New Milford Artist Searches for the Soul of Abraham Lincoln Feb 8, 2008
"The show opens in Decatur, Ill., in June. It will be an honor to be included with many great painters, such as Robert Rauschenberg, William H. Johnson, and Norman Rockwell." Last October, she was invited by the Adams County Arts Council in Gettysburg to submit an idea for the Governor's Arts Awards and to kickoff of Pennsylvania's Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial celebration. She proposed a project called "The People's President," in which she sketched out the face of Lincoln on a large canvas and... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
More of this story Oct 27, 2007
Since the title Blacks In and Out of the Box was meant literally - the box refers to the camera - the exhibit begins in a dark space housing historic photos from the collection of Steve Turner, a local gallerist and co-founder of the William H. Johnson Foundation for the Arts. Among the 19th-century portraits are photos that express a feeling of intense isolation or "otherness." Group photos show either African Americans lost amongst the dominant white culture or Africans in native attire. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
Framing America Jul 2, 2006
It holds a few major artists in real depth (Albert Pinkham Ryder and George Catlin, for instance) and has fine holdings in African-American and folk art (including the works of Florence, S.C., artist William H. Johnson). Otherwise, it tends to have at most a couple or three significant works by many of the classic figures and one or none at all by others. (The State)
D.C. jewel re-emerges Jun 23, 2006
Hours: 11:30 a.m.7 p.m. Where: 8th and F Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. Why: Opening exhibits at American Art include: William Wegman, William H. Johnson, Ruth Duckworth, Joseph Cornell, childhood in 19th-century America and American Impressionism. Opening exhibits at the Portrait Gallery include: presidential portraits and the presidency and the Cold War, American history from 1600 to 1900, important 20th-century Americans, Walt Whitman, American performing-arts stars and sports champions. (USA Today -- Life)
A legacy that inspired a generation of artists Jun 7, 2006
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. The show represents the second half of the BMA's in-depth appraisal of Tanner's achievement, which began in December when the museum presented Tanner and the Lure of Paris, a show of similar proportions that focused on how Tanner's French contemporaries... (SunSpot.net)
