African American Museum Presents 2016 Southwest Black Art Show
Annual SWBAS From June 10-12 Hosts Over 20 National and Local Artists
Dallas, TX – June 10, 2016 — The Southwest Black Art Show (SWBAS) is excited to continue its relationship with African American Museum exploring the ongoing experiment in connecting the public with artists from Friday, June 10, 6 pm – 9:30 pm; Saturday, 10 am – 7 pm and Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm at the African American Museum, Dallas inside of Fair Park. The SWBAS will present a quality experience for artists, collectors, galleries, educators, art professionals, and anyone interested in black fine art. The Southwest Black Art Show is committed to the exclusive presentation of art produced by artists of African and African-American descent. Our goal is to make the SWBAS a destination point where collectors come to find quality black art.
Irma P. Hall, Mark Crow, Frank Frazier, FanaBrooks, Jonathan Romain, Johnathon Foster currently exhibiting The Blacker the Berry and one of the Best in Show 2015 winners Herschel Yelder are among this year’s participating artists. The Southwest Black Art Show will also present a series of workshops on Saturday. A conversation with Russell Goings, the owner of a vast collection of work by Romare Bearden is expected to be very popular. Bearden was famous for his poignant collages of African-American life and the universality of the ‘Odyssey’. It recasts Homer’s celebrated heroes and villains as black people. Children will get excited by six-year old, Terrance DeWayne Wicks, Jr., (TJ) who is an author, illustrator, and self published writer. He will be reading and hosting interactive workshops with his parent’s help. The kid in all of us will enjoy getting messy fingers in the silkscreen workshop hosted by SWBAS founder Frank Frazier. Attendees are invited to enjoy a variety of thought-provoking hands-on activities.
The Southwest Black Art Show was organized by a group of artists, art educators, collectors and curators from North Texas. The Honorary Steering Committee include local collectors, Attorney Renee Higginbotham-Brooks, Debra Peoples, and well-known artist Frank Frazier, whose goal is to make the Southwest Black Fine Art Show a destination point for collectors interested in obtaining quality black fine art. Other artists attending include: Journey Allen, Albert Shaw, Don T. O’Bannon, Burle Washington, Minna Dunn, Paris, Ron Witherspoon, Hershel Yelder, Tara Goody, Residential Arts and Technology Studio (RATS), Keith Douglass, Billy Edmond, Winton Henderson, Jamaal Stafford, and JJ Philips.
The Southwest Black Fine Art Show is offering three prizes. Two “Best in Show” awards for two participating artists who will receive a one-man exhibition at the AfricanAmericanMuseum, Dallas and the SouthDallasCulturalCenter. Exhibitions will be scheduled within a two-year period at each of the institutions. A “Purchase Prize” will be given at the conclusion of the Show.
For more than 40 years, the African American Museum has stood as a cultural beacon in Dallas and the Southwestern United States. Started in 1974 as a part of the Bishop College Special Collection, the Museum has operated independently since 1979. The Museum was founded in 1974 as a part of BishopCollege and came to life under the vision of Dr. Harry Robinson, Jr., Founding President/CEO.
Located in Dallas’ historic Fair Park, at 3536 Grand Avenue, the African American Museum is the only museum in the Southwestern United States devoted to the collection, preservation and display of African American artistic, cultural and historical materials that relate to the African-American experience. The African American Museum incorporates a wide variety of visual art forms and historical documents that portray the African American experience in the United States, Southwest, and Dallas. The Museum has a small, but rich collection of African art, African-American fine art and one of the largest African American folk art collections in the United States.
