Benny Andrews Papers Renowned Master Visual Artist, Educator, Lecturer Activist and Arts Advocate 2016
MS-ARL104 Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Denver Public Library
Benny Andrews Papers
PROVENANCE: The items in the collection were donated by Mr. Benny Andrews. ACCESS: The collection is open for research. OWNERSHIP: Literary rights and copyrights have been assigned to the Denver Public Library. PUBLICATION RIGHTS: All requests for permission to publish, reproduce, or quote from materials in the collection should be discussed with the appropriate librarian or archivist. Permission for publication may be given on behalf of the Denver Public Library as the owner of the physical item. It is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained by the customer. The Library does not assume any responsibility for infringement of copyright or publication rights of the manuscript held by the writer, heirs, donors, or executors. Reproduction restrictions are decided on a case-by-case basis. PREFERRED CITATION: Benny Andrews Papers, MS-ARL104, Blair-Caldwell African American Research Library Collection, The Denver Public Library SIZE: 1 box (.25 linear feet) Location: AARL MS-ARL104; Rg6A; Sec5; Sf2, 1 Box PROCESSED by: Deborah Parsons, Volunteer Archivist
PROJECT MANAGER: Charleszi e Terr Nelson BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE: Benny Andrew was an internationally renowned master visual artist, educator and lecturer. The Benny Andrews Estate archives are housed at E or U i ersit s Rose Li rar . Additio al ar hi al materials are housed with the Andrews-Humphrey Family Foundation which oversees the estate. The Michael Rosenfeld Galler i Ne York e a e the estate s artisti represe tati e i 2008.
SCOPE AND CONTENT: The collection contains several folders of miscellaneous exhibition cards, flyers, and announcements. Most are illustrated by Benny Andrews.
SERIES DESCRIPTION: The box contains four file folders with information regarding his career as a master artist, educator and lecturer. The first one includes several exhibition announcements. The other three are divided by decade: s, s, a d, s. The are ea h arked Mis ella eous E hi itio Cards/Fl ers/A ou e e ts . The ajorit of the ards a d/or progra s ha e Be A dre s illustrations on them or another of the extended artistic Andrews- Humphrey members,
CONTAINER LISTING: Box 1 FF1 Master Visual Artist/Educator/Lecturer
1 Xeroxed op of a arti le Field, Boll, a d Mo u e t: To ard A I o ograph of Cotto i Afri a A eri a Art , Julie L. McGee in The International Review of African American Art, olu e , Nu er .; Treasures fro the Amistad Research Ce ter , The Ogde Museu of Souther Art, U i ersit of Ne Orleans, August 4-29, 2001; Alma Simmons Memorial Art Gallery, Atla ta Pu li S hools, Art a d Literature The A dre s: Be , George, Viola, Christopher, Tho as, a d Ra o d , March 18-29, 1991; Barnes & Noble Welcome Illustrator Benny A dre s, Ne York; Hu ts ille Museu of Art Meet the Masters: A Contemporary Series with Benny Andrews, February 7, ; Noel Galler Be A dre s COLLAGE a ou e e t, Noel Galler , Ne York, Be A dre s & Bo Gra announcement card, Southside Gallery, Oxford, Mississippi; Be A dre s Pre ie Re eptio , The M I tosh Galler , Atlanta, GA.
Box 1 FF2 Miscellaneous Exhibition Cards/Flyers/Announcements – ’s Be Andrews Recent Works o Paper , The Al a Museu of Art post ard; Works o Paper , Glass Galler , Ne York; Afri a American Master Artists in Residency Program (AAMARP) Northeaster U i ersit , Bosto , MA; Be A dre s Portraits of… , The High Museu at Georgia-Pacific Center, Atlanta; Be A dre s , Ar stro g Galler , Ne York; Be A dre s A Moder Master , Sherr Washi gto Fi e Arts, The Mille der Ce ter, Detroit, MI; Be A dre s , Gross M Cleaf Galler , Philadelphia, PA; Be A dre s: With Georgia o M Mi d , We dell Street Galler , Bosto , MA; Be A dre s , AAMARP Visual Arts Complex; Northeastern University; Boston, MA; Be A dre s , The Galler , Fi e Arts Hall, Colu us College, Colu us, GA; Master Visual Artist Be A dre s E hi itio , Portraits of… , The CRT S CRAFTERY GALLERY, Hartford, CT; I o s a d I ages i the Work of Be A dre , Souther Arts Federation, Atlanta, GA; Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, Third A ual Ne sletter, BECC Art Progra s , pg.
