The fate of the pioneering black female sculptor was long obscure — but years of sleuthing, by a coalition of the curious and devoted, has changed that.
Tag: Edmonia Lewis
Fred Wilson Teaches Us How to Pay Attention
In the artist’s intervention at Oberlin’s Allen Memorial Art Museum, white and black bodies suggest a deeper, racialized meaning.
Three Museums Come Together to Tell a History of African American Art
MUSKEGON, Mich. — Common Ground, the Muskegon Museum of Art’s current exhibition of African American art, combines works from three regional Michigan collections: the Muskegon museum, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, and the Flint Institute of Arts.