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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Bibliographic Details
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.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / William M. Griswold and Tony F. Sias
Karamu Artists Inc. and printmaking in the WPA era / Britany Salsbury
Hughie Lee-Smith: breaking the fourth wall / Richard J. Powell
Modernism(s): Karamu Artists Inc. and modernist art / Jacqueline Francis
From prints to power: Karamu House and the Black art market in Cleveland, 1960-1980 / Erin Benay
A conversation with Karamu House alumnus Curlee Raven Holton / Erin Benay
For Russell and Rowena Jelliffe / Langston Hughes
Catalogue raisonné of prints by Karamu Artists Inc., 1930s-1940s / compiled by Jillian Kruse.