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Opening April 13th 2025. Explore Dr. John T. Biggers\u2019 early work as a student at Hampton University. Various works in this retrospective exhibition have never been showcased before. Don\u2019t miss this opportunity to experience Dr. Biggers\u2019 foundational works that galvanized his legacy as a nationally recognized artist and educator.<\/div>
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I Am Copying Nobody: The Art and Political Cartoons of Akinola Lasekan and the Sankofa Exhibitions<\/div>
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I Am Copying Nobody: The Art and Political Cartoons of Akinola Lasekan and the Sankofa Exhibitions<\/div>
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Step into a world where art and history meet and explore the oldest African American Museum in the country. Learn about the lives of Native Americans who attended Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute or dive into rich African culture and tradition in our first floor galleries. Immerse yourself in 200 years of African American fine art in our second floor galleries and see which new and exciting exhibits are featured in our changing galleries. So much discovery awaits your visit!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The purpose of the Hampton University Museum is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and interpret artifacts and works of traditional art. Art which illustrates the cultures, heritages and histories of African, Native American, Oceanic and Asian peoples, as well as the works of contemporary African American, African and American Indian artists and three-dimensional objects which relate to the history and significance of Hampton University are the Museum’s focus.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Museum is composed of the world\u2019s first collection of African American fine art, which began with the 1894 acquisition of two paintings by Henry O. Tanner. One of these paintings, The Banjo Lesson<\/em>, is acknowledged as the most admired work by an African American artist. Hampton was the recipient of a gift of hundreds of artworks from the Harmon Foundation in 1967, which includes representation of most of the important artists from the Harlem Renaissance into the early 1960s. The Museum also houses the Countee and Ida Cullen Art Collection; a group of 29 works of art acquired from the widow of the famed Harlem Renaissance poet. Among the most outstanding holdings are works by three important figures connected to the visual arts at Hampton: John T. Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, and Samella S. Lewis. In addition to the African American Fine Art Collection, the Museum features African, Native American, and the Hampton History Galleries as permanent exhibitions. To learn more, please see our Collection History!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Banjo Lesson<\/em> is Tanner\u2019s most famous painting.\u00a0 It reflects Tanner\u2019s conscious commitment to depicting African American in a compassionate manner.\u00a0 A favorite of visitors to the Museum today, the painting was also well received in its time.\u00a0 In 1894, The Banjo Lesson<\/em> was admitted into the Paris Salon, the most prestigious annual juried exhibition in the city.\u00a0 Robert C. Ogden, a philanthropist and chair of the then Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute\u2019s Board of Trustees, bought the painting and donated it to Hampton in November of 1894.\u00a0 The Banjo Lesson<\/em> and another Tanner piece, The Lion\u2019s Head<\/em> (also owned by the Hampton University Museum), represent the first works of African American art to be collected by an American institution and form the cornerstone of Hampton\u2019s outstanding fine arts collection.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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The International Review of African American Art<\/i> (IRAAA<\/i>) is the ONLY periodical spanning the history of African American art and covering contemporary art, design and visual culture! Cross-disciplinary with a nexus in African American art, IRAAA<\/i> deepens insight into numerous things while offering visual pleasure and stimulation. It is a window into all realms, real and imaginary; present, past and future. ART IS ALL!<\/p>\n

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IRAAA <\/em>was formally known as Black Art: An International Quarterly<\/em> and made its debut in 1976. It was published by Samella Lewis and two associates. It included an article on Elizabeth Catlett with a four-page color pull-out reproduction of a Catlett print titled Boys<\/em>. The involvement of Lewis and Catlett in this important venture was the flowering of a long association. Lewis, the first African American woman to earn a Ph.D. in art history (Ohio State, 1951), had been encouraged to pursue a career in art by Catlett. Catlett was the first college art teacher of Lewis and became a lifelong friend. Black Art: An International Quarterly<\/em> primarily covered the visual expression of black people in the United States and Africa.<\/p>\n

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In 1984, Black Art <\/em>became The International Review of African American Art<\/em> (IRAAA<\/em>), as the publication was broadening its focus to include the visual art of African-descended people throughout the Americas. One of the special issues produced during this period was “Bahia: The Power of Tradition.” Its focus was on the visual arts of African-descended people in Brazil. In 1992, the operations of the IRAAA<\/em> were transferred to Hampton University, Samella Lewis\u2019 undergraduate alma mater.<\/p>\n

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