatuated with looking like African-American hip-hop stars, brown integrates hip-hop's stylistic motifs into the compositional framework of Japan's most illustrious modern artistic tradition: ukiyo-e printmaking.

Connecting hip-hop's material culture to the opulent ukiyo-e world of geishas, samurais, and Kabuki actors, Brown reveals the malleable, polymorphic nature of history, culture, and identity.”

Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland 8501 Carnegie Avenue Marjorie Talalay, Peter B. Lewis, and Cleveland, Ohio 44106 Video Galleries 216/ 421-8671 From Then to Now: Masterworks of http://www.mocacleveland.org Contemporary African-American Art On view through May 23, 2010

“Unprecedented in the region, the exhibition brings together for the first time the rich holdings of contemporary African American art drawn from preeminent collections of contemporary art in the region - the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, the Akron Art Museum, the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Progressive Corporation, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. Presented will be works by some of the most important artists of our time in a range of media - works on paper, painting, sculpture, and installations.

The exhibition features 25 artists, and begins with signature pieces by such pioneering figures of the 1970s and 1980s as Romare Bearden or Alma Thomas, and continues up to Kehinde Wiley, Passing/Posing, 2003, Acrylic on the present with prime examples of works by paper, 72 X 65 X 3 in. Collection of the Progressive artists such as Lenardo Drew, Alison Saar, Corporation, Mayfield Village, Ohio Willie Cole, David Hammons, Lorna Simpson, Carrie Mae Weems, René Green, Kara Walker and Kehinde Wiley, among others.”

7 College Park

The David C. Driskell Center for the 1214 Cole Student Activity Building Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of University of Maryland African Americans and the African College Park, Maryland 20742 Diaspora 301/ 314-2615 Her Story: Margo Humphrey, www.driskellcenter.umd.edu/ Lithographs and Works on Paper [email protected] On view through March 12, 2010

Co-curated by Dr. Robert E. Steele, the David C. Driskell Center's Executive Director, and Dr. Adrienne Childs, Curator

Columbia

Columbia Museum of Art 1515 Main Street The Chemistry of Color: Columbia, South Carolina 29202 Contemporary African-American 803/ 799-2810 Artists www.columbiamuseum.org February 05 – May 09, 2010

“The Columbia Museum of Art celebrates its 60th anniversary year by hosting a major exhibition of art by contemporary African- American artists. The Chemistry of Color: Contemporary African-American Artists chronicle the accomplishments and struggles of African-American artists in the latter half of the 20th century with approximately 72 works by a number of preeminent modern artists.

The Columbia Museum of Art has a long history of presenting exhibitions featuring African-American art and African cultural heritage – more than 37 years and more than 25 exhibitions, beginning in 1972.

In conjunction with the Columbia Museum of Art’s Year of American Art and The Chemistry of Color, the Museum presents an installation from its own collection, Color Vision: African-American Masters from the Collection, which opens Wednesday, February 17 and runs through May 30.”

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

8 Eatonville

Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of 227 East Kennedy Boulevard Fine Arts (The Hurston) Eatonville, Florida 32751 Zora Neale Hurston: The Legacy of 407/ 647-3307 Inspired Reality www.zoranealehurstonmuseum.com/ [email protected] On view through August 27, 2010 “This distinctive exhibit features the works of numerous artists (Deborah Willis, Carrie Mae Weems, Lonnie Graham, Whitfield Lovell, Fred Wilson, Betye Saar, Hank Willis, and Therman Statom) inspired by Hurston’s work. Zora Neale Hurston: The Legacy of Inspired Reality features two- and three-dimensional works, representing photography, installation art, and mixed media.”

Evanston

Dittmar Memorial Gallery Northwestern University Norris University Center 1999 Campus Drive AfriCOBRA and the Chicago Black Arts Evanston, Illinois 60208 Movement 847/ 491-2348 February 12 – March 13, 2010 http://www.norris.northwestern.edu/ dittmar.php “In 1968, a group of African American artists in Chicago gathered to imagine and discuss the development of a vibrant dynamic Black visual art that would capture the beauty, value, and significance of critical dimensions of African descended culture. They named themselves AfriCOBRA (an African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists.) They shared a belief in the importance of visual expression as a means of conveying positive elements of black experiences that shaped identities and strengthen communities.”

