indira allegra, the 2026 Jacob Lawrence Artist in Residence, is anything but traditional. As they discussed their upcoming exhibit, a smile beamed across their face and a hearty laugh followed all ...

A New Orleans research center has received $1 million to conserve 41 paintings by Jacob Lawrence, one of the most important American artists of the 20th century. The three-year grant to the Amistad ...

Khalil Gibran Muhammad, Sherrilyn Ifill, and Cornell Brooks at “Jacob Lawrence’s Migration Series and the Legacy of Jim Crow: The Long History of the Artist’s Concerns” on April 15, 2015, at the ...

In 1960, Nigeria ceased to be a colony of Great Britain, and the West African nation soon experienced a blossoming of self-discovery and promise. Jacob Lawrence was a Black, American art star in his ...

The painting shows a market, with women preparing fish, mothers smiling as children play around piles of cattle bones, and sheep and chickens meandering throughout. Jacob Lawrence used bright yellows, ...

Jacob Lawrence, “The Card Game” (1953), tempera on board, 19 x 23.5 inches, gift of Dr. Walter O. and Mrs. Linda J. Evans, SCAD Museum of Art permanent collection (© 2017 Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight ...

GADSDEN COUNTY, Fla. (WCTV) - Here’s what’s brewing! The Gadsden Arts Center and Museum is set to display paintings from renowned artist Jacob Lawrence. His works capture images of “Black history and ...

SAGINAW, MI — A special exhibit featuring the works of American artist Jacob Lawrence at the Saginaw Art Museum will overlap with Black History Month this February and continue into spring. “Jacob ...

Jacob Lawrence, one of the great figurative painters of the 20th century, shares a gallery with his wife, Gwen Knight Lawrence, in a space intended to illuminate the Lawrences' experience of living in ...

Once she was cast out of the United States. Today, her art and activism are front and center at an exhilarating Brooklyn Museum retrospective. By Siddhartha Mitter The museum catches up to the vital ...