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Guide to Black ArtExhibitions in 2009

Introduction

TheGuide to Black Art Exhibitionsin 2009is a comprehensive selectionof art exhibitions in the United States of America. This Guide has a twofoldpurpose. One is to serve as a travel guide directing you to art exhibitions inthe U.S.A. If you visit a city listed, take an excursion to the featuredvenue(s) in that city and enjoy the exhibition(s). If you discover an exhibitionthat is not included or find errors in this Guide, please send an e-mail [email protected]. It is recommended that you telephone, e-mail,or visit the venues web site in advance to confirm that the exhibition will beon view when you plan to visit. Its second major purpose is to providedocumentation, in one source, of the exhibition history of African Americanart exhibitions in museums, large commercial galleries, and cultural centersacross the country. This documentation does not exist comprehensively inany other source.

The Guide is currently produced by George-McKinley Martin ofBlack ArtProject. We hope that the Guide will encourage more people to visit andenjoy exhibitions of African American art. It is hoped that strong support ofthese exhibitions will encourage more museums to mount exhibitions of theworks of African American artists either as a theme or included in othermajor subject/theme related exhibitions.

How to Use This Guide

The Guideis arranged by month.

All entries are in alphabetical order by city.

Each time an exhibition appears in the Guide, it is given a full entry.The first line of a full entry (left column) includes the museum/gallerysite, followed by the name of the exhibition in bold print, the inclusivedates of the exhibition, a brief description of the exhibition. The rightcolumn includes additional information -- address, telephone number,

web site and/or e-mail addresses when they exist-- to help make yourcontact or visit easier.

When an exhibition continues to subsequent months, there is a fullentry under each of those months and it includes the museum/gallerysite, the title of the exhibition, its ending date, and a brief description,as well as the appropriate contact information.

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January

Atlanta

High Museum of Art

The Treasure of Ulysses DavisOn view through April 5, 2009

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis, which wasorganized in collaboration with the King-TisdellCottage Foundation of Savannah, Georgia, willfeature approximately 115 works includingrepresentative works from every genre inwhich Davis worked: portraits of U.S. andAfrican leaders, religious images, patrioticworks, carvings influenced by African forms,fantasy, flora and fauna, love, humor, abstractdecorative objects and utilitarian objects suchas canes and furniture. The exhibition willfeature Davis's best-known artwork, a series of40 carved busts of all the U.S. Presidentsthrough George H. W. Bush from the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation collection. Otherhighlights include a moving depiction of Jesuson the Cross, from the High's permanentcollection. A range of rarely seen carvingsfrom private collections will also be on view.

A catalogue accompanies this exhibition.

1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30309404/ 733-4400; 404/ 733-HIGH

www.high.org/[email protected]

Spelman College Museum of Fine ArtShowcase and Tell: Treasures fromthe Spelman College PermanentCollectionJanuary 29 May 16, 2009

Spelman College350 Spelman Lane, SWAtlanta, Georgia 30314

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

[email protected]

Baltimore

Goya ContemporaryJoyce J. Scott: Painful Death /Painless LifeOn view through January 23, 2009


Goya ContemporaryMill Center, Studio 2143000 Chestnut Avenue

Baltimore, Maryland 21211410/ 366-2001

www.goyacontemporary.com

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland 830 East Pratt Street

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African American History and CultureLift Every Voice: Portraits of AfricanAmerican Musicians by RussMossOn view through March 8, 2009

This exhibition features black and white

photographs of Baltimores African Americanmusicians. The selected photographs wereoriginally created for Sounds & Stories: TheMusical Life of Maryland's African AmericanCommunities, an oral history projectdeveloped by the Peabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University. Grants from theMaryland Historical Trust and the MarylandHumanities Council enabled the Peabody torecord the memories of the musicians. Mossscandid portraits present a visual legacy of theirlives in music.

Baltimore, Maryland 21202443/ 263-1800

[email protected]

The Walters Art MuseumPortraits Re/Examined: A DawoudBey ProjectOn view through February 16, 2009

This exhibition features photographs bycelebrated American artist Dawoud Bey, whofor the past several years has created portraitsof young people challenging stereotypes abouturban youth. During Beys artist-in-residencyproject, the artist collaborated with 12

teenagers from several Baltimore-area public,private, and home schools in a summerworkshop that began with an exploration ofhow race, class and identity have beenaddressed in portraiture throughout arthistory. The Walters collection became thebasis for discussions about museum practice,its role in society and the role of contemporaryart in museums with historical collections. Theresulting focus exhibition PortraitsRe/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project,curated by Bey and the teens, features 10photographic portraits by Bey, juxtaposed withpaintings, drawings, and portrait miniatures

from the Walters collection to create a uniquedialogue.

600 North Charles StreetBaltimore, Maryland 21201

410/ 547-9000http://www.thewalters.org/

[email protected]

Brooklyn

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Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporan Arts (MoCADA)Johannesburg to New YorkJanuary 29 May 17, 2009

Johannesburg to New York is the firstretrospective of the collaborative workbetween South African artist Samson Mnisi andNew York artist Cannon Hersey. Combiningtheir various perspectives on the changingcultural dynamics of South Africa and itsemergence onto the world stage, these artistshave created mixed media imagery that issocially conscious while also being visuallystimulating. Mnisi incorporates ancient Zulusymbolism and rituals with Hersey'scaptivating photography to give viewersinsider and outsider perspectives oncontemporary South African societies.

80 Hanson PlaceBrooklyn, New York 11217

718-230-0492http://www.mocada.org/

[email protected]

Chicago

Chicago Public LibraryThe Vivian G. Harsh Research Collectionof African American History andLiteratureExhibit GalleryTo See Reality in a New Light: The Artand Activism of Marion Perkins

On view through December 31, 2009

This is a major retrospective exhibition on thelife and work of Chicago Renaissance sculptorand social activist Marion Perkins. It includesoriginal sculptures by Perkins, on loan to theChicago Public Library from the Art Institute ofChicago, DuSable Museum of African AmericanHistory, members of the Perkins family, artgalleries, and private collectors. The Artand Activism of Marion Perkinsalsofeatures original correspondence, rarephotographs, and memorabilia from theholdings of the Harsh Research Collection.

Woodson Regional Library9525 S. Halsted StreetChicago, Illinois 60628

312/745-2080http://www.chipublib.org/

eventsprog/programs/exhibits.php

Chicago State UniversityPresidents Gallery

Cook Administration Building3rd floor

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Al Tyler: Paintings, Drawings andPrintsJanuary 28 February 28, 2009

A visual artist for more than sixty years, AlTyler has developed wide-ranging artistic

talents, including operating a gallery andproducing art as a 30-year employee of theCity of Evanston, IL. Tyler's art is included inimportant private and public collections. Thelongtime resident of Chicago's Rogers Parkneighborhood presents an alluring sampling ofhis life's work during African American HistoryMonth.

9501 South Martin Luther King DriveChicago, Illinois 60628

773/ 995-3905www.csu.edu

[email protected]

Gallery GuichardMilton Bowens: Recent WorksJanuary 30 March 31, 2009



773/ 373-8000www.galleryguichard.com

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Museum of Science and IndustryWest PavilionBlack Creativity 2009: Juried ArtExhibitionJanuary 15 March 1, 2009

The Museum of Science and Industrys annualBlack Creativity Juried Art Exhibition will

feature 80 original works of art from bothprofessional and amateur African-Americanartists from around the country. The works ondisplay were selected from more than 390entries by a distinguished panel of jurors ledby Kymberly Pinder, Associate Professor andChair of Art History, Theory and Criticism atThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Thewinning entries were selected from thecategories of ceramics, drawings, mixedmedium, paintings, photography, sculpture,textiles and this years newest categoryGreen Art.

The art exhibition is a part of the Museumsannual Black Creativity celebration, aprogram that highlights the contributions ofAfrican Americans and encourages deeperinterest in black culture and heritage. Thisyears Black Creativity exhibit is GreenRevolution and features African-Americanarchitects, designers, engineers and businessleaders in the green movement.

