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Footsteps, 1960. (Courtesy of Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Aldine S. Hartman Endowment Fund / The Whitney Museum of American Art)
When the Kamoinge Workshop began in 1963, taking its name from a Kikuyu word meaning “a group of people acting together,” a few Black photographers had already gained some prominence. Gordon Parks was probably chief among them. After starting as a portraitist in Chicago, he had gone on to work during the war years with the renowned photography program of the Farm Security Administration, best known for sending the likes of Walker Evans and Dorothea Lange to document everyday rural life during the Depression; in postwar Harlem he went to work for
Peter Culley joins jury of AIALA RAA 2021
Peter Culley, founder of Spatial Affairs Bureau, the international award winning architecture, landscape, interior and product design studio, has been appointed to the jury for the Los Angeles Residential Architecture Awards 2021.
[USPRwire, Mon Feb 15 2021] Peter Culley, founder of Spatial Affairs Bureau, the international award winning architecture, landscape, interior and product design studio, has been appointed to the jury for the Los Angeles Residential Architecture Awards 2021.
Culley s most recent projects include The Metropolitan Museum of Art for the redeveloped Fifth Avenue Plaza with Olin Partnership, Crosstown Arts and Crosstown Concourse, a 1.5m sq ft former warehouse in Memphis and the AIA 2019 national winning project, Richmond Bridge Park, Virginia, and LA Department of Cultural Affairs 2019 Art and Food Triennial.Culley previously worked with Rick Mather Architects, overseeing the $200m Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, and
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A new grand hall at the Virginia Museum of History & Culture is among the improvements scheduled to be completed by the spring of 2022. (Photo courtesy VMHC)
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Virginia Museum of History & Culture rode into 2019 on crests of popular programming, community connection and acclaimed exhibitions. Planned expansions at both institutions seek to maintain that momentum.
A capital campaign began in July 2019 to support the VMFAâs growth. The master plan entails adding 173,700 square feet during the next six years at a cost of $125.8 million, with $83.9 million coming from the state and $41.9 million from private contributions.Â
The planned additions include a 105,000-square-foot expansion for African American art and photography of the 21st century, as well as 100,000 square feet for conservation and storage in properties along Grove Avenue.
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Virginia Museum of Fine Arts offers year-round Black History Month events
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts offers year-round Black History Month events
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RICHMOND, Va. The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is celebrating Black History Month not just through February, but for the rest of the year. We do so many things throughout the year and much of our programming is free, says Paula Saylor Robinson, VMFA Director of Audience Development & Community Engagement.
You can check out their programming online or visit the VMFA in person. There are several events, like Fridays After Five, held every month.