# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sun, 04 May, 2025 at 10:00 am – Sun, 10 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press presents 17 artists who capture the personal narratives and political discourses of African Americans across the country reflecting a collective experience expressed in uniquely individual ways. This powerful exhibition of figurative and abstract artworks channels the poetics of the human experience–from past and present–and boldly presents ideas about history identity personal stories and spiritual inspiration.The fine art prints in this exhibition were produced at Paulson Fontaine Press in Berkeley California an artistic hub in the San Francisco Bay Area. For over 25 years they have worked with a diverse group of artists many of whom have never made prints. The process of printmaking is collaborative; artists are not working alone in their studios but with a professionally trained staff who can assist and enhance creative choices on the print plate and eventually the print. For most artists learning to work outside their studio in another space and with different processes and materials can be exhilarating challenging and eye-opening.Personal to Political includes a range of artists: from art world giant Martin Puryear known globally for his elegant abstract sculptural forms to Lonnie Holley a self-taught artist who is now a prodigious mixed-media master. The famous abstract patterning of Alabama’s Gee’s Bend quilters have been transformed into prints making a traditional textile a graphic artform.Collectively the artists in Personal to Political confront the personal and public significance of past and current events while working in a variety of media. The artists have taken aesthetic action in making this work and it reminds us that we can all take action. Artists featured in the exhibition are as follows: Edgar Arceneaux Radcliffe Bailey McArthur Binion Woody De Othello Gee’s Bend Quilters (Louisiana Bendolph Mary Lee Bendolph Loretta Bennett Essie Bendolph Pettway Loretta Pettway) Lonnie Holley David Huffman Samuel Levi Jones Kerry James Marshall Martin Puryear William Scott Gary Simmons and Lava Thomas.Personal to Political is a nationally traveling exhibition organized by Bedford Gallery and curated by Carrie Lederer former Bedford Gallery curator.Image credit: Loretta Pettway (American born 1942) Remember Me 2009. Color soft ground and spit bite aquatint etching with chine collé 40 x 39.75 in. Courtesy of Paulson Fontaine Press Berkeley CA.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/sarasota/personal-to-political-celebrating-the-african-american-artists-of-paulson-fontaine-press/80002449122734
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, fine-arts
- **Slot details of has slots**: 
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 2

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## Event venue details

- **city**: Sarasota
- **state**: FL
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Sarasota Art Museum, South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, USA
- **lat**: 27.3364347000
- **long**: -82.5306527000
- **full address**: Sarasota Art Museum, South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, USA, United States

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- **Alt text**: Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press
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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press being held?
  - **A:** Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press takes place on Sun, 04 May, 2025 at 10:00 am to Sun, 10 Aug, 2025 at 05:00 pm at Sarasota Art Museum, South Tamiami Trail, Sarasota, FL, USA, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press?
  - **A:** Personal to Political: Celebrating the African American Artists of Paulson Fontaine Press is organized by Sarasota Art Museum.

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