This exhibit offers a lens into the cultural, historical, and social makeup of African-American cultural identity and highlights African-American authors and illustrators of children’s literature.
Explore the exhibit Telling a People’s Story: African-American Children’s Illustrated Literature, organized by the Miami University Art Museum through a grant from the Martha Holden Jennings Foundation. Discover African-American children’s authors and illustrators, and their important role in relating African-American identity, history, and social justice.
The selection of approximately 130 works on display includes paintings, pastels, drawings and mixed media works. Featured are more than 30 artists, spanning nearly 50 years of creativity. The exhibition offers something for all viewers through the representation of familiar and lesser-known people and the contributions of African Americans to an American identity.
Telling A People’s Story addresses:
More information about the exhibit can be found here: https://blogs.miamioh.edu/tellingapeoplesstory/exhibition/