NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the creation of The Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fund. Made possible by a three-year, $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will support the Museum’s l…
Mellon Foundation Awards Major Grant to the Studio Museum in Harlem
NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announced the creation of The Andrew W. Mellon Curatorial Fund. Made possible by a three-year, $1,000,000 grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Mellon Curatorial Fund will support the Museum’s land…
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Appoints Naomi Beckwith as New Curator
CHICAGO, IL.- Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, announced today that Naomi Beckwith has been appointed the new Curator at the MCA. Beckwith is currently the Associate Curator at The Studio…
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Appoints Naomi Beckwith as New Curator
CHICAGO, IL.- Michael Darling, James W. Alsdorf Chief Curator of the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, announced today that Naomi Beckwith has been appointed the new Curator at the MCA. Beckwith is currently the Associate Curator at The Studio…
The Studio Museum in Harlem Opens Spring Exhibitions with Stephen Burks: Man Made
NEW YORK, N.Y.- Studio Museum in Harlem presents Stephen Burks: Man Made, a unique project that furthers industrial designer Stephen Burks’s ongoing exploration of the global economy of artisanal craft. On view from March 31 through June 26, 2011….
Detroit Institute of Arts to Honor Artist William T. Williams with 2011 Alain Locke Award
DETROIT, MI.- The Detroit Institute of Arts auxiliary Friends of African and African American Art will present its 19th annual Alain Locke Award to renowned artist William T. Williams on Sunday, Feb. 13 at 2 p.m. As part of the event, Williams will gi…
Studio Museum Launches Two New Initiatives: Studio (un)framed and Studio Lab
HARLEM, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem announces two new innovations that expand upon the Museum’s founding mission to support artists of African descent, bring art to diverse audiences, and facilitate meaningful dialogue about contemporary art …
Leslie Hewitt Awarded 2010 Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize
NEW YORK, NY.- The Studio Museum in Harlem awarded the fifth annual Joyce Alexander Wein Artist Prize to Leslie Hewitt. Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden announced the award to over 700 supporters and friends, including honoree George Wein, at t…
Studio Museum in Harlem Summer Exhibition Features Zwelethu Mthethwa
HARLEM, NY.- The first New York museum exhibition of South African photographer Zwelethu Mthethwa (b. 1960, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) brings together three compelling series: “Interiors” and “Empty Beds” document the dome…