New PFAC exhibit shows history and culture of black
The Peninsula Fine Arts Center has a new exhibit, which shows one of the most unpleasant chapters in Peninsula’s history. The exhibit contains a collection of paintings, photographs and other art pieces that determine people to think about that chapter in history.
The exhibition, called “Looking Both Ways”, presents the art of contemporary African-American artists and it offers an exploration of the turbulent culture and history that formed these contemporary artists.
The center has four galleries, all of which are decorated with works made by contemporary artists. Alongside with their works, there are also pieces of traditional African tribal art and with other art works that date back to slavery periods, including the Jim Crow period and the civil rights …show more content…
He is one of the first white artists who portrays Southern blacks with dignity.
Betty Blayton-Taylor is another artists whose work is showed at the exhibit. Her father, Dr. J. Blaine Blayton opened a black hospital in Williamsburg in 1952 and now there is a school wearing his name. Betty Blayton-Taylor graduated high-school in Virginia, but as there were no black colleges there to offer an accredited arts program, she had the state paying for her to attend Syracuse University, which she graduated in 1959. Now, she is a famous artist in New York.
Clayton Singleton, whose collection called “Valedictorian” is a Norfolk artist and he created this collection for the exhibit. One of the pieces in his collection is an old photograph presenting a group of black students who were known as Norfolk 17. The name of this group came from the group containing 17 students who defied an all-white high school in Norfolk. The Supreme Court issued a rule that forced schools to integrate, however, this Norfolk school closed for a year in order to stop these students to attend.
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The Peninsula Fine Arts Center has a new exhibit, which shows one of the most unpleasant chapters in Peninsula’s history. The exhibit contains a collection of paintings, photographs and other art pieces that determine people to think about that chapter in history.
The exhibition, called “Looking Both Ways”, presents the art of contemporary African-American artists and it offers an exploration of the turbulent culture and history that formed these contemporary artists.
The center has four galleries, all of which are decorated with works made by contemporary artists. Alongside with their works, there are also pieces of traditional African tribal art and with other art works that date back to slavery periods, including the Jim Crow period and the civil rights …show more content…
He is one of the first white artists who portrays Southern blacks with dignity.
Betty Blayton-Taylor is another artists whose work is showed at the exhibit. Her father, Dr. J. Blaine Blayton opened a black hospital in Williamsburg in 1952 and now there is a school wearing his name. Betty Blayton-Taylor graduated high-school in Virginia, but as there were no black colleges there to offer an accredited arts program, she had the state paying for her to attend Syracuse University, which she graduated in 1959. Now, she is a famous artist in New York.
Clayton Singleton, whose collection called “Valedictorian” is a Norfolk artist and he created this collection for the exhibit. One of the pieces in his collection is an old photograph presenting a group of black students who were known as Norfolk 17. The name of this group came from the group containing 17 students who defied an all-white high school in Norfolk. The Supreme Court issued a rule that forced schools to integrate, however, this Norfolk school closed for a year in order to stop these students to attend.
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