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# Delaware Art Museum Restages Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/delaware-art-museum-restages-afro-american-images-1971-the-vision-of-percy-ricks/
- Published: 2021-10-27T18:02:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T15:03:15.000Z
- Description: The show, which honors the 50th anniversary of an exhibition history once ignored, continues a series of projects documenting Wilmington’s contemporary art scene.
- Author: Delaware Art Museum
- Tags: Announcement, Delaware, Delaware Art Museum, Exhibition Announcement, Sponsored, Wilmington, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-large, #Import 2025-11-24 09:11 (2021, 2022, part 1)

[*Afro-American Images 1971: The Vision of Percy Ricks*](https://bit.ly/3nyg7G3?ref=hyperallergic.com) at the Delaware Art Museum (DelArt) honors the 50th anniversary of an exhibition that history once ignored. Comprising over 100 works of art from both nationally-known and regionally-celebrated artists, *Afro-American Images 1971* represented the creation of a space for Black artists who were largely excluded from major artistic institutions.

The re-staging of *Afro-American Images 1971* was made possible by a multi-year collaboration between the [Delaware Art Museum](https://bit.ly/3aWSBMQ?ref=hyperallergic.com) and members of its community, signifying a crucial moment in the museum’s ongoing process of forming an inclusive artistic hub for the city of Wilmington, Delaware. The exhibition is co-presented by the artist collective Aesthetic Dynamics, Inc. and guided by a robust advisory committee of humanities scholars and community leaders.

This fall’s exhibition continues a series of major projects dedicated to researching and documenting Wilmington’s rich but largely under-documented historic contemporary art scene, led by DelArt’s Contemporary Art Curator Margaret Winslow. In 2015, the museum presented [*Dream Streets: Art in Wilmington, 1970–1990*](https://bit.ly/3pmoJC0?ref=hyperallergic.com). In 2018, the Museum led a citywide effort to mark the 1968 uprisings and subsequent national guard occupation in Wilmington, commissioning Hank Willis Thomas’s contemporary artistic response [*Black Survival Guide, or How to Live Through a Police Riot*](https://bit.ly/3prbG1Z?ref=hyperallergic.com). For a future exhibition, Winslow is now researching the Delaware art funded by the [Federal Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)](https://bit.ly/3ElugNh?ref=hyperallergic.com), as the Museum’s commitment to honoring its city’s artistic legacy continues.

**Learn more and plan your visit at** [**delart.org**](https://bit.ly/3pmoZAY?ref=hyperallergic.com)**.**