Here are some resources for the February in-gallery public tour, Celebrating African American Art, as part of Black History month celebrations.

First, here is a link to all African American art currently on view at Mia (updated for March 2024).

Here is a link to the Cross Currents public tour sign-up, where gallery assignments are noted.

Here is the training by Jean Ann Durades on January 18:

Part 1: G301-304

Part 2: G322

Part 3: G353 (not on Cross Currents, but good artworks to include on BHM private tours)

Part 4a: G364/365

Part 4b: G364/365

2024 self-guided tour flyer:

2024 Self-Guide Template Celebration of African American Art QR final

Here is a link to Bisa Butler’s talk.

From your colleague Marne Zafar, a detailed tour outline:

Black Heritage-History Tour Notes FEB 2024

Galleries 303 (also can access 301, 302, and 304)

Nellie Mae Abrams, “Housetop” quilt

Gee’s Bend quilt information, Mia blog

Lamar Peterson: A Self-Portrait

Leslie Barlow (move ahead to 10 minutes in the video): studio visit

Leslie Barlow’s MAEP exhibition and her talk, recorded

Renee Stout, Biography (also includes a pic of Soul Regenerator)

Object file on Henry Bannarn’s Cleota Collins

Photo of Cleota Collins

Gallery 322

Bisa Butler, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Notes from Josie Owens from a convo with Bisa Butler:

“Bisa tried to imagine their past and future personalities. The symbols refer to how she sees them. The fan is a symbol of success. In Ghana in the markets the more lucrative businesses have electricity and can offer fans to their customers. This woman will be a successful businesswoman. The hearts are on the skirt of the woman who looks like the kind friend. The bling is for the woman who is the fashionista. The high heels refer to Michelle Obama’s inauguration heels. She’s a leader and powerful. She said that she had to redo the face of the fan woman. She didn’t like how she looked.”

Video of Jean Ann’s tour, including Joshua Johnson’s painting. (and Bannarn’s Cleota Collins)

Winfred Rembert’s obituary

Video: Patsy Rembert introduces ‘Winfred Rembert. All of Me’ in New York

From the Mia blog: “I wanted people to know”: The moving history behind Winfred Rembert’s “The Beginning”

From Kate Christianson, a great documentary about Rembert now streaming online at Amazon Prime:

All Me: The Life And Times Of Winfred Rembert

Galleries 364/365: American Gothic: Gordon Parks and Ella Watson

From the Mia blog: The Minnesota legacy of Gordon Parks, a life of seeing and being seen

Also, from The Object podcast: to come

Here is a link to the training with Curator Casey Riley, from January 9:

Training on Gordon Parks exhibition

Here are the panels, labels, and subpanels in the exhibition:

GCA242167_GordonParks_Panels V2

GCA242167_GordonParks_SubPanels FINAL

GCA242167_GordonParks_Labels FINAL

PBS video from Jean London:

Why Gordon Parks’ Most Famous Photo Almost Wasn’t Released

From Rose Stanley-Gilbert:

https://www.npr.org/sections/pictureshow/2022/06/10/1102645123/gordon-parks-photography

Background on the FSA:

Galleries 375 (also can access G376)

A catalog of James Phillips’ works that includes Cosmic Connection

Joe Overstreet’s work discussed (28:24 on video) in Curatorial training in 2019

William Edmondson, Ram (see Jean Ann’s tour video posted under G322–and check out the Art Adventure set, Artist’s Inspirations, of which the Ram is part.)

Curator Bob Cozzolino’s training on Bob Thompson and Beauford Delaney: Kunin Collection Focus on Bob Thompson, January 10, 2019