Perspectives In African American Art - Brief Article

Ten years ago, Seagram's Gin established its support of contemporary African American art and agriculture by introducing a program to nurse African American artistic expression. In celebration of the tithe anniversary of that program, Seagram's Gin is self-conscious to present Perspectives in African American Art 1996

above the years the program has grown reaching six cultural institutions in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Detroit, looks Angeles and New York. In 1995 Joseph E Seagram & Son Inc. at handed each institution with a grant for the exhibition of a Community Artist-in-Residence Program. This annual funding benefits fresh artists by providing year-long residencies in which they may gain creative insights and generate ideas by the agency of working in the institution and the community.

Seagram's Gin also understands the ne for emerging artists to gain exposing on a national level. Each year, an emerging African American artist from each of the six regions is commissioned to create a work of art that celebrates the African American experience. During the Black History Month celebration at each institution, the artist's work is unveiled. Continuing in its ten-year tradition of helping to nourish a new generation of African American artistic expression, Seagram's Gin is pleased to not absent the Emerging Artist Commissions of 1995

California Afro-American Museum observes Angeles

Richard Wyatt creates paintings and murals that provide insight to human emotions and experiences. from one side his work, Wyatt has "always felt an obligation to create art that relates to the African American community and its concerns"

Museum of African American History Detroit

Shirley Woodson is a painter whose vibrant images run over the story of the African American experience. A supervisor of fine arts for Detroit's public academy system, Woodson uses her art to "teach of the great place Black tribe hold in the history of the universe."

Hammonds House Galleries Atlanta

Eddie Granderson is a painter who utilizes powerful imagery to mirror the social and political issues facing African American nation across the nation. Granderson maintains a local private studio and subserves as a gallery director in his community.

The Studio Museum in Harlem of recent origin York

James Andrew Brown creates large-scale installations. An associate professor at William Paterson body in Wayne, New Jersey, Brown describes his art as "visual experiences," reflecting his personal experience as an African American.

The Chicago Cultural Center Chicago

Stephen Marc is a photographically-based artist. His moving photographs document African, African American and Caribbean experiences around the world. Marc has published a photo-documentary and is a professor of photography.

The African American Museum Dallas

Eddie McAnthony specializes in large-scale papier-mache statuary of animals and expressionistic portraits. A professor of art, and the founder/ possessor of a ten-year-old gallery, he utilizes art to "explore the fundamental essential part of truth, honesty and purity."

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