Artist Amy Sherald, known for her portrait of former First Lady Michelle Obama, will appear in a Distinguished Lecture Series event at Spelman College on Sept. 1. Sherald and acclaimed artist Calida Rawles will be in conversation with moderator and art historian Dr. Cheryl Finley for the series, hosted by Atlanta University Center Art and […]
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Spelman art gallery’s ‘Black American Portraits’ displays African Americans from 1800 to today
The exhibit will be presented now until June 30. By Allison Joyner Last month, Spelman College’s Museum of Fine Art opened its latest exhibit, featuring portraits that give a historical context of Black people living in the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. “Black American Portraits” showcases African American figures in several mediums centered around love, […]
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More than Representation: Black Women Artists as Change Agents
By Tiffany LaTrice, Executive Director- TILA Studios Recently, TILA Studios hosted a reading room with Spelman College Museum of Fine Art at the AUC Woodruff Library to facilitate a discussion on Deborah Willis’ book, Posing Beauty. The dialogue was focused on unpacking the power of images as the book explores the ways in which African […]
