Georgia Museum of Art: Spotlight on Black Artists

The Georgia Museum of Art has exhibits open to both the UGA community members and the general public.  In addition, the museum has an impressive collection of online resources!  To continue the celebration of Black History Month, some of their talks and sessions spotlighting Black artists are presented here:

Black Art: In the Absence of Light

This documentary is inspired by the late artist and curator David Driskell. It focuses on African American artists in today’s contemporary art world.

A series of short videos on works by Black artists created by museum curators in partnership with SmartHistory

• Charles Sebree

• Richard Mayhew

• Thelma Streat

• Vertis Hayes Part 1 add Part 2

• Normal Lewis

The Georgia Museum also has numerous recordings of presentations and talks on Black artists:

• 2022 Black Art & Culture Awards presentation, with Lou Stovall

• A discussion with curators Danielle O’Steen and Shawnya Harris on Lou Stovall

• 2022’s Aralee Strange Lecture with Dare Dukes

• A curator talks with Shawnya Harris on 2022 acquisitions by African American artists

• A curator talks with Shawnya Harris on Thornton Dial and Ronald Lockett

• A talk by Adrienne Childs

• A discussion on the artist Emma Amos

• A student’s brief perspective on the artist William Anderson

• A student’s brief perspective on the artist Vertis Hayes

• Jamila Lysicott’s Lecture on Aralee Strange

• A conversation with the artist Richard Hunt

• A conversation about collecting work by Black artists

• A brief video about the Thompson Collection