On Saturday, September 17 from 1-3 pm, the Tweed Museum of Art is offering a Family Day presented by Art Education Professor Alison Aune and UMD students enrolled in the Art in Elementary Education class. The community is invited to participate in a museum-based experience focused on the exhibition, “There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art.”
“The students and I will guide families through the exhibition, discussing the artistic styles and content,” says Aune. “We will have supplies on hand so everyone can create artworks inspired by the exhibition. We are inviting everyone to come and create their own work…watercolor paintings inspired by Alma Thomas’ work, paper quilts inspired by Faith Ringgold’s work, and collages inspired by Mickalene Thomas’ work.”
The main gallery is open for Family Day activities. Art stations will be set up in the makerspace for creative art making inspired by the exhibition. This Family Day event is free and open to the public.
About the Exhibition
“There is a Woman in Every Color: Black Women in Art,” is a traveling exhibit created by the Bowdoin College Museum of Art (BCMA) and will be on display in the Tweed from August 30 through December 18, 2022. The following description was written by BCMA.
In the spirit of Elizabeth Catlett’s print, “There is a Woman in Every Color,” this exhibition explores the legacy of Black women in the visual arts. Bringing together works made between the late eighteenth- and twenty-first centuries, the exhibition examines their representation in works of art that picture Black women or that were produced by Black women. In doing so, the exhibition offers nuanced and multifaceted perspectives on the experiences of Black women primarily in the United States. “There Is a Woman in Every Color” also places artworks by Black women in conversation with one another, showcasing the diverse approaches these women take to exploring identity, personhood, artistic techniques, and influences. Throughout, the exhibition employs the term “Black” not to describe a monolith, but to convey the breadth of identities with ties to the African diaspora. While this exhibition is not a comprehensive exploration of Black women’s history and art, it challenges histories of marginalization, makes their presence visible, and proposes new directions for how museums collect and represent artists of color and the lived experiences of their communities.”
The Tweed Museum of Art is open on Tuesdays: 10AM-7PM and Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from 10AM-3:30PM. For information contact: [email protected], 218-726-8222, and see the website: https://tweed.d.umn.edu/