Successions

Successions: Prints by African-American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection will feature 62 works of traditional and non-traditional printmaking techniques such as etching, monoprint, lithography, linocut and silkscreen, by 45 artists including Romare Bearden, Elizabeth Catlett, David Driskell, Sam Gilliam, Margo Humphrey, Jacob Lawrence, Stephanie Pogue, Faith Ringgold, Lou Stovall, William T. Williams and James L. Wells. The exhibition will highlight the remarkable focus of the Jean and Robert Steele Collection.

Dr. Robert Steele is a Mobile native and former associate dean of the College of Behavioral and Social Sciences and currently Executive Director of the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Dr. Steele and his wife, Jean, have been at the forefront of collecting works on paper by African-American artists for the last 30 years.

This exhibition is organized by the David C. Driskell Center for the Study of the Visual Arts and Culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora and The Art Gallery at the University of Maryland, College Park.

Join us at the Mobile Museum of Art on Sunday, March 14th from 1:30 - 4:00PM for Gallery Tours, Refreshments and Live Jazz by Roderick Cotton.  Admission is Free.

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