In celebration of Black History Month, we are highlighting one of the tours offered to school groups year-round: “Art by Artists of the African Diaspora.”
Robert S. Duncanson, Minneopa Falls, 1862 (detail). Oil on canvas. Purchase, Andrew A. Ziegler Fund M2007.37. Photo by John R. Glembin.
Where can you find it? Gallery K220
In celebration of Black History Month, we are highlighting one of the tours offered to school groups year-round: “Art by Artists of the African Diaspora.” On this tour, students explore the ways in which artists of African descent, including African Americans, use their work to document their lives, tell the stories of their communities, and fight for social change.
Here are some of the extraordinary works by African American artists featured on each tour. Find them in the Collection Galleries during your next Museum visit!
Robert S. Duncanson, Minneopa Falls, 1862. Oil on canvas. Purchase, Andrew A. Ziegler Fund M2007.37. Photo by John R. Glembin.
Where can you find it? Gallery K220
Henry Ossawa Tanner, Moonlight, Hebron, ca. 1907. Oil on canvas. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Whipple Dunbar M1920.1. Photo by John R. Glembin.
Kehinde Wiley, St. Dionysus, 2006. Oil on canvas with carved and painted frame. Gift of the African American Art Alliance in honor of their 15th Anniversary, with additional support from Valerie A. Childrey, MD, and Sande Robinson M2006.16. Photo by John R. Glembin.
Rashid Johnson, Untitled Anxious Audience, 2017. Ceramic tile, soap, and wax. Purchase, with funds from Mark and Debbie Attanasio, Marianne and Sheldon Lubar, Joanne Murphy, the African American Art Alliance, and the Modern and Contemporary Art Deaccession Funds M2017.60.
Where can you find it? Gallery K119
Want to experience the “Art by Artists of the African Diaspora” tour with your students? Register here.
Amy Kirschke is Director of Adult, Docent, and School Programs. She works with a team of educators and more than 150 volunteer docents to deliver tours and programs for 50,000 students and more than 5,000 adults each year. At the Museum, you’ll find her facilitating docent training, coordinating gallery talks, and slowing down to take a closer look at art during Slow Art Saturdays.