57th and Lake Shore DriveChicago, Illinois 60637

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

here/exhibits/black-creativity-2009/

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Cleveland

The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversityMain GalleryEach in Their Own Voice: AfricanAmerican Artists in Cleveland, 1970 2005January 23 March 7, 2009

This exhibition is a collaborative projectbetween Cleveland State University, theCleveland Artists Foundation, and the EastCleveland Public Library. An exhibition of 24prominent African American artists, active inCleveland between 1970 and 2005, wereselected by a community advisory panel. An

exhibition catalog and on-line oral histories ofthe artists document the show.

The following artists are included in theexhibition: Anna Arnold, Lawrence Baker,Robert Banks, Jr., Cushmere Bell, AlfredBright, Moe Brooker, Malcolm Brown, DavidButtram, Johnny Coleman, Dexter Davis, KevinEverson, Curlee Raven Holton, Miller Horns,Mark Howard, Beni Kosh, MichaelangeloLovelace, D. Anthony Mahone, John L. Moore,Virgie Patton-Ezelle, Charles Pinckney,Angelica Pozo, Charles Salle, Jr., KevinSnipes, Nelson Stevens, and Reverend AlbertWagner.


The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversity

2307 Chester AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44114

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

[email protected]

Detroit

Charles H. Wright Museum of AfricanAmerican HistoryContemporary Artist Gallery (lower level)Let Your Motto Be Resistance

On view through March 1, 2009

As the first national traveling exhibition jointlydeveloped by the SmithsoniansNational Museum of African American Historyand Culture and the National PortraitGallery, it explores photographys role inshaping public identity and individualconcepts of race and socioeconomic statusover the past 150 years.

315 East Warren AvenueDetroit, Michigan 48201

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

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The exhibitions title was inspired by the cry ofa Maryland slave, Henry HighlandGarnet (1815 1882), who escaped north,became an abolitionist and spoke the phrasethat gives the show its title: Strike for yourlives and liberties. Rather die freemen than

live to be slaves. Let your motto be resistance.Resistance! Resistance! No oppressed peoplehave ever secured their liberty withoutresistance!

Charles H. Wright Museum of AfricanAmerican HistoryColeman A. Young Gallery (upper andlower levels)Women of a New Tribe (featuring

select women of Metro Detroit)On view through April 6, 2009

Women of a New Tribe is a stunning nationalexhibition celebrating the physical and innerbeauty of African Americanwomen presented in the 1930s to 1940sglamour, fine art black and white photographystyles through the award winning lenses ofJerry Taliaferro, a West Point alumnus andresident of Charlotte,North Carolina. All of the exhibited imagestogether present a mosaic of the AfricanAmerican woman in her many forms and

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Flint

Flint Institute of ArtsTemporary Exhibition GalleryBeyond the Frame: African AmericanComic Book Artists

January 24 April 26, 2009

Beyond the Frame: African AmericanComic Book Artists presents the work ofAfrican American artists working incommercial, self-published, and web-basedcomic book and graphic novel genres. Theexhibition will reflect a cross-section of artists,some well established, others emerging andactive in new areas of publication, such as

1120 East Kearsley StreetFlint, Michigan 48503-1915

810/ 234-1695www.flintarts.org

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Internet-based web comic art.

Beyond the Frame explores the styles andsubject matter of artists working in thecommercial sector, as well as those whosework emphasizes culturally relevant themes ofracial identity, family life, hip-hop culture, andAfrican American history.

Hartford

The Amistad Center for Art and Culture atthe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtYoung Americans: Photographs bySheila Pree BrightOn view through January 19, 2009

Through portraiture, artist Sheila Pree Brightexplores Millennials thoughts and feelingsabout America-giving them a platform for theirvoices to be heard. This body of work, calledYoung Americans,engages the Millennial,better known as Generation Y, withconversations on America, while they pose withthe American Flag. Participants fromGeneration Y are asked to think about how theysee themselves with the American Flag and letBright photograph them as they illustrate theirperceptions of America.


600 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103-2990

860/ 838-4233amistadartandculture.org

[email protected]

Los Angeles

California African American Museum(CAAM)A Dream RealizedJanuary 15 March 1, 2009

Annually, CAAM celebrates the life anddreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with a

themed photo exhibition reflecting hiscommitment to the betterment of life for allpeople. This years installation is expanded toincorporate the dream come true campaign ofBarack Obama to be the 44th President of theUnited States. The timely convergence of thishistoric event and our countrys annualrecognition of Kings extraordinary imprintpresent a unique opportunity for imagerysymbolic of a dream realized for all of us.

600 State DriveExposition Park

Los Angeles, California 90037213/ 744-7432

[email protected]

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Laband Art GalleryGallery 32 and Its Circle: LosAngeles African American ArtCommunity in the 1960s and 70sJanuary 24 March 22, 2009

This exhibition will survey the rich, but muchforgotten, history of Los Angeles Gallery 32.Dating from 1968 until 1970, Gallery 32 wasone of the few art spaces that exhibitedemerging African American artists and issignificant for its exhibitions of such artists asDavid Hammons, Betye Saar, Alison Saar,Timothy Washington, and Emory Douglas. Thehistory of Gallery 32 offers a unique view ofthe vibrant Los Angeles art scene of theperiod, exposing the diversity of the regionscontemporary art practices.

This unprecedented exhibition will featuremany of the actual works exhibited during thegallerys three-year existence, as well asrepresentative works from that time period byartists associated with the gallery. Theexhibition will present paintings, sculptures,drawings and assemblages along with aselection of gallery announcements,photographs and other gallery materials to addinsight into the life of the gallery.

Laband Art GalleryLoyola Marymount University

7900 Loyola BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90045-2659

310/ 338-2880

www.cfa.lmu.edu/[email protected]

Louisville

GalleryActors Theatre of Louisville15th Annual African American ArtExhibitionJanuary 26 - February 28, 2009

This exhibition is an exuberant array of workby local and regional artists, ranging fromsculpture in various media to unique mixedmedia collages and batik to evocative

paintings and photography.

316 West Main StreetLouisville, Kentucky 40202-4218

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

[email protected]

Miami

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Miami-Dade Public Library System Main

Library-Auditorium Color AllAround: Illustrations by Adjoa J.BurrowesOn view through March 31, 2009

Color All Aroundfeatures 42 original cut-paper collages from picture books illustratedby artist Adjoa J. Burrowes. Burrowescombines her expertise as graphic designerwith skillful use of collage and mixed media.Her colorful illustrations pop with exuberantcut-paper figures, organic shapes, and angularforms.

Multiple illustrations from the booksGrandma's Purple Flowers, My Steps, andDestiny's Giftare included in the show.Displays of preliminary drawings, modelphotos, and editorial comments introduce

visitors to the progression of an illustratedstory from initial concept to the finished book.

101 West Flagler StreetMiami, Florida 33130

305/ 375-2665http://www.mdpls.org/

New Orleans

Stella Jones GalleryElizabeth Catlett: Drawings, SixDecadesOn view through February 28, 2009

201 St. Charles AvenueNew Orleans, Louisiana 70170

504/ 568-9050www.stellajonesgallery.com

[email protected]

New York

Jack Shainman GalleryNick Cave: Recent SoundsuitsOn view through February 7, 2009

This exhibition of recent Soundsuits by NickCave is the second solo exhibition at theShainman Gallery. It is comprised of a diverse

selection of the highly imaginative, mixed-media, wearable sculptures, Soundsuits, forwhich Cave has become well-known.Soundsuits, named for the sounds made whenthe sculptures are worn, are as reminiscent ofAfrican and religious ceremonial costumes asthey are of haute couture. A multitude ofreferences bring to mind not only disparatecultural traditions but they also highlightCaves diverse background and artistic

513 West 20th

New York, New York 10011212/ 645-1701

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training. Cave studied and danced with AlvinAiley and created his own clothing line whichhe featured in a shop he opened and ran forten years. He is as interested in fashion andcultural, ritualistic and ceremonial concepts ashe is in politics, a domain that has alwaysbeen part of his work as demonstrated by acts

of collecting and reconfiguring elements andconcealing the identity, race, and gender, ofthose who wear his suits. Rendering themfaceless and anonymous the suits help theseindividuals transcend the political realm inorder to enter the realm of dreams andfantasy.

