Howard Lends Art by a Black Woman Who Changed History

(AURN News) — Howard University announced that its Gallery of Art will lend three works to the Banneker-Douglass-Tubman Museum in Annapolis, Maryland.

The works, by Howard alumna and artist Elizabeth Catlett, will be part of an exhibition opening this weekend titled “She Speaks: Black Women Artists and the Power of Historical Memory.”

“Elizabeth Catlett’s work embodies the intersection of art, history and social responsibility that Howard University has long championed,” Kathryn Coney-Ali, co-executive director of the Howard University Gallery of Art, said in a statement.

In this May 14, 2005 file photo, sculptor Elizabeth Catlett arrives at the Legends Ball, an award ceremony hosted by Oprah Winfrey honoring Catlett and 18 other women who paved the way in arts, entertainment and civil rights, in Santa Barbara, California. (AP Photo/Michael A. Mariant, File)

The exhibition will run through January 2027 and will also provide Howard University students with hands-on experience.

The university said students will take part in curated programming, academic discussions and other opportunities in museum studies.

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“This collaboration allows our students and the broader public to encounter her work in a context that honors both her artistic vision and her legacy as an artist and educator,” Coney-Ali added.

The goal of the exhibition is to highlight Black excellence through art and celebrate Catlett, whom the university calls one of the most influential Black artists of the 20th century.


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