The International Review of African American Art, Vol. 26 No. 4 (2016)

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Editor
Vanessa D. Thaxton–Ward, Ph.D.

Guest Editor
John S. Welch, Ph.D.

Assistant Editor
Shakara Thomas

Executive Publisher
William R. Harvey, Ed.D.

The current issue of The International Review of African American Art (IRAAA) celebrates the daring, courage and intellectual prowess of Samella Sanders Lewis’ founding vision and the ensuing 40–year production of the IRAAA, originally published as Black Art: an International Quarterly (BAQ).

A new generation of readers is introduced here to the startling origin story of the IRAAA with in–depth recollections and engrossing detail relayed by Lewis from her roles as founder and editor. In conversation with Jeanne Zeidler, a former Hampton University Art Museum director, Lewis shares the IRAAA odyssey with particulars about her intellectual and aesthetic approach to this now well–respected journal. Attention to the intent and circumstances which allow the IRAAA to become a leader in its approach to Diasporic connections and inter–relationships with America’s Black art are explored here. Lewis’ access to locales such as the Suriname interior or “bush country” in Africa or the favelas of Brazil during the 1970s, where authentic, non–state sanctioned art was emerging, informs her trailblazing vision for the IRAAA in its early years and would influence its international bent into our contemporary era.

Of similar importance to the education of new generations of readers is the extensive history provided here by another former Hampton University Museum Director/Curator, Mary Lou Hultgren, on the history and legacy of a life–long advocate and supporter of Hampton University collections, publications and the museum: renowned artist, Elizabeth Catlett. As a consultant to the Hampton University Museum, this artist with Samella Lewis and Hampton University, are instrumental to the reputation and longevity that both the journal and museum enjoy today. On this 40^th anniversary of the journal’s existence, revisiting the contributions of Lewis and Catlett to the founding and support of the IRAAA is appropriate.

Also celebrated in this anniversary issue are the contributions and tenure of recently retired IRAAA editor, Juliette Harris. Cliff Hocker recounts Harris’ life and professional journey leading to her editorship of the IRAAA, and the many benefits of her stewardship to Hampton University’s premiere journal.

—Excerpt from “Celebrating 40 Years of African American Art” by John S. Welch, Ph.D.

Feature Articles and Contributors:

“Petrucci Family Foundation Collection Envisions Its Role As Major Collector and Preservationist of African American Art in the 21st Century”,
John S. Welch, Ph.D.

“Constructing Identity: Portland Art Museum, Curator’s Statement”, Berrisford Boothe

“Reflections on 20 Years of IRAAA: A Conversation with Samella Lewis”, Vanessa D. Thaxton–Ward, Ph.D. & Jeanne Zeidler

“Reflections on Elizabeth Catlett: A Celebration of 100 Years”,
Mary Lou Hultgren

“Juliette Harris: The Editor Who Brought the IRAAA into the 21^st Century”, Cliff Hocker

“Things Unseen: Barbara Bullock”, A.M. Weaver

Bibliographic Details

Title:                                      The International Review of African American Art

Publisher:                            The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia

Publication Date:              2016

Binding:                                Pictorial Softcover

Book Condition:                Excellent

Book Type:                          Quarterly Magazine

Funding:

Made possible, in part, by a sponsorship from the Petrucci Family Collection of African American Art.

Shipping Terms:

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