Narration for the self guided tour for the exhibition 'Inspiration 1961-1989,' which featured works of art by the District of Columbia Art Association (DCAA).
Audio Tour. Audio only. Related to exhibition 'Inspiration: 1961-1989.' Dated 19881211.
Biographical / Historical:
Inspiration: 1961-1989 celebrated twenty-eight years of the District of Columbia Art Association's (DCAA) existence and productivity of services to the arts in the Washington metropolitan area. Exhibiting artists include Erlena Chisolm Bland, Wallace X. Conway, Richard W. Dempsey, William Dorsey, Gloria Freeman, Leroy Gaskin, Sylvia Moore Jackson, Jeanne Coleman Jarvis, Lois Mailou Jones, Edith I. Martin, Charles E. Mitchell, Georgette Seabrooke Powell, Alma Thomas, Larry Erskine Thomas, James Lesesne Wells, and Sandra Brashears Williams. The exhibition was held at the Anacostia Museum from January 15, 1989 - March 5, 1989.
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Larry Erskine Thomas describes New York art scene; living and working in New York City; and teaching arts and crafts in Ethiopia. Thomas also describes and shows slides of the paintings he created in Ethiopia; he explains the African influence and historical context of many of his paintings.
Lecture. Part of ACM Museum Events, PR, and Ceremonies Recordings. Undated.
General:
Title transcribed from physical asset.
Collection Restrictions:
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Larry E. Thomas: The Influence of Africa on the African American Artist, Record Group AV09-023, Anacostia Community Museum Archives, Smithsonian Institution.
The Frederick Douglass years; a cultural history exhibition. Organized by the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Circulated by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service
