The Black Art in America Fine Art Show Houston took place at the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum on October 27-29th. Here are a few takeaways from the weekend. We had a record of attendees for this inaugural art fair. Multiple times throughout the fair, there were lines of customers waiting to make purchases. The show hosted both new and seasoned collector’s from all over the country, including states like Arkansas, California, D.C., Georgia, New York, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania just to name a few, however the Houston collecting community was well represented and buying. While the show featured strong selections of work by artists of historical significance ie. Elizabeth Catlett, Richard Hunt, Benny Andrews, Richard Mayhew, Dr. Samella Lewis and Gordon Parks, it was the contemporary artists whose work sold at record pace. We had strong sales of work by quilters Beverly Smith and Phyllis Stephens as well as mixed media artists Lillian Blades, Charly Palmer, Leroy Campbell, Delita Martin, Woodrow Nash, Najee Dorsey and Frank Frazier. Other notable sells were works by AfriCobra artist Wadsworth Jarrell, Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers and Steven Tette.<\/p>\n