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Media contacts: Kim Schuette: 614.297.2314 or kschuette@ohiohistory.org
For Immediate Release
Soul! Opening Benefit At Ohio Historical Center May 2
Exhibit Showcases African-American Artists
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio First Lady Frances Strickland will host a benefit opening for the new exhibit Soul! Art from the National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center, Saturday, May 2, from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Ohio Historical Center in Columbus.
Featuring gospel, jazz, drumming, and dance performances by local artists, gallery tours and refreshments, the evening benefits educational and community engagement activities of the Soul! Project. Tickets are $15 (Ohio Historical Society, National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center or King Arts Complex members $10). $50 patron tickets include a special wine reception with Mrs. Strickland from 6:30-7 p.m.
On exhibit through Feb. 28, 2010, Soul! features 119 works dating from 1835 to 2006 that reflect African heritage, family, self-determination, love and celebration. On loan from the Ohio Historical Society’s National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center in Wilberforce, they include pieces in a variety of media by many renowned artists, including Benny Andrews, Richmond Barthé, Elizabeth Catlett and Willis "Bing" Davis.
"Soul! uses the African American experience as a way of looking at the human experience," said Floyd Thomas of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center. "While it focuses on African American creative expression, it reflects the human experience - issues such as injustice, self-determination, community pride and aesthetic beauty - issues that people throughout the world have faced."
Two related exhibits from the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center complement Soul! through August 30, 2008, Making Music: Jazz Photographs by Luis Figgs and Golden Motions: Celebrating the Art of Dance by Ademola Olugebefola.
Sponsors of the Soul! project are the Gordon Chandler Memorial Fund and the Helen E. Sandfort Arts-in-Education Fund of the Columbus Foundation. Community partners are the King Arts Complex and Columbus Jazz Arts Group.
For tickets or details, call 614.297.2332/800.686.1545 or visit www.ohiohistorystore.com/register through April 27.
The Ohio Historical Center, located at I-71 and 17th Avenue in Columbus, is one of 58 sites and museums administered by the Ohio Historical Society, a nonprofit organization that serves as the state's partner in preserving and interpreting Ohio's history, natural history, archaeology and architecture. For more information about the Soul! exhibit and related programs and events, visit www.ohiohistory.org.
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