July 27, 2021
When the public experiences an exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, they see not only the art on view but also the culmination of years of work by teams of museum professionals who take a curator-led journey from conception to realization. While an exhibition’s star attractions are the works of art on view,…
Categories: Art, Curators, Exhibitions, VMFA
Tags: African American Art, Curator Conversation, Staff Stories, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
May 6, 2021
“Dirty South” is an expression that endearingly refers to the southern part of the United States—from Virginia to Florida, Texas, and the states in between—whose Black traditions and artistic expressions have shaped the culture of the region and the nation. The term describes an identity born out of the southern landscape and its agriculture as…
Categories: Art, Exhibitions
Tags: African American Art, African American History, American Art, American History, Music, The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse