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Author Haygood, Wil, author.

Title I too sing America : the Harlem Renaissance at 100 / Wil Haygood ; with contributions by Carole Genshaft, Anastasia Kinigopoulo, Nannette V. Maciejunes, Drew Sawyer, David Stark.

Publication Info. Columbus, Ohio : Columbus Museum of Art ; New York, New York : Rizzoli Electa, a division of Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., 2018.
©2018

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  700.89 HAYGOOD    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  700.8996 HAYGOOD    Check Shelf
Edition [First edition]
Description 247 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits (some color) ; 28 cm
Note Lining papers illustrated with "A night-club map of Harlem."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 242-243) and index.
Note "Published on the occasion of the exhibition "I too sing America: the Harlem Renaissance at 100" at the Columbus Museum of Art, October 19, 2018 - January 20, 2019"--Colophon.
Summary The exhibition celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Harlem Renaissance, a period of cultural blossoming that occurred in the New York City neighborhood of Harlem in the 1920-50s. Curated by Columbus native and highly acclaimed writer Wil Haygood, the exhibition includes work by Jacob Lawrence, Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Augusta Savage, and others who interpreted the lives of African Americans during this time. In addition, the exhibition includes unprinted photographs by James Van Der Zee obtained through the artist's estate and a private collection of vernacular photographs of African American life. A selection of books, sheet music, and print ephemera from this period further showcases the innovative and expansive cultural output produced in Harlem during this unforgettable epoch of American history. The exhibition explores the religious, political, and cultural activism of the period, everyday life, and the extraordinary individuals such as poet Langston Hughes and philosopher Alain Locke whose words and scholarship contributed to the development of this period so rich in art, music, and literature.
"'I Too Sing America' celebrates the visual art and material culture of the Harlem Renaissance, illuminating the lives of its people, the art, the literature, the music, and the social history through paintings, prints, photography, sculpture, and contemporary documents and ephemera. Included are works by cherished artists such as James Van Der Zee, William Henry Johnson, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Archibald Motley, Palmer Hayden, Elizabeth Catlett, and Romare Bearden. The project is the culmination of decades of reflection, research, and scholarship by Wil Haygood, acclaimed biographer and preeminent scholar on Harlem and its cultural history. In thematic chapters, the author captures the range and breadth of the Harlem Renaissance, a sweeping creative movement that saw an astonishing array of black writers, artists, and musicians gather over a period of a few intense years, expanding far beyond its roots in Harlem to unleash a myriad of talents on the nation." --publisher's description, dust jacket.
Contents Becoming Harlem -- Malvin Gray Johnson -- Ralph DeLuca collection of African American vernacular photography -- In feverish motion -- Winold Reiss -- Aaron Douglas -- Richmond Barthé -- Loïs Mailou Jones -- Palmer Hayden -- The fearless scholar -- The crisis -- Fire!! -- The two Reverend Powells -- Archibald Motley -- Sargent Claude Johnson -- Allan Rohan Crite -- The poet who became a star -- The sad-sweet laughter of Vaudeville -- James van der Zee -- All that sweet noise around 125th Street -- An ode to Zora Neale -- Augusta Savage -- Jacob Lawrence -- And there was the photographer -- Why the Harlem Renaissance endures.
Subject Columbus Museum of Art -- 21st century -- Exhibitions.
Harlem Renaissance -- History -- Exhibitions.
African American art -- New York (State) -- New York -- Exhibitions.
African Americans in art -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
Art, Modern -- 20th century -- Exhibitions.
American literature -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- African Americans -- Exhibitions.
Photography -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- African Americans -- Exhibitions.
African American art. (OCoLC)fst00799012
Art, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00816615
Harlem Renaissance. (OCoLC)fst00951467
New York (State) -- New York. (OCoLC)fst01204333
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Essays.
Illustrated works.
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Genshaft, Carole Miller, contributor.
Kinigopoulo, Anastasia, contributor.
Maciejunes, Nannette V. (Nannette Vicars), contributor.
Sawyer, Drew, contributor.
Stark, David, 1953- contributor.
Columbus Museum of Art, issuing body, publisher, organizer, host institution.
Rizzoli editore, publisher.
Added Title Harlem Renaissance at 100
ISBN 0847863123 (hardcover)
9780847863129 (hardcover)
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