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Allie McGhee (born in 1941, in Charleston, West Virginia) is a Detroit-based African American painter and pillar of the Detroit art community since the 1960s. [1] Allie McGhee attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, MI, and completed his undergraduate work at Eastern Michigan University in 1965.
The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (The Wright) is a museum of African-American history and culture, located in Detroit, Michigan.Located in the city's Midtown Cultural Center, The Wright is one of the world's oldest and largest independent African-American museums, holding the world's largest permanent collection of African-American culture. [1]
She is an executive board member with the national organization and is the president of the Michigan chapter. Woodson is also a member of the Detroit Art Teachers Association, the College Art Association, the National Art Education Association and the Michigan Art Education Association. [14] Woodson has influenced generations of Detroit artists.
Robert Seldon Duncanson (c. 1821 – December 21, 1872) was a 19th-century American landscapist of European and African ancestry. Inspired by famous American landscape artists like Thomas Cole, Duncanson created renowned landscape paintings and is considered a second generation Hudson River School artist.
Black Abstractionism is a term that refers to a modern arts movement that celebrates Black artists of African-American and African ancestry, whether as direct descendants of Africa or of a combined mixed-race heritage, who create work that is not representational, presenting the viewer with abstract expression, imagery, and ideas.
Charles McGee (December 15, 1924 – February 4, 2021) was an American artist and educator known for creating paintings, assemblages, and sculptures. His artwork is in the collections of the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.
An art show and auction in Grand Rapids will benefit the Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan. Art show, auction to benefit Mental Health Foundation of West Michigan Skip to main content
9 feet x 44 inches x 42 inches (2.7 m x 1.1 m x 1 m) City of Detroit [12] Gracehoper: Detroit Institute of Arts: 1961: Tony Smith: sculpture: steel and paint: 23 × 22 × 46 feet (7 m 1 cm × 6 m 70.6 cm × 14 m 2.1 cm) Detroit Institute of Arts [13]