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Editor
Samella Lewis, Ph.D.
Managing Editor
Juliette Bowles
Associate Editor
M. J. Hewitt, Ph.D.
Executive Publisher
William R. Harvey, Ed.D.
The articles in this issue were presented, or adapted from presentations made, at “Toward Definition: An Examination of African American Craft Art”, a symposium hosted in Dayton, OH on November 12th–14th, 1993, by the National Afro–American Museum and Cultural Center. “Toward Definition” was implemented in conjunction with the first major exhibition of African American craft art to travel nationally: Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects: the Legacy of African American Craft Art. Both were groundbreaking efforts that achieved unprecedented visual and verbal expression in a field long neglected by the American arts community. This issue, illustrated with photography of the art shown in the exhibition, in addition to historical artifacts, traditional techniques, and events and demonstrations at the symposium, constitutes a significant contribution to scholarship in the African American craft field.
The National Afro–American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) was organized in 1972 as a project of the Ohio Historical Society and opened to the public in 1988 on the old campus of Wilberforce University. During its short history, the museum has undertaken several exhibitions and educational projects of national significance. The most ambitious of these endeavors is the African American Craft Project.
—John E. Fleming & Barbara Glass
Feature Articles and Contributors:
“Foreword”, John E. Fleming & Barbara Glass
History & Theory
“A Celebration of the African American Legacy in the Visual Arts”,
Murry N. DePillars, Ph.D.
“Spiritualizing Craft: The African American Craft Art Legacy”,
Nkiru Nzegwu, Ph.D.
“Mediating the Natural: Craft Art and African American Cultural Expression”, Floyd W. Coleman, Ph.D.
“African Retentions in African American Quilts and Artifacts”,
Rosalind Jeffries
“Quilts as Communal Emblems and Personal Icons”, Raymond Dobard
Applications & Practice
“Living in a Glass House, Passing Through Glass: The Art of Therman Statom, James Watkins, and John Dowell Jr.”, Nkiru Nzegwu, Ph.D.
“Bridges and Temples”, Angela Franklin
“Journey into Art”, Frank Cummings
“Traditions: Ipetumodu”, Winnie Owens–Hart
“The Ashé Effect: African Retentions and Adaptations in the ‘Afro-Raku’ Pottery of Curtis Tucker and Yvonne E. Tucker”, Yvonne Edwards Tucker
“An African American Designer Model Home”, Xenobia Bailey
“Reflections of an African Craft Artist”, Kwabena Ampofo–Anti
“Slurry, Shells, and Sprues: The Nitty Gritty Satisfactions of the Lost Wax Process”, John P. Beckley
“Protecting the Integrity of Arts and Crafts”, Leonard D. DuBoff
Bibliographic Details
Title: The International Review of African American Art
Publisher: The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, Virginia
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Book Condition: Excellent
Book Type: Quarterly Magazine
Funding:
The exhibition Uncommon Beauty in Common Objects: The Legacy of African American Craft Art, its related public programs, and national tour are organized by the National Afro–American Museum and Cultural Center and sponsored by the Lila Wallace–Reader’s Digest Fund. Additional funding was provided by Metropolitan Life Foundation. In kind support was provided by Ohio Historical Society and Central State University. This issue of The International Review of African American Art was published in association with the exhibit and was partially funded by the project.
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