Flint

Flint Institute of Arts 1120 East Kearsley Street Mary Lee Bendolph, Flint, Michigan 48503-1915 Gee's Bend Quilts, and Beyond 810/ 234-1695 Hodge & Temporary Exhibition Galleries www.flintarts.org On view through April 18, 2010 [email protected]

9 “Mary Lee Bendolph, Gee’s Bend Quilts, and Beyond highlights one of Gee’s Bend’s most original artists, Mary Lee Bendolph, and also explores the work of three of Bendolph’s close relatives, her mother, Aolar Mosely, her daughter, Essie B. Pettway, and her daughter- in-law, Louisiana P. Bendolph.

In addition to the quilts included in the exhibition, are works by two contemporary Alabama-based artists who have been inspired by the quilts of Gee’s Bend, Thorton Dial and Lonnie Holley. The self-taught Dial and Holley explore the African American experience through their assemblage sculptures, which are created from commonplace found objects and found materials, such as furniture, cloth, carpet, and paint.”

Mary Lee Bendolph American Strips and Strings cotton and cotton blends, 2003 74 x 49 inches Courtesy of Tinwood Alliance

Greensboro

Weatherspoon Art Museum University of North Carolina Greensboro Corner Existed: Leonardo Drew of Spring Garden and Tate Streets February 06 – May 09, 2010

“This major mid-career survey exhibition, Existed: Leonardo Drew, includes fourteen large-scale works realized between 1991 and 2006, including the installation, ‘Number 123’ (2006), which is specially adapted by the artist for the Weatherspoon’s atrium, along with eight works on paper made between 2005 and 2008.

Throughout his career, Drew has been continuously engaged with the cyclical nature of existence. Made to resemble the detritus of everyday life, his

10 formally abstract but emotionally charged compositions have an Greensboro, North Carolina 27402 aesthetic authority and metaphorical 336/ 334-5770 weight that are unique, transcending www.weatherspoon.uncg.edu/ time and place in a celebration of [email protected] things eternal. These works range from the intense drama of his sculptures and installations of the 1980s, to the epic sweep of his massive wall-bound tableaux of the 1990s, to the ethereal language of his paper casts of the early 2000s.”

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

Hampton

Hampton University Museum Huntington Building The City of Hampton: Through the Hampton, Virginia 23668 Lens of Reuben V. Burrell and James 757/727-5308 Van Der Zee www.hamptonu.edu/museum February 28 – November 27, 2010 [email protected]

“Reuben V. Burrell has documented through photographs a half of a century of Hampton University events – both big and small. Not only is Mr. Burrell the Griot (historian) of the University but his lens goes beyond the campus into the surrounding community. Hired at Hampton in December 1949, Mr. Burrell began his career as the school photographer. For more than sixty years, he has provided an invaluable service to the university documenting its history as well as reprinting

11 historic photographs. He has also documented landmarks, businesses, social and civic activities in the city of Hampton.

James Van Der Zee is recognized as the dean of African American photographers based on his large body of photographs taken in Harlem, New York during more than half of the 19th century. In 1906 Van Der Zee left his hometown of Lenox, Massachusetts where he met and married Kate L. Brown, a seamstress from Newport News, Virginia. The couple’s first child, Rachel, was born in 1907 and shortly afterward they traveled to Virginia. The Van Der Zee’s decided to remain in Tidewater, Virginia where Van Der Zee found employment as a waiter at the Hotel Chamberlin. The photographs will share images of two categories: the everyday activities of Slabtown residents and the academic community at Whittier Preparatory School.”

Hartford

The Amistad Center for Art and Culture at 600 Main Street the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art Hartford, Connecticut 06103-2990 Digging Deeper 860/ 838-4233 On view through April 4, 2010 www.amistadartandculture.org [email protected] “Digging Deeper is a rare and exciting collaborative project that engages artists Willie Cole, and Hank Willis Thomas, in the exploration of The Amistad Center's important culturally specific collection and the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned and diverse collections to produce an exhibition, including new works that will enlighten and entertain our public community. The exhibition will juxtapose collection materials and Cole's and Willis Thomas' original works to challenge viewers to think about contemporary art in an historical context, traditional art in a contemporary context, and the capacity of multiple generations and forms of art to document, comment on, and sometimes change history.”

Lancaster

12 The Phillips Museum of Art Franklin and Marshall College Dana & Rothman Galleries, Steinman Lancaster, Pennsylvania College Center 717/ 291-3879 AP-PRAISED: Solo Exhibition of www.fandm.edu/exhibitions Works by William Hutson and Selected Works From His Personal Collection On view through February 28, 2010

“An exhibition of selected works by William R. Hutson as well as selected works by: Frank Bowling, Nanette Carter, Juan Cash, Edward Clark, Gregory Coates, Ed Colston, Adrienne Hoard, Alvin Loving, Melvin Edwards, James Little, Sam Middleton, Larry Potter, Shirley Stark, William T. Williams, and others.

The exhibition will offer a glimpse of the recently acquired life work of Mr. Hutson, and will include pieces from his personal collection of artwork by distinguished African American Abstractionists, memorabilia and ephemera from the 1960's through the end of the 20th Century.”

Laurel

Montpelier Arts Center 9652 Muirkirk Road Marcella Morgese, Library Gallery Laurel, Maryland 20708 Culture of the Mind and Spirit: An 301/ 377-7800; 410-792-0664 Exhibition of Regional African http://www.pgparks.com/ American Artists [email protected] February 5 – March 26, 2010

“The exhibition features the works of a diverse group of artists with a common heritage and profound links to Montpelier Arts Center. Artists with works on exhibit include: John Beckley, Jacqueline Lee, Alonzo Davis, Henry Elliott, Clarence Page, Kenneth Shepherd, Thomas Gomillion, Cheryl Dyer, Angela Mathis, Roland Richardson, and Rushern Baker, IV.”

Los Angeles

California African American Museum 600 State Drive

13 After 1968: Contemporary Artists and Exposition Park the Civil Rights Legacy Los Angeles, California 90037 On view through March 7, 2010 213/ 744-7432 www.caamuseum.org “After 1968: Contemporary Artists and the Civil Rights Legacy illuminates how the events and actions of 1968 ignited progressive social change and helped to initiate political policies that radically reshaped American culture. This exhibition features recent and newly commissioned works by a group of young, emerging artists and collectives, all born in or after 1968. They include Deborah Grant, Adam Pendleton, Jefferson Pinder, Nadine Robinson, Leslie Hewitt, Otabenga Jones and Associates, and Hank Willis Thomas.”

California African American Museum 600 State Drive An Idea Called Tomorrow-1 Exposition Park On view through March 7, 2010 Los Angeles, California 90037 213/ 744-7432 “This exhibition was co-conceived by the www.caamuseum.org California African American Museum (CAAM) and the Skirball Cultural Center as one exhibit split between each institution. An Idea Called Tomorrow is intended to inspire visitors to reflect upon the active role we must all play in bringing about a more just, equitable, and peaceful future. On view at CAAM is An Idea Called Tomorrow-1 showcasing works by fifteen contemporary artists imaging what a civil future looks like. An Idea Called Tomorrow-2 is featured at the Skirball Cultural Center… http://www.skirball.org/.”

California African American Museum 600 State Drive Dance Theatre of Harlem: 40 Years of Exposition Park Firsts Los Angeles, California 90037 January 28 – June 6, 2010 213/ 744-7432 www.caamuseum.org “In 1969, writing about Dance Theatre of Harlem, Clive Barnes, dance critic for The New York Times, began his article, ‘Black is beautiful, classic ballet is beautiful, so why are the two so rarely found together?’ That changed when Arthur Mitchell, accomplished artistic director, astute educator, talented choreographer and extraordinary dancer, co- founded Dance Theatre of Harlem with his mentor,Karel Shook. Inspired by the death of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Arthur Mitchell

14 wanted to make a difference; by doing what he knew best, which was the focus and discipline of dance. He brought the art form of ballet to Harlem.”

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

Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard Road to Freedom: Photographs of the Los Angeles, California 90049 Civil Rights Movement, 1956 - 1968 310/ 440-4500 On view through March 7, 2010 http://www.skirball.org/

“Organized by the High Museum of Art (Atlanta), Road to Freedom features nearly 170 unforgettable images by more than thirty- five photographers and tracks a crucial episode in American social and political history. Poignant and deeply affecting, the photographs in this exhibition portray historical turning points such as the Montgomery bus boycott (1956), the Freedom Rides to the Deep South (1961), the March on Washington (1963), the Selma-to-Montgomery March (1965), the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968), and the Poor People's Campaign (1968). Some of the photographs have never been displayed to the public.”

Skirball Cultural Center 2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard Breach of Peace: Photographs of Los Angeles, California 90049 Freedom Riders by Eric Etheridge On 310/ 440-4500 view now through April 11, 2010 http://www.skirball.org/

“Breach of Peace, a companion to the exhibition Road to Freedom, displays forty contemporary portraits by photographer Eric Etheridge of Freedom Riders, who, in 1961, converged on Jackson, Mississippi to challenge state segregation laws. Their noble efforts were met with fierce hostility, and many of the young men and women were arrested and convicted of the charge ‘breach of the peace.’

