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San Diego County, California, United States
Darien and Dmitri are both seniors in high school and Ronald is a freshman. All of them are participateing in a college prepatory program called Upward Bound. Darien, Dmitri, and Ronald are doing this blog on the Artist Ernest Crichlow as a project for a summer critical thinking course in Upward Bound. For more information click on the about us link

Accomplishments of Ernest Crichlow

  • Crichlow was first exhibited in 1938 in the artist-organized Harlem Community Center exhibit.
  • Later exhibited in 1941 (McMillan Gallery in NYC).
  • Exhibited in 1942 (Downtown Gallery in NYC).
  • Crichlow had his first one man show in ACA GAllery NYC (1960)
  • He was guest artist at the Afro-American Artists Museum in Philadelphia in 1969
  • Exhibited at the Boston Museum of Fine Art, Newark Museum, New York World’s Fair and the Institute of Modern Art, Boston.
  • He was one of 10 Black Artists from the National Conference of Artists honored at the White House during the Carter Administration.
  • Crichlow was a former director and co-founder of the Society for American Culture.
  • His work is in numerous private and public collections all over the world.Such as the Brooklyn Museum, the Hewitt Collection, the actors Morgan Freeman, Ossie Davis and Lena Horne.
  • Crichlow also illustrated a number of children’s books.
  • "Earnest Crichlow (1914-2005)." Avisca Fine Art. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 July 2010. http://www.aviscafineart.com/other_artists/ernest_crichlow/ernest_crichlow.htm

Monday, July 26, 2010

Crichlow contradicts himself in this picture. This woman is being nurtured by a man who is a member of the KKK but at the same time also looks as if she is being held down. She also has a look of submission on her face. As you can see there is a huge dichotomy between the two different point of veiws.

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