June Kelly GalleryTonya Ingersol: Kings and Divas

On view through January 13, 2009

According to Carl Little, art writer, the title ofthe exhibition refers to the operas thatprompted Ingersols paintings. He furtherstates that they are not just any ordinaryoperabut rather works that touch on theabsurd and surrealand provide rich materialrelevant to contemporary issues. Thepaintings reflect the artists recognition of thedisturbing nature and often the absurdity of modern day life. The more we study theseimages, the more we recognize ourselves and the more we admire Ingersols way withpaint.

591 BroadwayNew York, New York 10012

212/ 226-1660www.junekellygallery.com

June Kelly GalleryLeRoy Henderson: Mermaids andMasqueradesJanuary 16 February 24,2009

Mermaids and Masquerades, an exhibition ofdramatic photographs by LeRoy Hendersonthat captures the joy, the antics and thepageantry of Brooklyns legendary parades andcarnivals.

Henderson describes himself as a peoplewatcher. His images, in color as well as high-contrast black and white, come from separatebodies of work amassed over four decades ofphotographing two annual historic events --the West Indian-American Day Carnival, whichbrings together people from different island



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nations, and the Mermaid Parade, an earlysummer spectacle that pays tribute to ConeyIslands history and mythology and its long-ago Mardi Gras.

The Studio Museum in HarlemBarkley L. Hendricks: Birth of theCoolOn view through March 15, 2009

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Coolwas curated by the Nasher Museum (DukeUniversity) and is the career retrospective ofthe renowned American artist Barkley L.Hendricks. Born in 1945, Hendricks's uniquework resides at the nexus of American realismand post-modernism, a space somewhere

between portraitists Chuck Close and Alex Katzand pioneering black conceptualists DavidHammons and Adrian Piper. He is best knownfor his stunning, life-sized portraits of peopleof color from the urban northeast.

Cool, empowering and sometimesconfrontational, Hendricks's artistic privilegingof a culturally complex black body has pavedthe way for today's younger generation ofartists. This unprecedented exhibition ofHendricks's paintings includes work from 1964to the present.


144 West 125th StreetNew York, New York 10027

212/ 864-4500www.studiomuseum.org

The Studio Museum in HarlemPROJECT SPACE: SHINIQUE SMITH


Shinique Smith will be the second artist toactivate the Project Space with an installationdesigned and executed especially for thegallery. No stranger to the Studio Museum,Smith participated in our emerging artistexhibition Frequency (2005), and is known for

her multimedia practice including sculpturesmade of clothing, collage on walls and paper,painting and drawing. Smiths diverse arttreads the lines between accumulation andloss, containment and scatter, legibility andscribble. Smith will transform the walls of theProject Space with a surprising use of text andfabric that will disrupt the traditional definitionof mural.



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Oakland

Joyce Gordon GalleryMain GallerySweet Dreams: Ben HazardJanuary 9 March 1, 2009

Twenty new exquisitely executedcharcoal drawings, will express the powerof life as Ben Hazard sees it. Thisparticular series of charcoal drawings arepowerful, social-realistic statementsreflecting the time, place andcircumstances that both express andevoke emotions.

406 14th StreetOakland, California 94612

510/ 465-8928www.joycegordongallery.com

[email protected]

Joyce Gordon GalleryDownstairs Photography GalleryReflections: D. Michael CheersJanuary 9 March 1, 2009

This photography exhibit will featureimages from documentary photographerand educator, D. Michael Cheers, whosecritical photojournalism spans more thanthree decades.



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Philadelphia

African-American Museum in PhiladelphiaHidden Treasures: Art Collected byYoung African AmericansOn view through March 8, 2009

701 Arch StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19106

215/ 574-0380http://www.aampmuseum.org/

[email protected]

Philadelphia Museum of ArtJoan Spain Gallery, first floor, Perelman

BuildingQuilt Stories: The Ella King TorreyCollection of African American Quiltsand Other Recent Quilt AcquisitionsOn view through March 1, 2009

This exhibit includes thirteen examples byleading Southern quiltmakers. The collectionwas formed between 1980 and 1983 while Ms.Torrey was conducting fieldwork on African

Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman BuildingFairmont and Pennsylvania Avenues

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19130215/ 763-8100http://www.philamuseum.org/

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American quiltmaking with Maude SouthwellWahlman. Among its highlights are anappliqud word quilt by the Mississippi artistSarah Mary Taylor (born 1916) and one of herhand quilts, a version commissioned for thefilm The Color Purple.

Sande Webster GalleryMain GalleryJohn Mc Daniel: Leaping BoundariesOn view through February 2, 2009

McDaniel recently shifted from painting oncanvas to painting on sheets of metal. InLeaping Boundaries his two-dimensionalartistic vision has developed into paintedconstructions of overlapping stainless steel

sheets, perforated metal, wire, and brass rods.The combination of overlapping metal,variation in surfaces, and three-dimensionallines create very cryptic constructions.

2006 Walnut StreetPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania 19103

215/ [email protected]

Woodmere Art MuseumIn Search of Missing Masters: TheLewis Tanner Moore Collection ofAfrican American ArtOn view through February 22, 2009

In Search of Missing Masters is the second in

Woodmeres series of exhibitions highlightingdistinguished private collections of art from thegreater Philadelphia region.

Lewis Tanner Moore, a descendant of thefamed 19th-century African American artistHenry Ossawa Tanner, began his art collectionsome three decades ago, with a small numberof paintings handed down to him from hisfather, a prominent Philadelphia attorney.From the outset, Mr. Moore concentrated ontwentieth-century art and on developingpersonal connections with the artists he wascollecting. With a devotees zeal, he pursuednot just the well-known names but also the

unheralded masters whose works andachievements had slipped into obscurity.

Woodmeres exhibition is composed of morethan one-hundred paintings, sculptures, andworks on paper by some four to five dozenartists. Included in the ensemble are suchwell-known artists as Henry Ossawa Tanner,Allan Freelon, Dox Thrash, Selma Burke,Charles White, and Romare Bearden; local

Woodmere Art Museum9201 Germantown Avenue

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19118215/ 247-0476

www.woodmereartmuseum.org/

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figures such as Raymond Steth, HumbertHoward, Louis Sloan, Ellen Powell Tiberino,Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, and CharlesBurwell; as well as a number of talented andinfluential if not yet well-known artistswhose works will be presented here for thefirst time in a museum.


Richmond

Anderson Gallery3rd FloorBeaded Prayers ProjectJanuary 16 March 1, 2009

This project is directed by artist Sonya Clark,Chair of Virginia Commonwealth UniversitysDepartment of Craft/Material Studies. TheBeaded Prayers Projectis an ongoingcollaborative artwork begun in 1999 that nowcomprises over 4,500 beaded prayers.Inspired by protective amulets made by peoplein Africa and throughout the world, the beadedprayers represent the participation ofindividuals from 36 different countries, rangingin age from 6 through 90. Each sealed,embellished packet contains the writtenwishes, hopes, dreams and prayers of itsmaker.

According to Clark, the diversity of packets isa celebration of the unique contributions eachindividual has to offer.

Artist Talk / Workshop: Thursday, January 29,2009 from 2:00 5:00 PM.

Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAnderson Gallery

907 West Franklin StreetRichmond, Virginia 23284-2514

804/ 828-1522http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery/

[email protected]

Sacramento

40 Acres Art GalleryAfrican American Currents:Contemporary Art from the Bank of

America CollectionJanuary 20 March 28, 2009

African American Currents: Contemporary Artfrom the Bank of America Collection showcaseswork from its holdings by some of the leadingartists of the African Diaspora.

There are over seventy artworks inAfricanAmerican Currents , ranging from paintings

40 Acres Art Gallery35th Street and Broadway

3428 3rd Avenue

Sacramento, California 95817916/ 456-5080 or 916/ 649-7900http://www.40acresartgallery.org/

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Caucasian artists, includes a painting based ona Negro Spiritual by Southern RegionalistJohn McCrady (1911-1968) and a nude,portrait of his wife, by Champaign-Urbana'sBilly Morrow Jackson. All of the works in thisexhibition reveal perspectives on race and civilrights that reflects the eras in which they were

made and are presented in conjunction withthe national celebration of Black HistoryMonth.