Breach of Peace displays Etheridge's photographs of several Freedom Riders, now Helen Singleton, Los Angeles, CA © 2005 Eric senior citizens, alongside their original mug Etheridge shots. The exhibition examines their involvement in the Civil Rights movement, takes a look at who they are today, and shares their unique perspectives on that historical period. The exhibit encompasses related historical objects, including student activist

15 buttons and newspaper clippings.”

Helen Singleton, July 30, 1961 Archive of the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission

Louisville

Gallery at Actors 316 West Main Street Actors Theatre of Louisville Louisville, Kentucky 40202-4218 16th Annual African American Art 502/ 584-1265 Exhibition www.actorstheatre.org/visit_gallery.htm On view through February 21, 2010 [email protected]

“The 16th Annual African American Art Exhibition will run concurrent with the theatrical production of Ella, a musical tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. The exhibition is not theme- specific. The annual exhibition has become a popular highlight of the region’s visual arts season.”

Mobile

Mobile Museum of Art 4850 Museum Drive Successions: Prints by African Mobile, Alabama 36608 American Artists from the Jean and 251/ 208-5200 Robert Steele Collection www.mobilemuseumofart.com On view through April 18, 2010

Successions: Prints by African-American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection will feature 62 works of traditional and non-traditional printmaking techniques such as etching, monoprint, lithography, linocut and silkscreen by 45 artists including Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, David Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Margo Humphrey, Jacob Lawrence, Stephanie Pogue, Faith Ringgold, Lou Stovall, William T. Williams and James L. Wells.

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Montclair Art Museum 3 South Mountain Avenue A Force for Change: African Montclair, 07042 American Art and the Julius 973/ 746-5555 Rosenwald Fund www.montclairartmuseum.org February 07 – July 25, 2010

“A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund is the first exhibition to explore the legacy of the Julius Rosenwald Fund created by the Chicago businessman and philanthropist to foster black leadership through the arts, literature, and scholarship. From 1928 to 1948, the Fund awarded stipends to hundreds of prominent and emerging African Americans artists, writers, and scholars across such disciplines as history, sociology, literature, and the visual and performing arts.

A Force for Change presents more than sixty paintings, sculptures, and works on paper by twenty-two Rosenwald fellows, as well as a short documentary film.”

The exhibition will be complemented by an installation of approximately 20 works by African American artists from the Montclair Art Museum's permanent collection.

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

Newark

University Museums University Museums University of Delaware Mechanical Hall (MEH) Mechanical Hall Gallery near the intersection of East Main Street Abstract Relations and North College Avenue February 10 – June 06, 2010 Newark, Delaware 302-831-8037 “Abstract Relations, a collaboration of the http://www.udel.edu/museums/ David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland and the University of Delaware Museums, examines traditions and methods of abstraction in African American art. Artists represented include Alma Thomas, Norman Lewis, Sam Gilliam, Mary Lovelace O’Neal, William T. Williams, Al Loving, E.J. Montgomery and David Driskell. This exhibit highlights recent gifts from the widow of artist and conservator Felrath Hines

17 (1913-1993) to the University Museums and [email protected] the David C. Driskell Center.”

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

New York

The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street 30 Seconds off an Inch New York, New York 10027 On view through March 14, 2010 212/ 864-4500 www.studiomuseum.org “This survey exhibition brings together approximately one hundred works by dozens of artists who, having absorbed the lessons of U.S.-based Conceptual art and identity politics, imbue their respective practices with a critical sense of play and irreverence adopted from Fluxus, Arte Povera, Gutai and Neoconcretism, among other international movements. 30 Seconds takes the singular practices and conceptual methods of black artists active on the West Coast in the late 1960s and early 1970s as a starting point— work that inspired a bodily engagement in conceptual practice.”

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

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

The Studio Museum in Harlem 144 West 125th Street A Delicate Touch: Watercolors from New York, New York 10027 the Permanent Collection 212/ 864-4500 On view through March 14, 2010 www.studiomuseum.org

“The Studio Museum continues to explore and

18 engage its permanent collection with the exhibition A Delicate Touch: Watercolors from the Permanent Collection. Presenting eighteen works on paper, A Delicate Touch brings together works dating from the late 1940s to 2007 that share the same medium.

