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.
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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
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
New Dreams (2002)
"It seems that the girl is looking outward and trying to find the light and forget the darkness. She seems like she is trying to get rid of her pain."
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