Washington, DC

Hemphill Fine ArtsSelections from the Barnett-AdenCollection: Homecoming CelebrationJanuary 31 - March 6, 2009

1515 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005

202/ 234-5601www.hemphillfinearts.com

International Visions-The GalleryInaugural Exhibition: PrestonSampson, Charly Palmer, Roy LewisJanuary 18 February 28, 2009

Preston Sampson creates Forty FourPortraits of Barack Obama. Mixed mediaartist, Charly Palmer, takes the viewer on ajourney 40 Years: 1968-2008, and Roy Lewis,photographer, revisits Africa with, FestacRevisted 1977.

2629 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008

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

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Smithsonian Anacostia CommunityMuseumJubilee: African American CelebrationOn view through September 20, 2009

Jubileeexamines historical andcontemporary African American holidays andcelebrations from around the country. Theyare presented through images of capturedmoments throughout the years, along withtreasured artifacts, costumes, documents,music, video and interviews.

1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020

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

[email protected]

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Diggs GalleryCharles Searles:Universal Reflections ofColor and Rhythm


Searles work reflects the universal rhythms

of human nature; they are bold, expressive,and celebratory of global cultures. Theinfluence of dance and music as universallanguages is evident throughout his colorfulcanvases and often larger than life sculptures."

Diggs Gallery is located on the lowerlevel of the OKelly Library

Winston-Salem State University601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110336/ 750-2458

http://www.wssu.edu/[email protected]

February

Annapolis

Banneker-Douglass MuseumSoul Sanctuary: Images of theAfrican American Worship ExperienceFebruary 1- April 18, 2009

Renowned photographer Jason MiccoloJohnson captures an intimate look at theAfrican American worship experience throughthe use of black and white photography.Organizing the exhibition into six themesbeginning with Preparation and ending with

Benediction, Johnson celebrates the imagesassociated with the traditional AfricanAmerican church while looking at thecontemporary church setting.

A catalog accompanies this exhibition.

Banneker-Douglass Museum84 Franklin Street

Annapolis, Maryland 21401410/ 216-6180

[email protected]

Atlanta

Hammonds House MuseumSteve Prince: I Know It Was TheBloodFebruary 8 April 12, 2009

503 Peeples Street, S.W.Atlanta, Georgia 30310


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High Museum of ArtThe Treasure of Ulysses DavisOn view through April 5, 2009

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis, which wasorganized in collaboration with the King-TisdellCottage Foundation of Savannah, Georgia, willfeature approximately 115 works includingrepresentative works from every genre inwhich Davis worked: portraits of U.S. andAfrican leaders, religious images, patrioticworks, carvings influenced by African forms,fantasy, flora and fauna, love, humor, abstractdecorative objects and utilitarian objects suchas canes and furniture. The exhibition willfeature Davis's best-known artwork, a series of40 carved busts of all the U.S. Presidentsthrough George H. W. Bush from the King-

Tisdell Cottage Foundation collection. Otherhighlights include a moving depiction of Jesuson the Cross, from the High's permanentcollection. A range of rarely seen carvingsfrom private collections will also be on view.


1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.Atlanta, Georgia 30309

404/ 733-4400; 404/ 733-HIGHwww.high.org/

[email protected]

Spelman College Museum of Fine ArtShowcase and Tell: Treasures fromthe Spelman College Permanent

CollectionOn view through May 16, 2009



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Baltimore

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureLift Every Voice: Portraits of AfricanAmerican Musicians by RussMossOn view through March 8, 2009

This exhibition features black and whitephotographs of Baltimores African Americanmusicians. The selected photographs wereoriginally created for Sounds & Stories: TheMusical Life of Maryland's African AmericanCommunities, an oral history projectdeveloped by the Peabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University. Grants from theMaryland Historical Trust and the MarylandHumanities Council enabled the Peabody to

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record the memories of the musicians. Mossscandid portraits present a visual legacy of theirlives in music.

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureSisters, Soldiers: Black Women and theModern Military

February 20 June 14, 2009

African American women have played a rolein every war effort in United States history.Sister, Soldiers examines the past and presentmilitary service of black women, from the CivilWar to the War on Terror. After placing blackwomen as soldiers within a broad historical

context, the thematic panels of the exhibitionhighlight the impact of race and gender issueson military service as well as thebreakthrough moments in the history of thatservice. Over the last forty years, the rolesavailable to black women in the military haveshifted dramatically. This exhibition offersperspective on todays African Americanwomen within the present conflicts in whichthe nation is engaged and the sacrifices thatsome have made in the line of duty.



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The Walters Art MuseumPortraits Re/Examined: A DawoudBey ProjectOn view through February 16, 2009

This exhibition features photographs bycelebrated American artist Dawoud Bey, whofor the past several years has created portraitsof young people challenging stereotypes abouturban youth. During Beys artist-in-residencyproject, the artist collaborated with 12teenagers from several Baltimore-area public,private, and home schools in a summerworkshop that began with an exploration ofhow race, class and identity have beenaddressed in portraiture throughout arthistory. The Walters collection became thebasis for discussions about museum practice,its role in society and the role of contemporaryart in museums with historical collections. Theresulting focus exhibition PortraitsRe/Examined: A Dawoud Bey Project,curated by Bey and the teens, features 10

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photographic portraits by Bey, juxtaposed withpaintings, drawings, and portrait miniaturesfrom the Walters collection to create a uniquedialogue.

Brooklyn

Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporan Arts (MoCADA)Johannesburg to New YorkOn view through May 17, 2009

Johannesburg to New York is the firstretrospective of the collaborative workbetween South African artist Samson Mnisi andNew York artist Cannon Hersey. Combiningtheir various perspectives on the changingcultural dynamics of South Africa and itsemergence onto the world stage, these artistshave created mixed media imagery that issocially conscious while also being visuallystimulating. Mnisi incorporates ancient Zulusymbolism and rituals with Hersey'scaptivating photography to give viewersinsider and outsider perspectives oncontemporary South African societies.


718-230-0492http://www.mocada.org/

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Chicago

Chicago Public LibraryThe Vivian G. Harsh Research Collectionof African American History andLiteratureExhibit GalleryTo See Reality in a New Light: The Artand Activism of Marion PerkinsOn view through December 31, 2009

This is a major retrospective exhibition on thelife and work of Chicago Renaissance sculptor

and social activist Marion Perkins. It includesoriginal sculptures by Perkins, on loan to theChicago Public Library from the Art Institute ofChicago, DuSable Museum of African AmericanHistory, members of the Perkins family, artgalleries, and private collectors. The Artand Activism of Marion Perkinsalsofeatures original correspondence, rarephotographs, and memorabilia from theholdings of the Harsh Research Collection.




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G. R. NNamdi Gallery ChicagoGregory Coates: PermissionFebruary 6 - April 3, 2009

The artist, Gregory Coates, works out ofnecessity and positions himself betweenpainting and sculpture, giving himselfpermission to take risks in the process ofmaking art.

110 North PeoriaChicago, Illinois 60607

312/ 563-9240

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Gallery GuichardMilton Bowens: Recent WorksOn view through March 31, 2009




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Museum of Science and IndustryWest PavilionBlack Creativity 2009: Juried ArtExhibitionOn view through March 1, 2009

The Museum of Science and Industrys annualBlack Creativity Juried Art Exhibition will

feature 80 original works of art from bothprofessional and amateur African-Americanartists from around the country. The works ondisplay were selected from more than 390entries by a distinguished panel of jurors ledby Kymberly Pinder, Associate Professor andChair of Art History, Theory and Criticism atThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Thewinning entries were selected from thecategories of ceramics, drawings, mixedmedium, paintings, photography, sculpture,textiles and this years newest categoryGreen Art.

The art exhibition is a part of the Museumsannual Black Creativitycelebration, a programthat highlights the contributions of AfricanAmericans and encourages deeper interest inblack culture and heritage. This years BlackCreativityexhibit is Green Revolution andfeatures African-American architects,designers, engineers and business leaders inthe green movement.




