FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 12, 2006
Note: Go to www.colum.edu/kamoinge to view all the images in the auction
Chicago, IL - In an exclusive evening reception and art auction of historic and current works, Working Together: Kamoinge, many of the living members of the Kamoinge Workshop are donating their photographs to Columbia College Chicago to establish the Kamoinge-Ferman Scholarship. The Kamoinge-Ferman Scholarship provides ongoing funds for International Educational Study to students who have excelled in African-American Studies and/or made contributions to the African-American Community.
The Kamoinge Workshop is a fascinating piece of African-America history. Kamoinge ("a group of people acting together") was formed in New York in 1963 (the same year that the civil rights bill was introduced into the U.S. Senate) to address the under-representation of black photographers in the art world. The group was founded by Louis Draper, Ray Francis, Herbert Randell and Albert Fennar with Roy DeCarava serving as its first director. Kamoinge's body of work spans the past thirty years and includes numerous images of daily life in black America during the last half of the twentieth century. Roy DeCarava is the illustrator of Langston Hughes' book, The Sweet Flypaper of Life. DeCarava's retrospective was in 2006 at The Museum of Modern Art in New York.
The evening includes a live and silent auction of photographs by such artists as Anthony Barbosa, Adger Cowans, Toni Parks, and Ming Smith, conversations with the artists, and delicious refreshments.
Kamoinge photographers who will be present at the event are Anthony Barbosa, Adger Cowans and Herb Robinson
WHEN: Evening Reception and Art Auction
Friday, November 10th
TIME: 6:00 to 9:00pm
PHOTOS
ON VIEW: November 6 -10th
WHERE: Gallery Guichard
3521 South Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Located in the heart of historic Bronzeville
COST: $60 each. To purchase call, 312.344.7297
Tickets may be purchased at the door the day of the event.
INFO: Iris Dawn Parker, 312.344.7297
MEDIA
CONTACT: Elizabeth Burke-Dain at 312.344.8695