Thursday, August 29, 2013

"Ancestral Visionary" Works of African-American Painter Jerome Wright on First Friday Art Walk 5-8 PM Sept. 6, 2013, Portland, Maine; Exhibition to Nov. 30

Jerome Wright, Cellist and Painter

Woman Dancing, oil on canvas 40" x 40" 2011

Woman Singing Fado, oil on birch 48"x 48" 2011

Bass and Two Horns, oil on canvas 58" x 72"



Upcoming First Friday Art Walk
Friday, September 6, 2013

Ancestral Visionary
Museum of African Art and Culture
13 Brown St.
Jerome Wright is a central Pennsylvania artist whose work has earned him national recognition. His work focuses on jazz, the Harlem Renaissance, and the gospel church experience. He won a four-month debut show at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in 2010 Detroit resulting in four of his paintings going into the Museum’s permanent collection of great African American painters. His work has been in various juried exhibitions at the Charles Demuth Museum, The Lebanon Arts Council, Lebanon Valley College, Harrisburg Area Community College, and the Gallery at Lebanon Picture Frame. He has received many commissions and his works are now in many private collections as well as places of worship.
Artist(s):
Jerome Wright
Medium:
oil on wood and canvas


Opening Reception: Friday Sept. 6th 5-8 pm
Free and open to the public

Exhibition runs September-November 30th 2013


Jerome Wright is a central Pennsylvania artist whose work has earned him national recognition. He won a four-month debut show at the Charles Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit in 2010 resulting in four of his paintings going into the Museum’s permanent collection of great African American painters. His work has been in various juried exhibitions at the Charles Demuth Museum, The Lebanon Arts Council, Lebanon Valley College, Harrisburg Area Community College, and the Gallery at Lebanon Picture Frame. He has received many commissions and his works are now in many private collections as well as places of worship.

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