“What was going on here in Cleveland during the 30s and 40s was just as important and substantive and prolific as what was going on in places like Philadelphia and New York, it just hasn’t gotten the same attention,” Britany Salsbury, curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art and exhibition co-curator, told Forbes.com. “The story of printmaking ties directly to the story of Black artists and to the success of Black artists nationally, and the ways that then fueled trajectories for art making in the 1960s and 70s, not just for Black artists, but for all artists of color, particularly in the United States.” “As art institutions like the Cleveland Institute of Art accepted more and more black students, sure, artists would seek professional development from an art school that had more robust offerings, but Karamu House continued to anchor the arts community by fostering exhibitions, by having print sales, and that was a huge part of the way that it cultivated professional development for Black artists in Cleveland and continues to do so to this day.”
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Published at: 2025-05-10 20:16:06
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