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Event

Soul! Art from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center

5/1/2009 - 2/28/2010
Discover the stories. Feel the passion. Experience 200 years of culture and history through the artwork, music and words of African American artists. The 119 works of art in this exhibition are on loan from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center in Wilberforce, Ohio. NAAMCC is part of the Ohio Historical Society's statewide network of historic sites and museums. Soul! is on display May 1, 2009 through Feb. 28, 2010. Rotating companion exhibits, also from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center, will focus on African American jazz, dance, quilt-making and spirituality as well as on the story of white abolitionist John Brown. Making Music: Jazz Photographs by Luis Figgs and Golden Motions: Celebrating the Art of Dance by Ademola Olugebefola will be on display May 1-Aug. 30; The Legend of John Brown: Serigraphs by Jacob Lawrence will run Sept. 5-Dec. 6; and Were You There? An Illustrated Spiritual by Allan Rohan Crite and Quilts with Soul will run Dec. 12-Feb. 28, 2010.

Price
$4.00 - $8.00

Order & Box Office Information

Venue
Ohio Historical Center
I-71 & 17th Ave.
Columbus, OH 43211
http://www.ohiohistory.org/places/ohc/



This event funded by a grant from the Ohio Arts Council