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

February 8August 16, 2009

A Force for Change: African AmericanArt and the Julius Rosenwald Fundisthe first exhibition to explore the legacy ofthe Julius Rosenwald Fund created by theChicago businessman and philanthropist tofoster black leadership through the arts,literature, and scholarship. From 1928 to1948, the Fund awarded stipends tohundreds of prominent and emerging AfricanAmericans artists, writers, and scholarsacross such disciplines as history, sociology,literature, and the visual and performingarts.A Force for Change will present theartistic and scholarly products of JuliusRosenwalds support, and will include morethan sixty paintings, sculptures, and workson paper by twenty-two Rosenwald fellows,as well as a selection of documentary andarchival materials.

Artists include: Elizabeth Catlett, AaronDouglas, Katherine Dunham, JacobLawrence, Gordon Parks, Rose Piper,Augusta Savage, Charles White, and Hale

Woodruff, among others.


Spertus Institute of Jewish StudiesSpertus Museum

610 South Michigan AvenueChicago, Illinois 60605

312/ 322-1773http://www.spertus.edu/museum/index.php

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Cleveland

The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversityMain GalleryEach in Their Own Voice: AfricanAmerican Artists in Cleveland, 1970 2005On view through March 7, 2009

This exhibition is a collaborative project

The Art Gallery at Cleveland StateUniversity

2307 Chester AvenueCleveland, Ohio 44114

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between Cleveland State University, theCleveland Artists Foundation, and the EastCleveland Public Library. An exhibition of 24prominent African American artists, active inCleveland between 1970 and 2005, wereselected by a community advisory panel. Anexhibition catalog and on-line oral histories of

the artists document the show.The following artists are included in theexhibition: Anna Arnold, Lawrence Baker,Robert Banks, Jr., Cushmere Bell, AlfredBright, Moe Brooker, Malcolm Brown, DavidButtram, Johnny Coleman, Dexter Davis, KevinEverson, Curlee Raven Holton, Miller Horns,Mark Howard, Beni Kosh, MichaelangeloLovelace, D. Anthony Mahone, John L. Moore,Virgie Patton-Ezelle, Charles Pinckney,Angelica Pozo, Charles Salle, Jr., KevinSnipes, Nelson Stevens, and Reverend AlbertWagner.


College Park

The David C. Driskell Center for theStudy of the Visual Arts and Culture ofAfrican Americans and the AfricanDiasporaTradition Redefined: The Larry andBrenda Thompson Collection of

African American ArtFebruary 18 May 29, 2009

The strength of the Thompsons collectingprocess is their considered attention to artistswho have typically not been recognized in thetraditional narratives of African American art.In addition to the acknowledged masters, theThompsons have collected works by artistswho have been labeled emerging, unknown,outsider, eccentric, vernacular, regionaland more. The result is a collection thatredefines the landscape of American art,offering a more in-depth, inclusiveunderstanding of African American artists andtheir aesthetic and social concerns.


1214 Cole Student Activity BuildingUniversity of Maryland

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Charles H. Wright Museum of AfricanAmerican HistoryContemporary Artist Gallery (lower level)Let Your Motto Be ResistanceOn view through March 1, 2009

As the first national traveling exhibition jointlydeveloped by the SmithsoniansNational Museum of African American Historyand Culture and the National PortraitGallery, it explores photographys role inshaping public identity and individualconcepts of race and socioeconomic statusover the past 150 years.

The exhibitions title was inspired by the cry ofa Maryland slave, Henry HighlandGarnet (1815 1882), who escaped north,became an abolitionist and spoke the phrase

that gives the show its title: Strike for yourlives and liberties. Rather die freemen thanlive to be slaves. Let your motto be resistance.Resistance! Resistance! No oppressed peoplehave ever secured their liberty withoutresistance!



Charles H. Wright Museum of AfricanAmerican HistoryColeman A. Young Gallery (upper andlower levels)Women of a New Tribe (featuringselect women of Metro Detroit)On view through April 6, 2009

Women of a New Tribe is a stunningnational exhibition celebrating the physical andinner beauty of African Americanwomen presented in the 1930s to 1940sglamour, fine art black and white photographystyles through the award winning lenses ofJerry Taliaferro, a West Point alumnus andresident of Charlotte,North Carolina. All of the exhibited images

together present a mosaic of the AfricanAmerican woman in her many forms andessences.




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Flint Institute of ArtsTemporary Exhibition GalleryBeyond the Frame: African AmericanComic Book ArtistsOn view through April 26, 2009

Beyond the Frame: African AmericanComic Book Artists presents the work ofAfrican American artists working incommercial, self-published, and web-basedcomic book and graphic novel genres. Theexhibition will reflect a cross-section of artists,some well established, others emerging andactive in new areas of publication, such asInternet-based web comic art.

Beyond the Frame explores the styles andsubject matter of artists working in thecommercial sector, as well as those whosework emphasizes culturally relevant themes ofracial identity, family life, hip-hop culture, andAfrican American history.

1120 East Kearsley StreetFlint, Michigan 48503-1915


Hampton

Hampton University MuseumCommon Ground, Uncommon Vision:Four Howard University TrainedArtists

February 9 August 8, 2009

Over the last eight decades Howard Universityhas established an important place for itself inthe art world as a fertile training ground forartists and scholars. Common Ground,Uncommon Vision, celebrates that evolvingtradition by bringing together a group ofHoward University trained exhibiting artistswho also teach. The participating artists areKwabena Ampofo-Anti, Rudolph and CarolynMendes, Gina Lewis and Richard Ward. Theexhibit features over thirty works executed ina variety of media. While Common Ground,

Uncommon Vision artists are unique in theirartistic inspirations and processes, they sharea common training and a common dedicationto an aesthetic and intellectual ideal. It is anideal that they pursue in their own work, andseek to instill in the students that theyteach.

Huntington BuildingHampton, Virginia 23668

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

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Hartford

The Amistad Center for Art and Culture atthe Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of ArtLincoln: Man, Myth and Memory

February 12 - April 26, 2009

In celebration of the Lincoln's Bicentennial,The Amistad Center for Art & Culture examinesLincoln's reflection in Black America with theexhibition Lincoln: Man, Myth, and Memory.With material drawn from The Amistad Center'shistorical collection as well as loans fromcontemporary artists, the exhibition exploresLincoln's role in the Civil War, his post-assassination emergence as a nationalcelebrity, and the president's place in AfricanAmerican public memory.

600 Main StreetHartford, Connecticut 06103-2990

860/ 838-4233

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Los Angeles

California African American Museum(CAAM)A Dream RealizedOn view through March 1, 2009

Annually, CAAM celebrates the life anddreams of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with athemed photo exhibition reflecting his

commitment to the betterment of life for allpeople. This years installation is expanded toincorporate the dream come true campaign ofBarack Obama to be the 44th President of theUnited States. The timely convergence of thishistoric event and our countrys annualrecognition of Kings extraordinary imprintpresent a unique opportunity for imagerysymbolic of a dream realized for all of us.

600 State DriveExposition Park

Los Angeles, California 90037213/ 744-7432

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Laband Art Gallery

Gallery 32 and Its Circle: LosAngeles African American ArtCommunity in the 1960s and 70sOn view through March 22, 2009This exhibition will survey the rich, but muchforgotten, history of Los Angeles Gallery 32.Dating from 1968 until 1970, Gallery 32 wasone of the few art spaces that exhibitedemerging African American artists and is

Laband Art Gallery

Loyola Marymount University7900 Loyola BoulevardLos Angeles, California 90045-2659

310/ 338-2880www.cfa.lmu.edu/laband

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significant for its exhibitions of such artists asDavid Hammons, Betye Saar, Alison Saar,Timothy Washington, and Emory Douglas. Thehistory of Gallery 32 offers a unique view ofthe vibrant Los Angeles art scene of theperiod, exposing the diversity of the regionscontemporary art practices.

This unprecedented exhibition will featuremany of the actual works exhibited during thegallerys three-year existence, as well asrepresentative works from that time period byartists associated with the gallery. Theexhibition will present paintings, sculptures,drawings and assemblages along with aselection of gallery announcements,photographs and other gallery materials to addinsight into the life of the gallery.

Louisville

GalleryActors Theatre of Louisville15th Annual African American ArtExhibitionOn view through February 28, 2009

This exhibition is an exuberant array of workby local and regional artists, ranging fromsculpture in various media to unique mixed

media collages and batik to evocativepaintings and photography.

