RECEPTION APRIL 6, 2-4 PM
“Landscapes for Richard Mayhew” is a tribute to a renowned artist that links America’s earliest art movements with contemporary art making. As over a dozen prominent African American artists honor the legacy of Richard Mayhew, through landscape painting. Fully embracing this medium, this group of legacy and contemporary artists will pay tribute to an extraordinary career spanning more than seven decades—creating profoundly intimate works inspired by the philosophies and creative sensibility of Richard Mayhew.
Hosted at Black Art In America Gallery and Sculpture Gardens in the month of April, the exhibit will also feature a number of public programs and talks related to Richard Mayhew’s legacy and practice.
Participating artists include:
Richard Mayhew, Dean Mitchell, Mason Archie, Charly Palmer, Najee Dorsey, Lillian Blades, Freddie Styles, Ted Ellis, Norma Morgan, Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, Curlee Holton, Traci Mims, Jamele Wright Sr., Cedric Michael Cox and more.
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