Karamu Artists Inc. : printmaking, race, and community /

"An exploration of the rich history of printmaking at Cleveland's Karamu House, a center of Black arts, culture, and community since 1915. Karamu House, founded as a settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915, is one of the preeminent homes of Black arts, culture, and community in Americ...

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Main Authors:	Salsbury, Britany (Author), Benay, Erin E. (Author)
Other Authors:	Griswold, William (writer of foreword.), Francis, Jacqueline (Contributor), Powell, Richard J., 1953- (Contributor), Holton, Curlee Raven (Contributor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cleveland, OH : Cleveland Museum of Art [2025]
Subjects:	Karamu House > Exhibitions. African American prints > Exhibitions. African American printmakers > Exhibitions. Prints > Ohio > Cleveland > 20th century > Exhibitions. Estampe noire américaine > Expositions. Graveurs d'estampes noirs américains > Expositions. Estampe > Ohio > Cleveland > 20e siècle > Expositions. Karamu House. African American printmakers. Prints. African American prints. Ohio > Cleveland. United States. 1900-1999 exhibition catalogs. Exhibition catalogs. Catalogues d'exposition.

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Summary:	"An exploration of the rich history of printmaking at Cleveland's Karamu House, a center of Black arts, culture, and community since 1915. Karamu House, founded as a settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915, is one of the preeminent homes of Black arts, culture, and community in America. Noted for its theater program, Karamu House also hosts a rich legacy in the graphic arts. Printmaking workshops open to artists and community alike launched in the 1930s, allowing a young Langston Hughes - as one notable example - to experiment with print. Linked with printmaking's ethos of accessibility and democracy, a group including Elmer W. Brown, Hughie Lee-Smith, Charles L. Sallée Jr., and William E. Smith - some of the most prominent Black printmakers of the WPA era - founded Karamu Artists, Inc. Reproductions of works by such artists are accompanied by essays situating the prints, the artists, and this locus of Black arts and culture in the histories it shaped. These writings are complemented by an interview with printmaker and Karamu alumnus Curlee Raven Holton"--Publisher's description.
Item Description:	"Published on the occassion of the exhibition Karamu Artists Inc.: Printmaking, Race, and Community, on view at the Cleveland Museum of Art from March 23 to August 17, 2025"--Title page verso.
Physical Description:	176 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-169) and index.
ISBN:	9780300279177 0300279175