N’Namdi

center for contemporary art

52 E. Forest

Detroit, Michigan 48201

Opening February 17, 2012

6-9 p.m.

Gallery Talk  March 10, 2012

2 p.m.

The show,  HOME PLACE, opens December 16, 2011.

Barbara Archer Gallery, 280 Elizabeth Street  A-012, Atlanta, GA 30307

Telephone:  404-523-1845       www.barbaraarcher.com      info@barbaraarcher.com

Flomenhaft Gallery

547 W. 27th Street, Suite 200

New York, NY 10001

The Jimmy Carter Presidential Museum and Bank of America are bringing an important collection of contemporary African American art to Atlanta in March. The exhibition titled “Mixing Metaphors: the Aesthetic, the Social and the Political in African American Art”  includes almost one hundred works of photography, paintings, prints, drawings, mixed media and sculpture from the Bank of America Collection. It will be on display at the Carter Presidential Museum from March 19th thru July 31st.

Jimmy Carter Library and Museum

Lillian Blades works with assemblage of objects and fragments in her attempt to make sense of life observations symbolically. Components and symbols such as eyes, empty frames, buttons, quilts and reflective surfaces like mirrors and glass frequently appear in Blades’ mixed media wall hangings.

Beverly Buchanan is an African American artist noted for her exploration of Southern vernacular architecture through her art. She notes that tobacco barns have played an unconscious role in her life as an artist in making what she was calling shacks. Her focus on these shacks and houses are meant to pay tribute to the human struggle and survival.

Beverly Buchanan’s work includes miniature churches, houses and shack sculptures. Some are quite colorful while others are starkly devoid of color. Lillian Blades’ pieces are large-scale, mosaic-style mixed media wall hangings. Both artists share an interest in the African American southern experience with each maintaining homes and work studios in Georgia.

Taubman Museum of Art: Beverly Buchanan and Lilian Blades

The award ceremony is Saturday, February 12, 2011 from 6-7:30 p.m. at the Hilton New York (1335 Avenue of the Americas, between 53rd and 54th Streets).

After the ceremony, a gala reception will follow at the American Folk Art Museum (45 West 53rd Street) from 8-10 p.m.

The award ceremony is free and open to the public. Tickets are needed for the reception. You can find further details about Beverly and the events at the Women’s Caucus for Art website.