BLACK FINE ART MONTH CULMINATING EVENTS
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Salon Talk and Screening
Pigment International® hosted culminating events for the 5th Anniversary of Black Fine Art Month®. On Friday Pigment’s Signature Salon Talk was at the DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center’s Ames Auditorium. The Salon Talk was preceded by a preview of Richard Hunt: A Monumental Life. The documentary by filmmakers Rana Segal and Laurie Little, tells the story of Richard Hunt’s life growing up in Chicago and the experiences that inspired him to create his beautiful works of art. The film is still in development and expected to be released in its entirety within the next year.
The Salon Talk on non-representational art was facilitated by Angel Idowu, Art by Angel and featured panelist Michelle Duster, educator, author, public historian great granddaughter of Ida B. Wells and co-chair of the Ida B. Wells Commemorative Art Committee, September Gray of September Gray Fine Art in Atlanta, Pam Eatman of Blackbird Gallery in Detroit and artist Jamele Wright, Sr.
Chicago Film Festival
On Sunday October 27, Pigment founder and CEO Patricia Andrews-Keenan moderated a post-screening discussion of The Light of Truth: Richard Hunt’s Monument to Ida B. Wells at the Chicago History Museum at noon. Panelists for the discussion were Dan Duster, great grandson of Ida B. Wells and Monument Committee member; Tony Rogers, monument committee member; Eric Stephenson, studio manager at Richard Hunt Studios; Jon Ott, biographer of Richard Hunt book and website and Rana Segal, producer/director.
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