Sisters Antoinin & Morris Retire From Historic Institutions Aug 9, 2008
" African-American artists from every state in the union were represented in the first competition and exhibition. As a result, many unknown talents gained visibility while Atlanta Life began to build a corporate art collection. The competition and exhibition continued to draw 400 to 500 entrants per year, and the company holdings have increased to more than 300 works with every medium represented. While the primary focus of Atlanta Life has been on younger, newer and under-exposed artists, the... (Atlanta Daily World, GA)
NBAF director Jul 19, 2008
You'd expect images by photographer Carrie Mae Weems, serigraphs and lithographs of work by Jacob Lawrence and Romare Bearden, prints by Elizabeth Catlett on the walls ... Original artwork by masters such as Romare Bearden and Elizabeth Catlett adorn the staircase ... In a single glance you can take in works from Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Faith Ringgold, Carrie Mae Weems and tribal artists from Benin to Mozambique. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gore speaks at CMU graduation May 18, 2008
com; Elizabeth Catlett, artist and sculptor; Suh Nam Pyo, president of the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology and an inventor; and Patrick Colonel Suppes, the Lucie Stern Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus, at Stanford University. First published on May 18, 2008 at 10:15 am. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Overlooked But Groundbreaking Mar 15, 2008
(03-14) 04:00 PDT Washington, D.C. -- For almost 20 years, Susan Fisher Sterling has watched visitors come into the National Museum of Women in the Arts to study the works of Frida Kahlo, Mary Cassatt, Georgia O'Keeffe and Elizabeth Catlett. Last week, she took charge of the country's only museum dedicated to female artists. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Mexico and Modern Printmaking: A Revolution in the Graphic Arts, 1920-1950 Jul 5, 2007
Mexico and Modern Printmaking is an exciting display of nearly 150 important lithographs, etchings and woodcuts by 40 artists who came to define a new brand of Modernism, native to Mexico such as Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros, Tamayo, Kahlo, Dr. Atl and their European and American colleagues in Mexico at the time, including Jean Charlot, Howard Cook, Caroline Durieux, and Elizabeth Catlett. Included are views of rural Mexico and its people, city life and workers, landscapes, portraits and studies,... (AbsoluteArts.com)
The Black Panthers advocated armed struggle. Emory Douglas' weapon of choice? The pen. Mar 29, 2007
Douglas' art echoes expressionist elements of the African American artists he admires, Charles White and Elizabeth Catlett. His style -- drawing with thick black outlines and creating woodcut textures -- is also similar to the Chicano poster art of the '60s and '70s. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Narrative Artists Jan 5, 2007
The live auction features 20 contemporary paintings, sculptures and drawings by distinguished artists, including Chuck Close, Faith Ringgold, Miriam Schapiro, Elizabeth Catlett, Will Barnet, William Kentridge and Sandy Skoglund. "There are a number of artists of color who are very well known (that are featured) because we've always emphasized diversity as the mission of the center," Ms. Brodsky says, "the idea of reflecting the changing populations of the world and the fact that it's no longer a... (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
5. The Baileys at home Dec 30, 2006
" Also in the Bailey home are works by artists Clementine Hunter, known as the black Grandma Moses; Charles Wilson, who sculpted the bust in the U.S. Capitol of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; Elizabeth Catlett, known for her striking pieces of African-American leaders, including Malcolm X; and Jamaican artist Christopher Gonzales. D'Army bought a massive African piece, a carved stone head of a woman, at an antique shop in Memphis. "I ended up having to go to the marble company to have this pedestal... (The Commercial Appeal, TN)
Black arts fest is cornucopia of visual arts Jul 19, 2006
"Indian Woman," a woodcut by Elizabeth Catlett, at Hammonds House Museum ... "Elizabeth Catlett: Life, Love and Revolution". (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
A legacy that inspired a generation of artists Jun 7, 2006
Many of the artists in the show are now recognized "Old Masters" of African-American art - pioneering figures such as Hale Woodruff, Horace Pippin, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, James Van Der Zee, Romare Bearden and Elizabeth Catlett. Others, such as William H. Johnson, Dox Thrash, Charles White, James Lesesne Wells and Beauford Delaney, are less well-known but nonetheless made significant contributions to what would become the first important African-American arts movement. (SunSpot.net)
As tassels turn, grads prepare to write new chapters May 14, 2006
By The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Published on: 05/14/06. More than 3,500 University of Georgia Bulldogs turned their tassels in Sanford Stadium on Saturday, gathering between the fields' famous hedges for graduation from the state's flagship school. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Metro)