Box 1 FF3 Miscellaneous Exhibition Cards/Flyers/Announcements – ’s Be A dre s: Sele ted Works, Bo a i Galler , Sa Fra is o, CA; The Re i al Series Be A dre s , A. F. T. U., Bill Hodges Galler , Ne York; The Art of Be A dre s Bo a i Galler , San Francisco, CA; Be A dre s George A dre s , Diggs Gallery At Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC; Be A dre s Musi I terludes , Sherr Washi gto Galler , Detroit, MI; Ho e o i g Be A dre s , Tu a Afri a A eri a Museu , Ma o , GA; Be A dre s , M I tosh Galler , Atla ta, GA; Be A dre s The A eri a Series , Arka sas Artist Ce ter, Little Ro k, AR; Be A dre s , ACA Galleries, Ne York; Be A dre s: Sele ted Works , Hear e Fi e Art, Little Ro k, AR; Be A dre s: Collages and Dra i gs , The M I tosh Galler , Atla ta, GA; Be A dre s: A Different Drummer, Changing Gallery, American Jazz Museum, Ka sas Cit , MO; Be A dre s The Muses of Be A dre s , New Collages and Drawings; Sherry Washington Gallery; Detroit, MI; Be A dre s A eri a Series , We dell Street Galler , Bosto , MA; Be A dre s: People , Quee s Museu of Art, Quee s, NY; Be A dre s Pre-Museu E hi itio Cruelt a d Sorro , CRT s Crafter Galler , Hartford, CT; Be A dre s The Criti Series a d a Musi al I terlude , ACA Galleries, Ne York; Ne south old south so e here i et ee , Galler O e. Wi throp U i ersit Galleries, Ro k Hill, NC; Be A dre s Works o Paper , Gross M Cleaf Galler , Philadelphia, PA; Be A dre s Re e t Work , Gross M Cleaf Galler , Philadelphia, PA; The Dot Ma : George A dre s of Madiso Georgia , The Broo e Street Galler , Ne York, NY; FOLK: The Art of Be a d George A dre s , The Colu us Museu , Colu us, GA; Be A dre s i the Big Eas , Stella Jones Gallery, New Orlea s, LA; The A dre s Fa il of Morga Cou t , Georgia: "Arts & Letters i Rural Georgia , the U le Re us Regio al Library System & the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center, Madison, GA; The Re i al Series Be A dre s , A.F.T.U/Bill Hodges Galler , Ne York, NY; FOLK: The Art of Be & George A dre s , The Marietta/Co Museu of Art, Marietta, GA; Be A dre s: Ne Work , Susa Co a Galleries, Washi gto , D. C.; pu li atio a ou e e t of Sk Sash So Blue , a hildre s book illustrated by Benny Andrews, Wendell Street Galler , Bosto , MA; Be A dre s: Years of Be A dre s Sele ted Works , Afri a -American Cultural Center, North Caroli a State U i ersit , Raleigh, NC; FOLK, The Art of Be & George A dre s , Me phis Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, TN; Benny Andrews, J. Richard Gruber, Libby Hathorn Book Signing Party, ACA Galleries, New York, NY; Benny Andrews Major Museum Collections, Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; a differe t dru er: Be A dre s, the music series, 1991-1998, Dorothy W. and C. Lawson Reed, Jr. Gallery, University of Ci i ati, Ci i ati, OH; Be A dre s Re i al Series New Collages and Drawings, Sherry Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI; Be A dre s, Artist , To M. Cordell Distinguished Lecture Series, Cordell Conference Room, Baldwin Library, A raha Bald i College, Tipto , GA; Be A dre s: Like a Su li e Lo e , Sherr Washi gto Galler , Detroit, MI; Be Andrews Artist Reception, Noel Gallery, Charlotte, NC; Refle tio s o Souther Life , The M I tosh Galler , Atla ta, GA; I terludes Ope i g Re eptio , Tho as J. Walsh Art Galler , Fairfield, CT; Noel Gallery ope i g ard; The Re i al Series Be A dre s , A.F.T. U./Bill Hodges Galler , Ne York, NY; Artists for Mumia 911 (National Day of Art to Stop the Execution of Mumia Abu-Ja al ard; Be A dre s: The Musi Series , Visual Arts Buffet Lu heo & Galler Talk ith Be A dre s , The Black Academy of Arts and Letters, James E. Kemp Gallery, Dallas, TX; Be A dre s: Chro i les a d Re olle tio s Reception, Brandywine Workshop, Printed Image Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; The Art of Be A dre s , Mailou ArtFest, Museum of African-American Art. Box 1 FF4 Miscellaneous Exhibition Cards/Flyers/Announcements – ’s O ser atio s: Major Works Be A dre s , Su Trust Plaza Asso iates; The Art of Fa il : Be A dre s a d Ne e Hu phre , Ogde Museu of Souther Art, Ne Orlea s, LA; Getti g The Spirit: Religious Works Be A dre s , Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, Eatonville, FL; Be A dre s Migra t Series :, ACA Galleries, Ne York, NY; e d papers: Dra i gs -1900 and 1990-2000, Neuberger Museu of Art, Pur hase, NY; Rh th & Blues Galler Ope i g Reception and Jazz, Ha ti Cultural Ce ter, Durha , NC; Be A dre s Nati e So , Si o s Visual Arts Ce ter, Gai es ille, FL; Be A dre s I teriors , Sa a ah College of Art a d Desig , Atla ta, GA; E hoes of a Era: Jazz Photograph of Lou Jo es , The Benny Andrews Foundation, Huntington House Museum, Wi dsor, CT; A o ersatio ith Be A dre s , Art i the Atriu , Morristo , NJ; Be ie sp. A dre s: Religious Works , Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts, Eatonville, FL; Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts 2003-2004 e hi itio seaso s hedule; Master Visual Artist Re isited: Be A dre s E hi itio , State of Co e ticut, African-American Affairs Co issio , Crafter Galler , Hartford, CT; The Art of Be A dre s & Testa e ts of the Spirit , L da Moore Merri k Gallery, Hayti Heritage Center, Durham, NC; Be A dre s: A Retrospective:1959- , Gross M Cleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Detroit Colle ts Be A dre s , Wa e Cou t Co u it College Distri t, Be A dre s Colleges & Pri ts, We dell Street Galler , Ca ridge, MA; The Works Galler s Master orks Series: Paying Homage to Great American Artists of African Des e t: Be A dre s , Guild Galler , Ur a League of Esse Cou t, Ne ark, NJ; Master Visual Artist Be A dre s E hi itio : Portraits of … , The CRT s Crafter Galler , Hartford, CT; Be A dre s Sele tio s , Cu erla d Galler , Nash ille, TN; The Amistad Foundation 1999 Artist Conversation Series: Benny Andrews, The Museum Theater at the Wadsworth Athe aeu , Hartford, CT; Be A dre s Coed ard, The McIntosh Gallery, Atlanta, GA; Benny Andrews Opening Reception, Shifflett Gallery, Los Angeles, CA; Benny Andrews, Southside Gallery, Oxford, MS; 2002 Black History Month Opening Cele ratio , York College Art Galler , Where I Co i From: The Art of Be A dre s , Ja ai a, Quee s, NY; Co go Square, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival Poster (card) by Be A dre s; Be A dre s: The Hu a Spirit Series , Winthrop University Galleries, Rutledge Gallery, Rock Hill, NC; The Hu a Figure , ACA Galleries, Ne York, NY; Va der ilt U i ersit Bla k Histor Mo th , E plori g Our Past Through the Visual Arts , Bishop Joseph Joh so Bla k Cultural Ce ter, Nash ille, TN; The Art of Fa il : Be A dre s a d Ne e Hu phre , Tre ai e Galler , the Hot hkiss S hool, Lake ille, CT; Startli g Figures: The Art of Be A dre s , Bla k ridge Hall Gallery, Milledgeville, GA; The Art Museum of Western Virginia and the Harrison Museum of African American Culture, Benny A dre s, Roa oke, VA; Be A dre s: I teriors , ACA Galleries, New York, NY; Georgia Literary Festival Celebrates Southern Humor i Morga Cou t , Colu us, GA; Be Andrews: Shades of the Human Spirit, Queens Museum of art, ACA Galleries, Ne York, NY; Self Portrait E hi itio , Sherr Washington Gallery, Detroit, MI; College of Visual and Performing Arts, Winthrop University, fall 2003 events calendar; The Art of Family: Benny Andrews and Nene Humphrey, The Ogden Museum of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, New Orlea s, LA; Maier Museu of Art, Wi ter/Spri g , Wo e I Ha e K o : A Sur e of Work Be A dre s ; Be A dre s: Pi tures for Miss Josie , Stella Jo es Galler , Ne Orlea s, LA; The & No : - , The Ogde Museu of Souther Art, U i ersit of Ne Orlea s, Ne Orlea s, LA; Be A dre s: The Hi kor Chair Ne Collaged a d Pai ti gs, Sherr Washi gto Galler , Detroit, MI; Be A dre s Drea Variatio s, Series V , Stella Jo es Galler , Detroit, MI; Be A dre s: The A eri a Series , Ne Jerse State Museu , Tre to , NJ; The Fa il orks : Be A dre s, A Bourassa, Larry Francis, Brinah Kessler, Bertha Leo ard , Gross M Cleaf Gallery, Philadelphia, PA; Musi al I terludes: I ages B Be A dre s , The Ritz Theatre & La illa Museu , Ja kso ille, FL; Be A dre s: Still Lifes , Ler er Heller, Ne York, NY; Be Andrews: Small Works , Gross M Cleaf Galler , Philadelphia, PA; The Hi kor Chair Series: Collage Book Illustratio s Be A dre s , The Atla ta Fi a ial Ce ter, Atla ta, GA; differe t dru er , Doroth W a d C. La so Reed, Jr. Galler , College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati; Ci i ati, OH; Be A dre s Collages & Dra i gs , We dell Street Galler , Ca ridge, MA; A eri a I o s: Fro Madiso to Manhattan, The Art of Benny Andrews, 1948-1997, Morris Museu of Art, Augusta, GA; Jazz Ja i i Ju e, The Art Museum of Western Virginia & The Harrison Museum of African American Culture, Roanoke, VA; Be A dre s: The Hu a Spirit Series , Rutledge Galler Wi throp U i ersit Galleries, Rock Hill, SC:, NA Bulletin: Newsletter of the National Academy, Museu a d S hool of Fi e Art, The Artist s Voi e: Be A dre s , p. .; Art i A eri a, Be A dre s Migra t Series , ACA Galleries, Ne York, NY; Ogde Museu Pre ieres The Migra t Series Be A dre s, Ogde Museu of Southern Art, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA.