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Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community

Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Britany Salsbury, Erin Benay, Richard J. Powell (Contribution by)Publish date:2025-05-06Pages:176
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cleveland Museum of ArtISBN-13:9780300279177ISBN-10:300279175UPC:9780300279177Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:American, Prints, Collections, Catalogs, ExhibitionsBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:12.40 x 9.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.952Product ID:SC5TMETZ3Y
An exploration of the rich history of printmaking at Cleveland's Karamu House, a center of Black arts, culture, and community since 1915

Karamu House, founded as a settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915, is one of the preeminent homes of Black arts, culture, and community in America. Noted for its theater program, Karamu House also hosts a rich legacy in the graphic arts. Printmaking workshops open to artists and community alike launched in the 1930s, allowing a young Langston Hughes--as one notable example--to experiment with print.

Linked with printmaking's ethos of accessibility and democracy, a group including Elmer W. Brown, Hughie Lee-Smith, Charles L. Sallée Jr., and William E. Smith--some of the most prominent Black printmakers of the WPA era--founded Karamu Artists, Inc. Reproductions of works by such artists are accompanied by essays situating the prints, the artists, and this locus of Black arts and culture in the histories it shaped. These writings are complemented by an interview with printmaker and Karamu alumnus Curlee Raven Holton.

Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art

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Cleveland Museum of Art
(March 23-August 17, 2025)
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cleveland Museum of ArtISBN-13:9780300279177ISBN-10:300279175UPC:9780300279177Book Category:ArtBook Subcategory:American, Prints, Collections, Catalogs, ExhibitionsBook Topic:African American & BlackSize:12.40 x 9.50 x 1.00 inchesWeight:2.952Product ID:SC5TMETZ3Y
Britany Salsbury is curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Erin Benay is associate professor of art history and distinguished scholar in the public humanities at Case Western Reserve University.
Publisher: Cleveland Museum of Art

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