316 West Main StreetLouisville, Kentucky 40202-4218

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

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Miami

Miami-Dade Public Library System Main

Library-Auditorium Color AllAround: Illustrations by Adjoa J.BurrowesOn view through March 31, 2009

Color All Aroundfeatures 42 original cut-paper collages from picture books illustratedby artist Adjoa J. Burrowes. Burrowes

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combines her expertise as graphic designerwith skillful use of collage and mixed media.Her colorful illustrations pop with exuberantcut-paper figures, organic shapes, and angularforms.

Multiple illustrations from the books

Grandma's Purple Flowers, My Steps, andDestiny's Giftare included in the show.Displays of preliminary drawings, modelphotos, and editorial comments introducevisitors to the progression of an illustratedstory from initial concept to the finished book.

Middlebury

Middlebury College

Museum of ArtConfronting History: Contemporary

Artists Envision the Past

February 13 April 19, 2009

Confronting History: Contemporary

Artists Envision the Pastis organizedaround the gift to the museum of KaraWalkers 2005 Harpers Illustrated History ofthe Civil War (Annotated), a portfolio of 15

offset lithographs. The exhibition featuresartists who use the print medium to revisit and

reinterpret historical conflicts. The works onview, all based on printed sources that theartists readily acknowledge, demonstrate arich mix of contemporary printmakingstrategies and techniques. Many addressthemselves to the issue of race, and theexhibition explores that general topic inhistorical perspective, ranging from the Age ofEnlightenment to the present day.

In addition to Walker, some of the other artistsinclude: Enrique Chagoya, Ellen Gallagher,Glenn Ligon, and Adrian Piper.

Middlebury CollegeMahaney Center for the Arts

Museum of ArtMiddlebury, Vermont 05753

802/ 443-5007http://museum.middlebury.edu/

exhibitions/upcoming/

Montgomery

Montgomery Museum of Fine ArtsAncestry and Innovation: African

American Art from the American Folk

Art MuseumFebruary 7 through April 12, 2009

Wynton M. Blount Cultural ParkOne Museum Drive

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This exhibition features textiles, paintings,works on paper, and sculpture bycontemporary African American artists. Fromvibrant quilts and weathervanes to provocativeassemblages and paintings, this wide-rangingexhibition explores the artistic expressions of

self-taught African American artists from therural South and the urban North.

Ancestry and Innovation includes works ofart by an elder generation of creators, such asDavid Butler, Sam Doyle, Bessie Harvey, andClementine Hunter; by contemporary masterssuch as Thornton Dial, Sr. and Thornton Dial,Jr.; and by emerging artists such as KevinSampson and Willie LeRoy Elliot. A number ofthe artists represented in the exhibition areAlabama natives, including quilters LeolaPettway, Lureca Outland, Mozell Benson andMary Maxtion. The ongoing contribution of

black artists to the kaleidoscope of Americancultural and visual experience is the core ofthe exhibition.

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New Orleans

New Orleans Museum of ArtElla West Freeman GalleryFrederick J. Brown: New Portraits ofJazz GreatsFebruary 8 April 26, 2009

The New Orleans Museum of Art presentsFrederick J. Brown: New Portraits of JazzGreats, an exhibition of paintings depicting20th century musical giants including the likesof Louis Armstrong, Frank Sinatraand BillieHoliday. Among other legends included areThelonius Monk, New Orleans native SidneyBechet, Ray Charlesand Jelly Roll Morton. Thislatest series was commissioned by Mr. andMrs. James Flach as a promised gift to theMuseum.

In a departure from his figurative work, Brown

also has created a unique abstractcomposition, The Origins of the Blues, as anintroduction to the series.

One Collins C. Diboll Circle, City ParkNew Orleans, Louisiana 70124

504/ 659-4100www.noma.org

Stella Jones GalleryElizabeth Catlett: Drawings, SixDecades

201 St. Charles AvenueNew Orleans, Louisiana 70170

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On view through February 28, 2009 [email protected]

New York

Jack Shainman GalleryHank Willis Thomas: Pitch BlacknessFebruary 12 March 14, 2009

513 West 20th

New York, New York 10011212/ 645-1701

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Jack Shainman GalleryNick Cave: Recent SoundsuitsOn view through February 7, 2009

This exhibition of recent Soundsuits by NickCave is the second solo exhibition at theShainman Gallery. It is comprised of a diverseselection of the highly imaginative, mixed-media, wearable sculptures, Soundsuits, forwhich Cave has become well-known.Soundsuits, named for the sounds made whenthe sculptures are worn, are as reminiscent ofAfrican and religious ceremonial costumes asthey are of haute couture. A multitude ofreferences bring to mind not only disparatecultural traditions but they also highlightCaves diverse background and artistictraining. Cave studied and danced with AlvinAiley and created his own clothing line whichhe featured in a shop he opened and ran forten years. He is as interested in fashion andcultural, ritualistic and ceremonial concepts ashe is in politics, a domain that has alwaysbeen part of his work as demonstrated by actsof collecting and reconfiguring elements andconcealing the identity, race, and gender, ofthose who wear his suits. Rendering themfaceless and anonymous the suits help theseindividuals transcend the political realm inorder to enter the realm of dreams andfantasy.

513 West 20th

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June Kelly GalleryLeRoy Henderson: Mermaids andMasqueradesOn view through February 24, 2009



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Mermaids and Masquerades, an exhibition ofdramatic photographs by LeRoy Hendersonthat captures the joy, the antics and thepageantry of Brooklyns legendary parades andcarnivals.

Henderson describes himself as a peoplewatcher. His images, in color as well as high-contrast black and white, come from separatebodies of work amassed over four decades ofphotographing two annual historic events --the West Indian-American Day Carnival, whichbrings together people from different islandnations, and the Mermaid Parade, an earlysummer spectacle that pays tribute to ConeyIslands history and mythology and its long-ago Mardi Gras.

The Studio Museum in HarlemBarkley L. Hendricks: Birth of theCoolOn view through March 15, 2009

Barkley L. Hendricks: Birth of the Coolwas curated by the Nasher Museum (DukeUniversity) and is the career retrospective ofthe renowned American artist Barkley L.Hendricks. Born in 1945, Hendricks's uniquework resides at the nexus of American realismand post-modernism, a space somewherebetween portraitists Chuck Close and Alex Katzand pioneering black conceptualists DavidHammons and Adrian Piper. He is best knownfor his stunning, life-sized portraits of peopleof color from the urban northeast.

Cool, empowering and sometimesconfrontational, Hendricks's artistic privilegingof a culturally complex black body has pavedthe way for today's younger generation ofartists. This unprecedented exhibition ofHendricks's paintings includes work from 1964to the present.




The Studio Museum in HarlemPROJECT SPACE: SHINIQUE SMITH


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gallery. No stranger to the Studio Museum,Smith participated in our emerging artistexhibition Frequency (2005), and is known forher multimedia practice including sculpturesmade of clothing, collage on walls and paper,painting and drawing. Smiths diverse arttreads the lines between accumulation and

loss, containment and scatter, legibility andscribble. Smith will transform the walls of theProject Space with a surprising use of text andfabric that will disrupt the traditional definitionof mural.

Oakland

Joyce Gordon GalleryMain GallerySweet Dreams: Ben HazardOn view through March 1, 2009

Twenty new exquisitely executed charcoaldrawings, will express the power of life as BenHazard sees it. This particular series ofcharcoal drawings are powerful, social-realisticstatements reflecting the time, place andcircumstances that both express and evokeemotions.



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Joyce Gordon GalleryDownstairs Photography GalleryReflections: D. Michael CheersOn view through March 1, 2009

This photography exhibit will featureimages from documentary photographerand educator, D. Michael Cheers, whosecritical photojournalism spans more thanthree decades.



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Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City Museum of ArtHarlem RenaissanceFebruary 5 April 19, 2009

Explore African American art of the 1920s,1930s, and its lasting legacy in the exhibitionHarlem Renaissance. The exhibit will examinethe vogue of Harlem in the 1920s, the art ofthe New Negro, and the artistic legacy of the

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1920s and 1930s. It will include paintings,sculptures, and photographs by artists such asRichmond Barth, Aaron Douglas, PalmerHayden, William H. Johnson, Malvin GrayJohnson, Jacob Lawrence, James VanDerZee,and others.

