Saturday February 24, 2007
Book Signing Reception: Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African-American Identity and Memory
Cultural Arts Building Art Gallery, Feb. 24, 2007
On Exhibit in the Art Gallery: "Common Hope, Common Sorrow: Art of the African Diaspora" (Feb. 6-28)
Regular Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, noon-4 p.m. Additional hours by appointment. For more informaiton, call The Department of Art & Art History at 962-7958 or 962-3440.
The Department of Art & Art History hosts a Book Signing Reception for Professor Amy Kirschke, author of the new book, "Art in Crisis: W.E.B. Du Bois and the Struggle for African-American Identity and Memory."
Amy H. Kirschke (Loyola [Louisiana], B.A.; Tulane University, M.A., Ph.D.) specializes in African American art, African art, and nineteenth century European art. Her recent publications include her book, Aaron Douglas: Art, Race and the Harlem Renaissance, and articles that have appeared in The International Journal of African American Art, The Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, and The Southern Quarterly. Her recent publication about African American political cartoonists, which was published by Indiana University Press in 2004.
More About the Exhibit:
The Department of Art and Art History presents "Common Hope, Common Sorrow: Art of the African Diaspora", an exhibit featuring African American and African art from private collections in North Carolina and the Southeast. Co-curated by UNCW faculty Carlton Wilkinson and Amy Kirschke, the exhibit includes works by notable African American artists including Al Carter, Minnie Evans, and guest artist Samuel Dunson. Mr. Dunson, a professor of art at Tennessee State University in Nashville, will be on campus as a visiting artist during opening week.
African art includes a selection of tribal art from the Dogon people of Mali in North Africa. Pieces will include a wooden ark and a carved door panel. Other artifacts in the exhibit are from West Africa. Contemporary art is from Ghana, Uganda, and other locations in Africa.
Photo of "Burden of Black Womanhood" by Aaron Douglas, Crisis Magazine, September, 1927.
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