This class surveys the contributions of African American artists to our visual culture. Beginning with crafts produced in the 18th and 19th centuries that reflected African art traditions, we will examine how subsequent portrait and landscape painters adopted academic Western styles.
Significant 20th-century developments include the Harlem Renaissance, murals highlighting the contributions of Black people to American culture, abstraction, and various artists’ groups that promoted a specifically Black aesthetic. The course concludes with a consideration of prominent African American artists working today.
Six Sessions, $247 ($220.5 for Newberry members, seniors, and students).Led by Margaret Farr