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NCANY ON-LINE
NEWSLETTER
Vol. 2 No. 1 |
Publisher:
Kwame Brathwaite
Chief Writer:
Joan Banks
Reporter:
Surya Peterson
Web Editor: Cecil Lee |
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Page 1 National Black Fine Art Show
Article & photos
by Kwame Brathwaite, National Conference of Artists
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| NCA Board member, Dr. Floyd Coleman, chairman of the Art
Department of Howard University, was on hand at the NBFAS. |
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The New York Urban League (NYUL) was founded in 1919
providing services to the disadvantaged and most recently to those directly
and indirectly harmed by the tragic attack of September 11th.
Top collectors, press and arts lovers were attracted to the preview showing,
seeking to acquire great works of art in this current “buyers market”.
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| NBFAS Sponsors:
Representatives from Merrill Lynch and Essence Magazine pose with Josh Wainwright. |
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The show drew large crowds from around the world - serious
buyers and collectors, as well as those “ just looking,” but seeking to
educate themselves. Other well respected artists represented included, Xenobia Bailey, Ousmane Gueye, Diane Smith, Otto Neals, Frank
Frazier, Ernani Silva, Willie Torbert, Howardina Pindell, Eli Kince, Leroy
Campbell, Ann Tanksley, Louis Delsarte and Francks Deceus.
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| Twin Brothers who collectively work
on their paintings and sign them as TWIN. |
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The 6th Annual
National Black Fine Art Show returned to New York for a four day run at The
Puck Building beginning with a Press showing and a Gala Collectors Preview. The show is the
production of Josh Wainwright and Keeling Wainwright Associates of Cabin
John, Maryland. Sponsored by Merrill Lynch, FedEx, Essence Magazine, The New
York Times and Black Enterprise Magazine, the show features the works of
Black artists from the late 19th Century to the present. Galleries from
across the country brought millions of dollars in artwork by both masters
and emerging artists.
The Gala preview was a fundraiser for The Jack and Jill
of America Foundation and The New York Urban League. The Jack and Jill
Foundation is the philanthropic arm of the JJAF. They focus on leadership
skills, training and development for children.
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Essence Magazine Chief Susan Taylor poses
in front of portrait of her by artist, gallery owner Merton Simpson at
the Simpson booth at the National Black Fine Art Show. |
As to be expected there was
ample representation of departed masters, such as, Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Hale
Woodruff, Norman Lewis, Henry O. Tanner, Aaron Douglas, Charles Alston,
Lois Mailou Jones, Edward Bannister, John Biggers, Al Hollingsworth,
Charles White, James Van der Zee, and many other artists.
Also shown were living legends David Driskell, Samella
Lewis, Richard Hunt, Elizabeth Catlett, Gordon Parks, Ernest Crichlow,
Benny Andrews, Richard Mayhew, Faith Ringgold, Paul Goodnight, Jack White,
Ed Clark, Charles Bibbs, James Denmark, Vincent D. Smith, Danny Simmons,
and others.
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| Famed art collector -philanthropist
Pal Jones and Images writer/art specialist Ann Tulley share a laugh
the NBFAS. |
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The NBFAS is the premiere show
exhibiting the works of Black artists represented by some of the nation’s
major art galleries. Interest in the work of African-American, African and
Caribbean artists has grown tremendously in the last few years, accompanied
by a spate of new galleries to accommodate their output. In New York,
gallery openings regularly draw large crowds of interested collectors and
newly created buyers.
Some of the most popular galleries are, Rush Arts, UFA, June
Kelly, Eric Robertson African Arts, and Skoto (in Chelsea), Cinque, (in
SoHo) Kenkeleba, Savacou, (East Village), Peg Alston, Bill Hodges (57th
St.) Merton Simpson (Madison Av.), Essie Green, P.C.O.G. (in Harlem), and
in Brooklyn, Skylight, Corridor, Satta, Clinton Hill Simply Art and MoCADA.
Since the 1990-2000 (and beyond)
Golden Age of Black Art (GABA) campaign
of the National Conference of Artists, Black art has become an
increasingly important part of many in the Black community. This interest
will certainly grow with the successes of the National Black Fine Art
Show.
Conference |
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NCA to hold Conference during
The 13th Annual James A. Porter
Colloquium on African American Art
Washington, D.C. April 11-13 |
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The prestigious Howard University Department of Art and the Smithsonian’s
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, will
co-sponsor the critically important James A. Porter Colloquium on African
American Art in April. NCA’s Board of Directors, has approved their 43rd
annual Conference during that same time, to take advantage of the
colloquiums’ rich scholarly African American art content and wealth of
information. It will be hosted by Dr. Floyd Coleman, professor at the
Howard U. Art Department.
The colloquium was named after distinguished art
historian and artists, James A. Porter (1905-1970), former professor and
chairman of Howard’s art department and director of their art gallery.
Porter was one of the most knowledgeable art historians of the twentieth
century.
The Porter event attract art historians, cultural critics, artists, and
interdisciplinary scholars to focus on important issues pertaining to the
visual arts and culture of African Americans and the Diaspora. One result
is the compilation of papers for publication that serves to expand, update
and encourage more in-depth research and scholarly writing on African
American art and culture.
We encourage ALL NCA members to attend this very
important and information packed colloquium. Look for registration
material coming from the Board very soon. |
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