{"id":59521,"date":"2018-01-06T16:53:28","date_gmt":"2018-01-06T21:53:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=59521"},"modified":"2018-04-26T22:21:06","modified_gmt":"2018-04-27T02:21:06","slug":"international-artist-author-speaks-allentown-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=59521","title":{"rendered":"International Artist, Author Speaks at Allentown Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

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African American Art Expert David Driskell to Address Third Thursday January 18th<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n

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Allentown, PA — David C. Driskell<\/a>, one of the world\u2019s leading authorities on African American art, has lectured around the globe, and his works are included in major collections of art museums internationally. On January 18<\/span><\/span>th <\/sup>at 6:30 p.m.<\/span><\/span> he will be in the Lehigh Valley at the Allentown Art Museum.<\/div>\n

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Driskell will be the featured speaker at the Allentown Art Museum\u2019s Third Thursday<\/a> events, where he\u2019ll discuss \u201cInnovations and New Trends in African American Art\u201d with Curlee Holton<\/a>, executive director of the David C. Driskell Center and senior artist-in-residence in the Department of Art, College of Arts & Humanities, the University of Maryland. The event is co-sponsored by Raven Fine Print Edition and the David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland.<\/div>\n

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Trained as a painter and art historian, Driskell works primarily in collage and mixed media, and printmaking. He has maintained an active career as a teacher, curator, collector, art administrator, art consultant and practicing artist and scholar. He has authored five exhibition books on the subject of African American art, co-authored four others, and published more than 40 catalogues from exhibitions he has curated.<\/div>\n

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Information and image provided to TVL by:
\nAngela Zanelli
\nVP Development and Communications
\nAllentown Art Museum<\/p>\n

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