Harlem Renaissancedelves into thediversity of influences upon the period, fromEuropean modernism to African art to cultureand history. It explores how the work ofAfrican American artists during the 1920s and1930s relates to and differentiates from largerdevelopments in American art.

Philadelphia

African-American Museum in Philadelphia

Hidden Treasures: Art Collected byYoung African AmericansOn view through March 8, 2009

701 Arch Street


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Philadelphia Museum of ArtJoan Spain Gallery, first floor, PerelmanBuildingQuilt Stories: The Ella King TorreyCollection of African American Quilts

and Other Recent Quilt AcquisitionsOn view through March 1, 2009

This exhibit includes thirteen examples byleading Southern quiltmakers. The collectionwas formed between 1980 and 1983 while Ms.Torrey was conducting fieldwork on AfricanAmerican quiltmaking with Maude SouthwellWahlman. Among its highlights are anappliqud word quilt by the Mississippi artistSarah Mary Taylor (born 1916) and one of herhand quilts, a version commissioned for thefilm The Color Purple.

Ruth and Raymond G. Perelman BuildingFairmont and Pennsylvania Avenues


http://www.philamuseum.org/

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Sande Webster GalleryMain GalleryJohn Mc Daniel: Leaping BoundariesOn view through February 2, 2009

McDaniel recently shifted from painting on

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canvas to painting on sheets of metal. InLeaping Boundaries his two-dimensionalartistic vision has developed into paintedconstructions of overlapping stainless steelsheets, perforated metal, wire, and brass rods.The combination of overlapping metal,variation in surfaces, and three-dimensional

lines create very cryptic constructions.

Woodmere Art MuseumIn Search of Missing Masters: TheLewis Tanner Moore Collection ofAfrican American ArtOn view through February 22, 2009

In Search of Missing Masters is thesecond in Woodmeres series of exhibitions

highlighting distinguished private collections ofart from the greater Philadelphia region.

Lewis Tanner Moore, a descendant of thefamed 19th-century African American artistHenry Ossawa Tanner, began his art collectionsome three decades ago, with a small numberof paintings handed down to him from hisfather, a prominent Philadelphia attorney.From the outset, Mr. Moore concentrated ontwentieth-century art and on developingpersonal connections with the artists he wascollecting. With a devotees zeal, he pursuednot just the well-known names but also theunheralded masters whose works and

achievements had slipped into obscurity.

Woodmeres exhibition is composed of morethan one-hundred paintings, sculptures, andworks on paper by some four to five dozenartists. Included in the ensemble are suchwell-known artists as Henry Ossawa Tanner,Allan Freelon, Dox Thrash, Selma Burke,Charles White, and Romare Bearden; localfigures such as Raymond Steth, HumbertHoward, Louis Sloan, Ellen Powell Tiberino,Moe Brooker, Barbara Bullock, and CharlesBurwell; as well as a number of talented andinfluential if not yet well-known artistswhose works will be presented here for thefirst time in a museum.


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Richmond

Anderson Gallery3rd Floor

Virginia Commonwealth UniversityAnderson Gallery

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Beaded Prayers ProjectOn view through March 1, 2009

This project is directed by artist Sonya Clark,Chair of Virginia Commonwealth UniversitysDepartment of Craft/Material Studies. TheBeaded Prayers Projectis an ongoingcollaborative artwork begun in 1999 that nowcomprises over 4,500 beaded prayers.Inspired by protective amulets made by peoplein Africa and throughout the world, the beadedprayers represent the participation ofindividuals from 36 different countries, rangingin age from 6 through 90. Each sealed,embellished packet contains the writtenwishes, hopes, dreams and prayers of itsmaker.

According to Clark, the diversity of packets isa celebration of the unique contributions eachindividual has to offer.

Artist Talk / Workshop: Thursday, January 29,2009 from 2:00 5:00 PM.

907 West Franklin StreetRichmond, Virginia 23284-2514

804/ 828-1522http://www.vcu.edu/arts/gallery/

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Sacramento

40 Acres Art GalleryAfrican American Currents:Contemporary Art from the Bank ofAmerica CollectionOn view through March 28, 2009

African American Currents: ContemporaryArtfrom the Bank of America Collection showcaseswork from its holdings by some of the leadingartists of the African Diaspora.

There are over seventy artworks inAfricanAmerican Currents, ranging from paintings andsculptures to photography, prints and mixedmedia collages. The exhibit is a blend ofmodern masters such as Romare Bearden andJacob Lawrence, with contemporary mastersas Martin Puryear, Willie Birch, Faith Ringgoldand Raymond Saunders; works by artistsworking outside the mainstream like MinnieEvans and Horace Pippin; and a representationby a younger generation of artists, includingWhitfield Lovell, Kevin Cole, Jean MichelBasquiat, and Lorna Simpson.

40 Acres Art Gallery35th Street and Broadway

3428 3rd AvenueSacramento, California 95817

916/ 456-5080 or 916/ 649-7900

http://www.40acresartgallery.org/about-1.html

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Museum of Fine ArtsRevelations: Works by Self-TaughtAfrican American ArtistsOngoing

In celebration of recent donations to thecollection, the Museum presents a selection ofremarkable artworks by African American folkartists. The grouping was given to the Museumby several collectors. Many of the mosttalented and respected self-taught AfricanAmerican artistsrepresented by paintings,sculpture, assemblage, and drawingsareincluded in this inspiring exhibition: PurvisYoung, Bill Traylor, Clementine Hunter, NellieMae Rowe, Jimmy Lee Sudduth, Mose andAnnie Tolliver, Missionary Mary Proctor, LonnieHolley, Ruby Williams, Roger Rice, Dilmus Hall,and Robert Howell.

255 Beach Drive, NESt. Petersburg, Florida 33701

727/ 896-2667http://www.fine-arts.org/

Terre Haute

Swope Art MuseumEducation GalleryAfrican American Images and Artistsfrom the Swope CollectionOn view through March 21, 2009

This exhibition is rich in a diversity of artisticapproaches and historical perspectives,including works by Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), Thomas Shaw (b. 1947) WilliamEdouard Scott (1884- 1964), Richard Hunt (b.1935), Billy Morrow Jackson (1926 - 2006),John Dowell Jr. (b. 1941) and others.

African American subject matter, byCaucasian artists, includes a painting based ona Negro Spiritual by Southern RegionalistJohn McCrady (1911-1968) and a nude,portrait of his wife, by Champaign-Urbana'sBilly Morrow Jackson. All of the works in thisexhibition reveal perspectives on race and civilrights that reflect the eras in which they weremade and are presented in conjunction withthe national celebration of Black HistoryMonth.

25 South 7th StreetTerre Haute, Indiana 47807

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Hemphill Fine ArtsSelections from the Barnett-AdenCollection: Homecoming CelebrationOn view through March 6, 2009

1515 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20005

202/ 234-5601www.hemphillfinearts.com

International Visions-The GalleryInaugural Exhibition: PrestonSampson, Charly Palmer, Roy LewisOn view through February 28, 2009

Preston Sampson creates Forty FourPortraits of Barack Obama. Mixed mediaartist, Charly Palmer, takes the viewer on ajourney 40 Years: 1968-2008, and Roy Lewis,photographer, revisits Africa with, FestacRevisted 1977.

2629 Connecticut Avenue, NWWashington, DC 20008

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

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Parish Gallery - GeorgetownBruce McNeil: Painter, PhotographerFebruary 6 28, 2009

1054 31st Street, NWCanal Square

Washington, DC 20007202/ 944-2310

http://www.parishgallery.com/[email protected]

Smithsonian Anacostia CommunityMuseumJubilee: African American CelebrationOn view through September 20, 2009

Jubilee examines historical and contemporaryAfrican American holidays and celebrationsfrom around the country. They are presentedthrough images of captured momentsthroughout the years, along with treasuredartifacts, costumes, documents, music, videoand interviews.

1901 Fort Place, SEWashington, DC 20020202/ 633-4820

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Smithsonian National Museum of AfricanAmerican History and Culture Gallery,On level 2 at the National Museum ofAmerican History, Kenneth E. BehringCenterThe Scurlock Studio and BlackWashington: Picturing the PromiseOn view through November 15, 2009

Constitution Avenue and 14th Street, NWWashington, DC 20013

202/ 633-1000www.nmaahc.si.edu

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The exhibition features more than 100photographs created by what was one of thepremiere African American photographystudios in the country and one of the longest-running black businesses in Washington, D.C.

