Figures and Projections: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery, Kutztown University
Address: 15200 Kutztown Rd., Kutztown, PA 19530
Dates: October 28 – December 31, 2021
The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art is pleased to loan over 40 works to the The Marlin and Regina Miller Gallery at Kutztown University. Figures and Projections was co-curated by Art History professor Daniel Haxall, Gallery Director Karen Stanford, and students from Kutztown University. This exhibition explores how African American artists portray the human form to represent the Black experience in America. From formal portraits and images of everyday life to abstracted suggestions of bodies in motion, these works project the beauty, aspirations, and achievements of African Americans while commemorating ongoing efforts for equality and social justice.
More information about this exhibition is included in this brochure.
Image: Ronald Jackson, “She Sang a Song No One Would Hear: Songs of Stories Untold”, 2019, Oil on Canvas, 57 x 67 in.
Another American’s Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
Chrin Gallery, Sigal Museum, Northampton County Historical and Genealogical Society
Address: 342 Northampton Street, Easton, PA 18042
Dates: November 19, 2021 – July 10, 2022
Guest curated by Claudia Volpe, Director of the Petrucci Family Foundation, Another American’s Autobiography: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation’s Collection of African American Art features over 25 pieces of art from our collection.
The selected works will explore American patriotism and identity as it relates to the Black American experience. This exhibition will address the challenges of Black patriotism and the circumstances that complicate the relationship between Black Americans and this country. It asks the guests: What does it mean to be patriotic? Who comes to mind when we think of an American Patriot? Can we redefine and reimagine our symbols of patriotism or our expressions of allegiance?
This exhibition aims to affirm the role of Black Americans in shaping our national identity and to elevate civic engagement and constructive patriotism as a valid and healthy expression of a love of country. It features work from a wide variety of media including film, sculpture, textiles, and more.
More information about this exhibition can be found on the Sigal Museum’s website.
Image: Yashua Klos, “She Never Looks and Always Sees”, 2019, Paper construction of woodblock prints and graphite on archival paper, 51 x 38 in.
Robert Blackburn & Modern American Printmaking
Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition
Currently on View at: Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa – 10/9/2021 – 1/9/2022
Curated by Deborah Cullen and organized by Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) in cooperation with the Trust for Robert Blackburn and The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts’ Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Program, this exhibit explores the life and work of master printmaker Robert Blackburn. This 70-piece exhibition of prints by Robert Blackburn and artists with whom he collaborated (including Romare Bearden, Grace Hardigan, Jacob Lawrence, and more) is set to travel to 8 different US cities through 2022.
For more information about the exhibition, visit the Smithsonian website.
Image: Robert Blackburn, “Girl in Red,” 1950, Lithograph on paper, 18 1/4 x 12 1/2 in.