| 24 February 2010 | ||
| 6:00 pm | ||
| 27 February 2010 | ||
| 1:00 pm | ||
| 4 March 2010 | ||
| 6:30 pm |
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts will offer a series of events to celebrate Black History Month. All are co-sponsored by VMFA’s Friends of African and African-American Art.
Wednesday, Feb. 24, 6 p.m.
Lecture: “In Pursuit: Frederic Remington and the Buffalo Soldiers”
VMFA Marble Hall
Dr. Elizabeth L. O’Leary, VMFA associate curator of American arts
Tickets $8 (VMFA members $5, FOAAA members free)
Few artists are as closely associated with the American West as Frederic Remington (1861-1909). Best known for his illustrations, bronze sculptures and paintings of cowboys, he also found a favorite subject in U.S. cavalrymen, especially the hard-riding soldiers of the 9th and 10th regiments who came to be known as the Buffalo Soldiers. Dr. Elizabeth L. O’Leary will explore Remington’s images of these renowned African American regiments and, in particular, Remington’s striking canvas “The Pursuit” (circa 1898) from the VMFA collection.
Saturday, Feb. 27, 1 p.m.
Film Screening and Discussion: “Sergeant Rutledge”
Virginia Historical Society, 428 N. Boulevard, Richmond
Discussion by Dr. Lauranett L. Lee, VHS curator of African-American history; and Trent Nicholas, VMFA media resource coordinator and Virginia Commonwealth University film history instructor. Free, advance tickets required
Director John Ford’s Western film revolves around the court-martial of a Buffalo Soldier in the late 1880s. After the screening, Dr. Lauranett L. Lee, VHS curator of African-American history, and Trent Nicholas, VMFA media resource coordinator and film history instructor at Virginia Commonwealth University, will discuss the film. The film is not rated and includes mature subject matter.
Thursday, March 4, 6:30 p.m.
Lecture: “Beyond Social Content”
VMFA Marble Hall
Mel Edwards, sculptor, and his daughter, Ana Edwards
Tickets $8, (VMFA members $5, FOAAA members free)
Mel Edwards, one of America’s foremost contemporary public-art sculptors, is renowned for his “Lynch Fragments,” small-scale welded-metal wall reliefs inspired by the Civil Rights Movement. Edwards recently completed a commission for Lafayette College in Easton, Pa. “Transcendence” honors an 1844 graduate who was perhaps the first person of slave status to receive a college degree.
A native of Houston, Texas, Edwards studied art and art history on the West Coast and moved to New York in the late 1960s, where the civil rights movement offered a backdrop for his artistic development. His sculptural projects deal with black history and culture through abstraction. Edwards will provide a retrospective of his work as a sculptor.
His daughter Ana, an artist and community activist in Richmond, has exhibited her work in local galleries. She will describe how her father’s work and life as an artist have shaped her artistic development and her commitment to social justice.
All programs are subject to change. Details and registration information are available at www.vmfa.museum or by telephoning the VMFA ticket desk, 804-340-1405.
ABOUT THE VIRGINIA MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS
200 N. Boulevard, Richmond VA 23220
With a collection of world art that spans more than 5,000 years and a wide array of special exhibitions, the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is recognized as one of the top comprehensive art museums in the United States. In May, VMFA will open its doors after a $150-million expansion and renovation. VMFA programs include educational activities and studio classes for all ages, plus fun after-hours events.
VMFA’s Statewide Partnership program includes traveling exhibitions, artist and teacher workshops, and lectures across the commonwealth. For additional information, telephone 804-340-1400 or visit www.vmfa.museum.
Keep telling that history:
Read the novel, Rescue at Pine Ridge, “RaPR”, a great story of black military history…the first generation of Buffalo Soldiers.
How do you keep a people down? ‘Never’ let them ‘know’ their history.
The 7th Cavalry got their butts in a sling again after the Little Big Horn Massacre, fourteen years later, the day after the Wounded Knee Massacre. If it wasn’t for the 9th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers, there would of been a second massacre of the 7th Cavalry.
Read the novel, “Rescue at Pine Ridge”, 5 stars Amazon, Barnes & Noble and the youtube trailer commercial…and visit the website http://www.rescueatpineridge.com
I hope you’ll enjoy the novel. I wrote it from my mini-series movie of the same title, “RaPR” to keep my story alive. Hollywood has had a lot of strikes and doesn’t like telling our stories…its been “his-story” of history all along…until now. The movie so far has attached, Bill Duke directing, Hill Harper, Glynn Turman and a host of other major actors in which we are in talks with…see imdb.com at; http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0925633/
When you get a chance, also please visit our Alpha Wolf Production website at; http://www.alphawolfprods.com and see our other productions, like Stagecoach Mary, the first Black Woman to deliver mail for Wells Fargo in Montana, in the 1890’s, “spread the word”.
Peace.
Hey Buffalo Soldier – good to hear from you, and thanks for all the links. Hollywood loves only what it can sell…which isn’t always the truth. Appreciate your work! Stay with us, and contribute when you can. Peace back atcha, Linda