Arthello Beck, Jr. |
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Leamon Green |
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Nathadis Lucas |
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 Black Artists
From Africa to America
Jan. 16 (Fri.) ~ Feb. 21
featuring the works of...
 Arthello
Beck |
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Nathadis
Lucas |
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Frank
Frazier |
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Janis
Miglavs |
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Leamon
Green |
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Regis
Shephard |
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M.C. "5¢"
Jones |
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Carl Sidle |
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 This exhibit was
commissioned in partnership with the City of
Longview's MLK Planning committee to celebrate
the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King,
Jr. and to collectively celebrate the
accomplishments of a shared vision.We believe we
have assembled a wonderful combination of genre
and medium painting, charcoal, photography,
pottery, wood carving, collage, primitives. We
have Janis Miglavs' historical and dreamlike
photographs from his travels in Africa hanging
in the Board Room Library, with Stephen and
Marcia McDaniel's wonderful totem from Cameroon.
One of our Invitational artists from this
summer, Leamon Green of Houston, shares more of
his painted depictions from photographs of
people who lived in the turn of the century,
bringing the past to life in a new and colorful
way. We have a painter and photographer from
Dallas, Arthello Beck and Carl Sidle, who work
singly and jointly on projects, and have
collaborated their efforts into several custom
combinations of their talents. We're also able
to share the fascinating primitive pieces of Mr.
M.C. "5c" Jones of Louisiana, who passed away
this past March, but whose works can still be
enjoyed thanks to the Northcutts' collections.
Contrast those to the contemporary installation
of Regis Shephard of San Antonio who jolts us
right into the present with "Who …". My favorite
medium, collage, is here in full force in the
thrilling pieces of Frank Frazier that Bob and
Martha Cargill are sharing with us from their
private collection. And finally, our own
Nathadis Lucas of Kilgore, who helps us here at
the Museum on an almost daily basis, is sharing
his hand formed pottery that we've sprinkled
throughout the entire exhibit for your
enjoyment. |
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Janis Miglavs |
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Regis
Shephard |
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Carl Sidle |
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