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"Immigration is Beautiful"
Artist: Ruby Chacon - 2017
Medium: Acrylic and Collage on paper
"Survivor"
Artist: Elizabeth Catlett - 1983
Location: The Hub
Medium: Linocut - 988/1000
A child of former slaves, Elizabeth Catlett earned an MFA in Sculpture at the University of Iowa. She created lithographs, linoleum cuts, and sculptures from wood, stones, clay and bronze. Her subjects ranged from maternal images to symbols of the Black Power movement. She married Mexican artist Francisco Mora, which meant that she divided her time between New York and Cuernavaca.
Purchased for the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
Purchased for the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"Field Reprise"
Artist: Unity Lewis - 2016
Location: The Hub
Medium: Aerosol on canvas
Excerpt from the original print, "The Field", by Dr. Samella Lewis. This work was part of the "Unity Lewis: Art Traditions" exhibit held in the Kaneko Gallery, Fall 2016. Comprised of prints and aerosol interpretations and originals, it was Lewis' overview of the history of African-American Art in the U.S.
On loan by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"The Burning"
Artist: Jacob Lawrence - 1997
Location: The Hub
Medium: Serigraph print 19/125
Jacob Lawrence, was one of the most acclaimed African- American artists of the 20th century. He attended American Artists School in New York where he developed his own recognizable style of modernism. He was funded by the Works Progress Administration Federal Art Project, where he completed his best known series: The Migration Series. After serving during WWII, he received a Guggenheim Fellowship and painted his War Series.
Purchased for the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
Purchased for the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"The Burning Reprise"
Artist: Unity Lewis - 2016
Location: The Hub
Medium: Aerosol on canvas
Excerpt from the original print, "The Burning", by Jacob Lawrence. This work was part of the "Unity Lewis: Art Traditions" exhibit held in the Kaneko Gallery, Fall 2016. Comprised of prints and aerosol interpretations and originals, it was Lewis' overview of the history of African-American Art in the U.S.
On loan by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
On loan by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"Muddy Waters @ Newport, Series A"
Artist: Brian Wermund - 2004
Location: The Hub
Medium: Wood block print - 1/20
Purchase Award from Annual Student Competition.
"Coffee"
Artist: Milissa Sadler - 2016
Location: The Hub
Medium: Watercolor on paper
Purchase Award from Annual Student Competition.
"Cornbread Lives"
Artist: Unity Lewis - 2016
Location: The Hub
Medium: Aerosol on canvas
Visual homage to the first known aerosol artist- Daryl "Cornbread" McCray, who began his career as an aerosol artist in 1965, at the Philadelphia Youth Development Center. To refute the incorrect rumor that he was dead from gang violence, late one night, he climbed the fence of the Philadelphia Zoo and scrawled the words "Cornbread Lives" on both sides of an elephant.
Work on loan by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
Work on loan by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"Free Mind"
Artist: Unity Lewis - 2016
Location: The Hub
Medium: Aerosol on canvas
"Spring"
Artist: Irving Marcus - 1963
Location: Meditation Room
Medium: Oil on canvas
Donated by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
"Slipstream"
Artist: Diane Richey-Ward - 1991
Location: Meditation Room
Medium: Drawn on paper and collage
Donated by artist to the ARC Permanent Art Collection.
All images © The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts Inc.
"Hans Christian Anderson"
Artist: Andy Warhol - 1987
Location: Dean's Office
Medium: Green, red and purple screen print on Lenox board
Among the last artworks done by Warhol, this commissioned series featured a paper cut-out portrait of the children's book author, done as homage to Anderson, who was known to entertain children at social gatherings with his stories and paper cut-out illustrations.
"A donation from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc."
"A donation from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc."
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