Winston-Salem

Diggs GalleryCharles Searles:Universal Reflections ofColor and Rhythm


Searles work reflects the universal rhythmsof human nature; they are bold, expressive,and celebratory of global cultures. Theinfluence of dance and music as universal

languages is evident throughout his colorfulcanvases and often larger than life sculptures."

Diggs Gallery is located on the lowerlevel of the OKelly Library

Winston-Salem State University601 S. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive

Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27110336/ 750-2458

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Annapolis

Banneker-Douglass MuseumSoul Sanctuary: Images of the

African American Worship ExperienceOn view through April 18, 2009

Renowned photographer Jason MiccoloJohnson captures an intimate look at theAfrican American worship experience throughthe use of black and white photography.Organizing the exhibition into six themesbeginning with Preparation and ending withBenediction, Johnson celebrates the imagesassociated with the traditional AfricanAmerican church while looking at thecontemporary church setting.

A catalog accompanies this exhibition.

Banneker-Douglass Museum84 Franklin Street

Annapolis, Maryland 21401410/ 216-6180

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Atlanta

Hammonds House MuseumSteve Prince: I Know It Was TheBlood

503 Peeples Street, S.W.Atlanta, Georgia 30310

404/ 612-0500

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High Museum of Art

The Treasure of Ulysses DavisOn view through April 5, 2009

The Treasure of Ulysses Davis, which wasorganized in collaboration with the King-TisdellCottage Foundation of Savannah, Georgia, willfeature approximately 115 works includingrepresentative works from every genre inwhich Davis worked: portraits of U.S. andAfrican leaders, religious images, patrioticworks, carvings influenced by African forms,fantasy, flora and fauna, love, humor, abstractdecorative objects and utilitarian objects suchas canes and furniture. The exhibition will

feature Davis's best-known artwork, a series of40 carved busts of all the U.S. Presidentsthrough George H. W. Bush from the King-Tisdell Cottage Foundation collection. Otherhighlights include a moving depiction of Jesuson the Cross, from the High's permanentcollection. A range of rarely seen carvingsfrom private collections will also be on view.


1280 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Atlanta, Georgia 30309404/ 733-4400; 404/ 733-HIGHwww.high.org/

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Spelman College Museum of Fine ArtShowcase and Tell: Treasures fromthe Spelman College PermanentCollectionOn view through May 16, 2009



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Baltimore

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureLift Every Voice: Portraits of AfricanAmerican Musicians by RussMossOn view through March 8, 2009

This exhibition features black and whitephotographs of Baltimores African Americanmusicians. The selected photographs were



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originally created for Sounds & Stories: TheMusical Life of Maryland's African AmericanCommunities, an oral history projectdeveloped by the Peabody Institute of theJohns Hopkins University. Grants from theMaryland Historical Trust and the MarylandHumanities Council enabled the Peabody torecord the memories of the musicians. Mossscandid portraits present a visual legacy of theirlives in music.

Reginald F. Lewis Museum of MarylandAfrican American History and CultureSisters, Soldiers: Black Women andthe Modern MilitaryOn view through June 14, 2009

African American women have played a rolein every war effort in United States history.Sister, Soldiers examines the past andpresent military service of black women, fromthe Civil War to the War on Terror. Afterplacing black women as soldiers within a broadhistorical context, the thematic panels of theexhibition highlight the impact of race andgender issues on military service as well as thebreakthrough moments in the history of thatservice. Over the last forty years, the rolesavailable to black women in the military haveshifted dramatically. This exhibition offers

perspective on todays African Americanwomen within the present conflicts in whichthe nation is engaged and the sacrifices thatsome have made in the line of duty.



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Brooklyn

Museum of Contemporary AfricanDiasporan Arts (MoCADA)Johannesburg to New York

On view through May 17, 2009

Johannesburg to New York is the firstretrospective of the collaborative workbetween South African artist Samson Mnisi andNew York artist Cannon Hersey. Combiningtheir various perspectives on the changingcultural dynamics of South Africa and itsemergence onto the world stage, these artistshave created mixed media imagery that is


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socially conscious while also being visuallystimulating. Mnisi incorporates ancient Zulusymbolism and rituals with Hersey'scaptivating photography to give viewersinsider and outsider perspectives oncontemporary South African societies.

Chicago

Chicago Public LibraryThe Vivian G. Harsh Research Collectionof African American History andLiteratureExhibit GalleryTo See Reality in a New Light: The Artand Activism of Marion Perkins

On view through December 31, 2009

This is a major retrospective exhibition on thelife and work of Chicago Renaissance sculptorand social activist Marion Perkins. It includesoriginal sculptures by Perkins, on loan to theChicago Public Library from the Art Institute ofChicago, DuSable Museum of African AmericanHistory, members of the Perkins family, artgalleries, and private collectors. The Art andActivism of Marion Perkinsalso featuresoriginal correspondence, rare photographs,and memorabilia from the holdings of the

Harsh Research Collection.




G. R. NNamdi Gallery ChicagoGregory Coates: PermissionOn view through April 3, 2009

The artist, Gregory Coates, works out ofnecessity and positions himself betweenpainting and sculpture, giving himselfpermission to take risks in the process ofmaking art.

110 North PeoriaChicago, Illinois 60607

312/ 563-9240www.grnnamdi.com

Gallery GuichardMilton Bowens: Recent WorksOn view through March 31, 2009




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Museum of Science and IndustryWest PavilionBlack Creativity 2009: Juried ArtExhibitionOn view through March 1, 2009

The Museum of Science and Industrys annualBlack Creativity Juried Art Exhibition willfeature 80 original works of art from bothprofessional and amateur African-Americanartists from around the country. The works ondisplay were selected from more than 390entries by a distinguished panel of jurors ledby Kymberly Pinder, Associate Professor andChair of Art History, Theory and Criticism atThe School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Thewinning entries were selected from thecategories of ceramics, drawings, mixedmedium, paintings, photography, sculpture,

textiles and this years newest categoryGreen Art.

The art exhibition is a part of the Museumsannual Black Creativitycelebration, a programthat highlights the contributions of AfricanAmericans and encourages deeper interest inblack culture and heritage. This years BlackCreativityexhibit is Green Revolution andfeatures African-American architects,designers, engineers and business leaders inthe green movement.




Spertus MuseumA Force for Change: AfricanAmerican Art and the JuliusRosenwald FundOn view through August 16, 2009

A Force for Change: African American Artand the Julius Rosenwald Fundis the firstexhibition to explore the legacy of the JuliusRosenwald Fund created by the Chicago

businessman and philanthropist to fosterblack leadership through the arts, literature,and scholarship. From 1928 to 1948, theFund awarded stipends to hundreds ofprominent and emerging African Americansartists, writers, and scholars across suchdisciplines as history, sociology, literature,and the visual and performing arts.A Forcefor Change will present the artistic andscholarly products of Julius Rosenwalds

Spertus Institute of Jewish StudiesSpertus Museum

610 South Michigan AvenueChicago, Illinois 60605

312/ 322-1773http://www.spertus.edu/museum/index.php

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support, and will include more than sixtypaintings, sculptures, and works on paper bytwenty-two Rosenwald fellows, as well as aselection of documentary and archivalmaterials.

Artists include: Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron

Douglas, Katherine Dunham, JacobLawrence, Gordon Parks, Rose Piper,Augusta Savage, Charles White, and HaleWoodruff, among others.


Cleveland

The Art Gallery at Cleveland State

UniversityMain GalleryEach in Their Own Voice: AfricanAmerican Artists in Cleveland, 1970 2005On view through March 7, 2009

This exhibition is a collaborative projectbetween Cleveland State University, theCleveland Artists Foundation, and the EastCleveland Public Library. An exhibition of 24prominent African American artists, active inCleveland between 1970 and 2005, wereselected by a community advisory panel. Anexhibition catalog and on-line oral histories ofthe artists document the show.The following artists are included in theexhibition: Anna Arnold, Lawrence Baker,Robe

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