African American sculptors
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Andrew Lyght lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:860637449
Dates:
1983 November 29
Edwards, Melvin, 1971-1987
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Edwards spoke on 10/24/1978 (2015-0002/RR3), 10/26/1971 (2015-0002/RR141), 11/9/1971 (2015-0002/RR142 reel 1), (2015-0002/RR143 reel 2), 2/29/1972 (2015-0002/RR144), 11/28/1972 (2015-0002/RR145), 10/23/1973 (2015-0002/RR146), 9/30/1975 (2015-0002/RR147), 11/16/1976 (2015-0002/RR148), 9/20/1977 (2015-0002/RR149 reel 1), (2015-0002/RR150 reel 2), 9/25/1979 (2015-0002/RR151), 11/18/1980 (2015-0002/RR152), 11/24/1981 (2015-0002/RR153), 11/2/1982 (2015-0002/RR154), 10/11/1983 (2015-0002/RR155),...
Dates:
1971-1987
Holmes, Oakley, 1974 - 1977
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Painter, sculptor, and art historian Oakley Holmes delivered 2 lectures that can be found on 3 reels (RR185 is a copy).Holmes spoke on 2/15/1977 (2015-0002/RR4) and on 3/26/1974 (2015-0002/RR185 copy 1) (2015-0002/RR186 copy 2)RR 4 Holmes stressed that African-American art is not based on 1 style or mode of thought; it is as varied as the many personalities that produce such works. He emphasized that white artists or artists of other colors also encounter great...
Dates:
1974 - 1977
Lyght, Andrew, 1983 November 29
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Painter and sculptor Andrew Lyght delivered his single lecture on 11/29/1983 (2015-0002/RR220). Andrew Lyght (born 1949 in Georgetown, Guyana) is a contemporary artist living in Kingston, New York. Lyght is a mixed media artist, often combining drawings, painterly elements, industrial objects, and sculptural wooden assemblages.
Dates:
1983 November 29
Melvin Edwards lectures at the University of Connecticut
Digital Record
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/11134/20002:20150002Edwards
Dates:
1971 - 1990
Omabegho, Billy, 1970 - 1973
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Sculptor and art professor Billy Omabegho spoke to the Black Experience in the Arts course 3 times. In his 1971 lecture, the Nigerian-born Omabegho spoke about ancient African art, some work dating back to 60,000-30,000 BCE. He also had a slide show featuring examples of African masks, dances, paintings, and clothing. It is clear he wanted students to see that black individuals have been creating art since the earliest moments of humankind and that black artistic expression...
Dates:
1970 - 1973
Whitten, Jack, 1971 March 17, 1988 April 26
Item — Multiple Containers
Scope and Contents
Painter and sculptor Jack Whitten delivered 2 lectures. He spoke on 3/17/1971 (2015-0002/RR295) and 4/26/1988 (2015-0002/RR296). Jack Whitten (December 5, 1939 – January 20, 2018)[1] was an American painter and sculptor. In 2016, he was awarded a National Medal of Arts. Originally not an artist, Whitten attended Tuskegee University as a pre-medical student and ROTC cadet, but transferred to Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana to study art in 1960. There, he became...
Dates:
1971 March 17, 1988 April 26
