Members, you're invited to join Kerry and Betty Davis for a very special guided tour of "Memories & Inspiration: The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art."
This extraordinary exhibition presents 67 selected works from a body of art amassed over 35 years.
The Davises have built one of the most impressive private collections of African American art in the world. This traveling exhibition is their way of sharing some of its highlights with art lovers outside of their home in Atlanta.
The collection includes works by Romare Bearden, Beverly Buchanan, Elizabeth Catlett, Ernest T. Crichlow, Sam Gilliam, Loïs Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Gordon Parks, Alma Thomas, and Charles White, among others.
Kerry and Betty do not search exclusively for well-known and/or documented artists, however. Rather, they focus on the more meaningful task of gathering and preserving a range of artistic approaches to the black image, in order to console the psyche and contribute to a more authentic articulation of the self.
Registration highly encouraged.
Members: Free
Member Guests: $10
[Michael Ellison, "Mickey Dees," 1987, woodcut. Photograph by Reis Birdwhistell. ©Michael Ellison, courtesy of The Kerry and C. Betty Davis Collection of African American Art]
You may also like the following events from Taubman Museum of Art:
- This Friday, 18th July, 01:00 pm, Art + Architecture Walking Tour - Heart of Downtown in Roanoke
- This Saturday, 19th July, 02:00 pm, Paint Your Pet Home Kits in Roanoke, Virginia
- Next Monday, 21st July, 01:30 pm, Art Explorers Camp: Ages 8-12 in Roanoke
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Arts events in Roanoke,
Exhibitions in Roanoke.