The exhibition was organized by Curatorial Assistant Lauren Haynes, and includes the following artists: John Bankston, Romare Bearden, Beauford Delaney, John Dowell, Sam Gilliam, Norman Lewis, Wangechi Mutu, Otobong Nkanga, Chris Ofili, and Richard Yarde.”

Romare Bearden Untitled (Classical Series), c. 1948 The Studio Museum in Harlem; museum purchase and a gift from E.Thomas and Audlyn Higgins Williams 97.9.6

Topeka

Mulvane Art Museum Washburn University Color in Freedom: Journey Along the 17th and Jewell Underground Railroad Topeka, Kansas 66621 February 6 – April 3, 2010 785/ 670-1124 http://www.washburn.edu/mulvane/ Color in Freedom: Journey Along the exhibits.html Underground Railroad features “paintings, [email protected] etchings & drawings by Joseph Holston that were created to capture the essence of the courage & determination required to escape and to enhance understanding of the condition of slavery and the powerful instinct toward freedom.”

Towson

Center for the Arts Gallery Towson State University A Complex Weave: Women and 8000 York Road Identity in Contemporary Art Towson, Maryland 21252 February 12 – April 17, 2010 410/ 704-2787 “This exhibition presents the work of 16 artists http://www.towson.edu/ of diverse backgrounds who address aspects of artscalendar/Arts.asp

19 identity, including nationality, ethnicity, gender, and religion. Media includes sculpture, painting, prints, fibers, and photography. The exhibition includes such artists as Sonya Clark, Zöe Charlton, Philemona Williamson, and others.”

Washington, DC

District of Columbia Public Library Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library Great Hall 901 G Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 Re-Enslavement Revisted: An 202/ 727-1222 Exhibition of the Art of Terry Dixon www.dclibrary.org and Robert Morris February 1 – 28, 2010

“Re-Enslavement Revisited will feature celebrated artists Terry Dixon and Robert Morris. Their visual interpretation of re- enslavement was inspired by Douglas Blackmon’s 2010 Pulitzer Prize winning non- fiction book, Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of African Americans from the Civil War to World War II. The exhibit is designed to highlight the role of major corporations and local government in denying southern blacks their civil rights through the power of judicial and local governments.”

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

International Visions-The Gallery 2629 Connecticut Avenue, NW

20 Michael Platt Washington, DC 20008 February 3 – March 13, 2010 202/ 234-5112 www.inter-visions.com [email protected]

st Parish Gallery-Georgetown 1054 31 Street, NW Margaret Burroughs: Collage, Linocut Canal Square February 5 – 28, 2010 Washington, DC 20007 202/ 944-2310 http://www.parishgallery.com/ [email protected]

Smithsonian Anacostia Community 1901 Fort Place, SE Museum Washington, DC 20020 The African Presence in México: 202/ 633-4820 From Yanga to the Present www.anacostia.si.edu On view through July 4, 2010 [email protected]

“The African Presence in México: From Yanga to the Present examines the history, culture, and art of Afro-Mexicans, and begins in the colonial era and continues to the present day. Highlights of the exhibition include discussions of African slavery in Mexico and the hero/slave rebel Yanga; artifacts related to the traditions and popular culture of Afro- Mexicans; and paintings, masks, photography, and other works of art.

This exhibition is accompanied by Who Are We Now? Roots, Resistance, and Recognition that charts the history of the relationship between Mexicans and African Americans in the United States as well as the relationship between African Americans and the country of Mexico. These exhibitions were organized by the National Museum of Mexican Art, Chicago.” http://www.nationalmuseumofmexicanart.org/ af/africanpresence.html

Winston-Salem

Diggs Gallery Diggs Gallery/lower level, O’Kelly Library Young Americans Winston-Salem State University On view through March 06, 2010 601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110 “Young Americans is a dynamic new series 336/ 750-2458

21 of photographs by photographer Sheila Pree http://www.wssu.edu/wssu Bright in which she explores the identities of [email protected] young people and their relationship to the United States in an unusual manner. Each participant was aged 18 to 25 and posed with an American Flag.

Pree Bright began working on the Young American series in the fall of 2006. She invited the subjects of the photographs to choose their own clothing, poses and interactions with the American flag. The result is a mix of emotions that these young people were able to express.”

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

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Black Art Project George-McKinley Martin P. O. Box 8515 Silver Spring, Maryland 20907 [email protected] [email protected] January 2010

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