Community celebrates works by African- American artists in the Flint Institute of Arts collection, including Romare Bearden, Chakaia Booker, Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Renée Stout and Kara Walker.
Willie Birch, American, b. 1942,
Woman Reading Magazine, 1999, acrylic and charcoal on paper, 60 x 60 inches. Flint Institute of
Arts. Museum purchase, 2011.1
Marie Laveau is by Renée Stout. American, b.1958, 2009/2013
Color pencil drawing over lithograph proof on paper 21 x 21 inches. Museum purchase with funds from the Collection Endowment, 2013.64
Desiree Kelly, American. Claressa Shields, n.d.
Oil and spray paint on traffic sign. 35 x 35 inches. Museum purchase with funds from the Collection
Endowment, 2019.13
For more information on current or future exhibitions, visit flintarts.org or by calling 810-234-1695.