Here are some resources for Black History Month or for giving tours focused on African American/Black American artists:
Mia’s website compilation for Black History Month
African American artwork currently on view:
African American artist/works on view, February 2024
Walkthrough with Mia Guide Jean Ann Durades (to come)
Tour Outlines
(If you care to share tour outlines. please email to Kara or Debbi, to include here.)
From your colleague Susan Arndt, a online catalog to an exhibition of James Phillips’ works, including Cosmic Connection:
This gallery walkthrough is for the February public tour, Celebration of African American Art History.
Here is a link to the google doc, listing all African American art currently on view.
And here is the self-guided tour flyer as a reference:
Self-Guide Template Celebration of African American Art final QR
From your colleague Jean Ann Durades, some current articles:
Kehinde Wiley: Artist Kehinde Wiley: ‘The new work is about what it feels like to be young, Black and alive in the 21st century’
Sanford Biggers: Cracking Codes With Sanford Biggers
Glenn Ligon: “Artists Imagine That Museums Are Brave—They’re Not’: Glenn Ligon on His New Show, Philip Guston, and How Institutions Can Do Better
Check out this terrific guide to the exhibition In the Presence of Our Ancestors!
In the Presence of Our Ancestors Teachers Guide
In this, you’ll find some great information on the artists Thornton Dial, Lola Pettway, Joe Minter, Georgia Speller, Henry Speller, and Leroy Almon.
Here is a recording of the virtual Art Break with Gabe Ritter on August 16, focused on Rituals of Resilience:
Art Break Gabe Ritter 08.16.21
Here is Gabe’s PPT presentation:
Here are the recording and slides from the art break on March 24, with Jean Ann Durades:
Jean Ann’s slides:
02.13.21_A_KZ_Jean Ann D_February public tour
An article suggested by your colleague Kathleen Steiger, on artist Emma Amos from NPR:
Emma Amos Died Just Before Her Retrospective But Her Art Is Alive As Ever
Mapping Black Identities Rotation 2 Material 2020
African American Artists on View 2020
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African American Artists Part 1 powerpoint, Suzanne Roberts
African American Artists, Part 2, powerpoint, Suzanne Roberts
Video on artist Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
Video of the training: African American Artists 1.17.20
From your colleague Kathleen Steiger, a short video:
Culture writer Roxane Gay describes the importance of sitting with discomfort in front of Kara Walker’s enormous drawing “Christ’s Entry into Journalism” (2017), Video link.
From ARTnews. an article referencing the problematic history of William Edmondson’s sculpture at MoMA:
The Artist Wasn’t Present: On MoMA’s Fumbled First Showing of Black American Art
LABEL COPY_Growing the Collection
Here are a couple more points of information, coming from the pop-up gallery training:
Samuel Levi Jones deconstructed medical text for his Agent Orange collage.
And the Ray Johnson Estate had done a 4-page paper on Hat with Red Eyes. The PDF is attached:
Hat with Red Eyes – Ray Johnson – from Dennis Michael Jon
Here is a New Yorker article on Lonnie Holley:
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/29/lonnie-holleys-glorious-improvisations
Here is some information on artist Thornton Dial from Dennis Michael Jon:
Here are the videos of Bob Cozzolino’s presentation on Gallery 275, the Kunin Collection Focus on Bob Thompson and including works by Beauford Delaney). In the last two videos, Parts 4 and 5, Bob moved out into the Atrium gallery to cover the works by African-American artists Carl Wesley and Robert Colescott.
From your colleague Bruce Robbins and librarian Meg Black, this is a document that lists African American artists who have works in Mia’s collection (not on loan objects). As we become aware of new additions, these can be added:
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Full title:
Crossroads Marker with Little Hand, Reaching
Below is some information on the symbolism embodied in Renee Stout’s Crossroads Marker: