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Rosalind Nzinga NicholMixed Media Papermaker
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Art In The Atrium
20th Anniversary Exhibit Celebrating Our Legacy January 12 - March 18, 2012
Morris Museum
2012 LECTURE SERIES:
Adjunct Professor
of African American Traditions at Bloomfield College, Bloomfield, NJ RSVP: FREE with admission to the Museum Morris Museum | 6 Normandy Heights Road Morristown, NJ 07960 E-mail: info@morrismuseum.org
Session 1
Saturday Feb 4, 2012, 1 - 2 pm:
CRAFT TRADITIONS: Survey of African origins of
African American art and craft traditions.
The rice industry and
its fanners coiled baskets, shotgun houses,
woven and appliqued textiles, metal and wood
works, Africans brought more to American culture
that their lovely dark skin. Recent growing
scholarship over the past thirty years is
stripping away layers of misconceptions of an
unwritten past to reveal the brilliance of
African American art and culture in the context
of its African origins. Exploring these
“Africanisms” are what some call an "alternate
history." Come celebrate the legacy of these
traditions as ATA celebrates its twentieth year.
Saturday Feb 25, 2012, 1 - 2 pm:
FINE ARTS & ARTISTS: From early African American
Masters to the Harlem Renascence and mid twentieth
century artists.
It was not until 1939 that the identity of the painter of elite 19th century Baltimoreans was brough to light by art historian and genealogist J. Hall Pleasants. The son of a white father and a black mother, Joshua Johnson was born into slavery around 1763 and freed in 1782... By the time 306 West 141st Street became the defining address of energy and creativity of the Harlem Renaissance, African American artists had been conducting a silent but very visual revolution for more than a century. This second session will survey some of the most noted artist of these eras, from Joshua Johnson through ATA's 2012 featured artist Norman Lewis.
Session 3
Thursday Mar 8th, 2012, 6:30 - 7:30 pm:
PANEL DISCUSSION: Collecting African American
Art with art consultant, gallerist, and guest curator,
TARIN
M. FULLER and art adviser, appraiser and
speaker HALIMA TAHA,
Interested in starting an
art collection but don't know how to start? Or just
fine tuning the collection you already own. Bring
your questions to an open forum panel discussion. A
wonderful opportunity to hear art discussed from the
artist, adviser/appraiser, and a gallery owner's
point of view. Panelist will include: mixed media
artist and educator Rosalind Nzinga Nichol, an
artist working in various mediums and communities
across the country for over forty years; adviser,
appraiser and speaker Halima Taha, author
of "Collecting African American Art Works on Paper
and Canvas" (1998, Crown Publishers); and artist
representative, galley owner, and guest curator of
the 20th Anniversary Exhibition Tarin Fuller,
daughter of this upcoming year's featured artist
celebrated Abstract Expressionist Norman Lewis
(1909-1979). Today is the day to start building your
own legacy by building a collection of arts and
crafts to pass through the generations of your
family, while supporting the ARTS at the same time.
For more info click below: http://www.artintheatrium.org/index.htm *Additional funding for this series by The Links Incorporated, and Craig and Pickett Attorneys at Law.
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