Posts Tagged ‘Art Exhibit’
The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to open its new exhibition “Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 — Now” this weekend. The exhibit has nearly 200 works made largely by African American artists looking to define their cultural history after the violent severance from their African roots through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.
Read MoreABHM Presents: Unmasked
Unmasked is an art installation reimagining two historic exhibitions of anti-lynching art held in 1935. The installation combines historical artworks and ephemera with contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of lynching in Indiana, including ABHM founder, Dr. James Cameron.
Read MoreUnmasked: The 1935 Anti-Lynching Exhibits & Community Remembrance
Unmasked is an art installation reimagining two historic exhibitions of anti-lynching art held in 1935. At the time, these displays advanced competing notions of critical, antiracist artwork. The installation combines historical artworks and ephemera with contemporary efforts to commemorate the victims of lynching in Indiana, including ABHM founder, Dr. James Cameron.
Read MoreSoon Come // a group exhibition by the 2024 Young Artist Archival Fellowship
In the pursuit of nuance, we foreground the need to reclaim histories that conjure the power to push through, to recreate and expand. The revolutionary act of confronting to retrieve is not one that is meek, it is diligent and forceful. This exhibition explores inquiries of revolutionary love, spirituality, identity and imagination. Textiles, photography, video,…
Read MoreJuneteenth @ ABHM: Voter Registration With WI Voices & Elevate
Our Juneteenth week begins on June 18th, starting with Wisconsin Voices aiding residents and ABHM guests in voter registration from 1:30 to 3:30 PM. Additionally, we’ll shine a spotlight on our temporary art exhibit, “Elevate,” crafted by students from the Vel R Phillips school.
Read MoreElevate Stories of Art + Hope + Change
Elevate Stories of Art + Hope + Change, the first exhibit in the collaboration between the Vel R. Phillips School, America’s Black Holocaust Museum, and the MKE Roots Project, features young minds engaging the arts and public history to imagine and reimagine their past, present, and future selves. The students borrowed inspiration from African American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat for this inaugural show, which opens at ABHM on May 28th and runs through July 9th. The exhibit can be explored with price of regular admission.
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