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Carroll Harris Simms Competition
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| 23rd Carroll Harris Simms Black
Art Competition and Exhibit |
| November 21, 2009 - May 31,
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Black artist across the nation compete for awards
in the categories of Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Photography
and Mixed Media. Winning artwork entries in the various categories
have become part of the Museum's permanent collection. The
Competition is named in recognition of Mr. Simms' outstanding
contribution to art and art education. He joined the faculty
of Texas Southern University (formerly Texas State University
for Negro's) in 1950 and was co-founder of the art department.
Professor Simms served on the faculty until 1987. Simms developed
a unique program of ceramics and sculpture at the University.
The body of Terra Cotta Shrine sculptures created by Professor
Simms' students represents a distinct contribution to the
evolution of Twentieth Century African American sculpture. |
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Sankofa
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| Sankofa A Century of African
American Expression in the Decorative Arts |
| November 21, 2009 - On Going |
| Sankofa is the first and only traveling exhibition
of privately owned 18th and 19th Century African American
decorative arts. It features all forms of decorative arts
including metal-smithing, painting, sculpture, furniture,
ceramics, photography and textiles. Sankofa is an exhibition
of the Derrick Joshua Beard Collection, one of America’s
top 100 collectors as chosen by Art & Antiques Magazine. |
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GEMS AAM Permanent Collection
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| GEMS: African American Museum
Permanent Collection |
| July 1, 2009 - March 5, 2011 |
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The exhibition GEMS is an installation
of various objects acquired by the Museum in all of the collection
categories. Some of the recently acquired work include artists
Arthello Beck, Rev. L.T. Thomas, Jacob Lawrence, Sam Gilliam,
Romare Bearden and Edward Mitchell Bannister, Clementine Hunter,
Carroll Harris Simms, John Briggs, select objects from the
Besser collection of African Baskets and Isaac Smith. |
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Souls of Black Folk
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| Souls of Black Folk: The Billy
R. Allen Folk Art Collection |
| May 22, 2010 - August 15, 2010 |
| The Billy R. Allen Folk Art Collection, which
is housed in the Sam and Ruth Bussey Folk Art Gallery, represents
one of the most extensive and comprehensive collections of
black folk art in the country. Many of the pieces have been
donated from private collections and individual sources. All
of the pieces represent a style of art that is not only unique
in the very genuine sensitivity to the form, but also in the
simple statement of an idea. Some of the artists included
in the exhibition are Clementine Hunter, Minnie Evans, David
Butler, Willard "The Texas Kid" Watson, Mose Tolliver,
Sister Gertrude Morgan, Deacon Eddie Moore, Rev. Johnny Hunter,
and Isaac Smith. |
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Bayou Sculptors
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| Bayou Sculptors |
| November 5, 2010 - July 9, 2011
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Bayou Sculptors features the works
of prominent sculptors who are natives or residents of the
Bayou State of Louisiana and the Bayou City of Houston, Texas.
Featured artists include Mel Edwards, John Scott, Willie Birch,
Martin Payton, Frank Hayden and Clifton Web. |
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Facing the Rising Sun
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| Facing the Rising Sun: Freedman's
Cemetery |
| May 31, 2010 - On Going |
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Freedman's Cemetery (circa 1869
- 1925) represents the remnants of a once thriving North Dallas
community, which from the end of the Civil War to the 1970's
was the largest African American enclave in Dallas. This exhibition
tells its story, using objects, photographs and multimedia
presentations. |
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Art For Life 2010
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| Bombay Sapphire and Russell
Simmons Competition and Exhibition |
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