{"id":2038,"date":"2018-01-23T23:34:08","date_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=2038"},"modified":"2018-01-23T23:37:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-23T23:37:41","slug":"all-colors-african-american-exhibition-spotlights-dozens-of-national-and-local-artists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2038","title":{"rendered":"\u2018All Colors\u2019 African-American exhibition spotlights dozens of national and local artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"post-title\">\u2018All Colors\u2019 African-American exhibition spotlights dozens of national and local artists<\/h1>\n<div class=\"by-date\"><span class=\"submitted\"><span class=\"submitted-label\">By<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"name\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/people\/nancy-fowler\" rel=\"author\">NANCY FOWLER<\/a><\/span><\/span>\u00a0<i class=\"bullet\">\u2022<\/i>\u00a0<span class=\"pub-date\">JAN 4, 2018<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"large-2 columns sharing-and-programs\">\n<div class=\"social-share clearfix\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"large-10 columns post-body-container\">\n<div class=\"post-body\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-image-gallery field-type-image field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image-wrapper wide\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image\">\n<p><a class=\"popup\" href=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/post\/all-colors-african-american-exhibition-spotlights-dozens-national-and-local-artists#stream\/0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pi_assets-image alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201712\/12132017_Provided_AllColors_SouthSun.jpg?resize=750%2C474\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"474\" data-interchange-default=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/sites\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/default\/public\/201712\/12132017_Provided_AllColors_SouthSun.jpg\" data-interchange-small=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/small\/public\/201712\/12132017_Provided_AllColors_SouthSun.jpg\" data-interchange-medium=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/201712\/12132017_Provided_AllColors_SouthSun.jpg\" data-interchange-large=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201712\/12132017_Provided_AllColors_SouthSun.jpg?resize=750%2C474\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-meta\">\n<div class=\"caption\">Lonnie Powell&#8217;s watercolor, Southsun is one of 200 works in the All Colors exhibition.<\/div>\n<h6 class=\"credit\">CREDIT PORTFOLIO GALLERY<\/h6>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A longtime gallery owner is debuting an exhibition Jan. 13 that he hopes will draw people from all over the country to see African-American art in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portfoliogallerystl.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cAll Colors\u201d<\/a>\u00a0features the work of 66 national and local artists. The Portfolio Gallery nonprofit will present the show at the Artists\u2019 Guild, 2 Jackson Ave., in Clayton, the first exhibition following the sale of its Grand Center building.<\/p>\n<p>Portfolio owner Robert Powell sold the gallery space in 2015 with the goal of supporting African-American artists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we want to do is provide an opportunity for artists and organizations that the mainstream seems to have forgotten, or has little or no interest in,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Lack of lead sponsor forces cutbacks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll Colors\u201d features the work of national, predominantly African-American artists such as Ed Johnetta Miller and Thomas Sleet as well as local artists including Cbabi Bayoc. It includes painting, sculpture, textiles and other media.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image-wrapper left\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-asset-image\">\n<p><a class=\"popup\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/x_large\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"pi_assets-image alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg?resize=301%2C513\" width=\"301\" height=\"513\" data-interchange-default=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/sites\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/default\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg\" data-interchange-small=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/small\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg\" data-interchange-medium=\"http:\/\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/medium\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg\" data-interchange-large=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mediad.publicbroadcasting.net\/p\/kwmu\/files\/styles\/large\/public\/201712\/12132017__provided_allcolors_cuban_dancers.jpg?resize=301%2C513\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"image-meta\">\n<div class=\"caption\">This image shows a mixed-media piece called Cuban Dancer, by artist Ed Johnetta Miller.<\/div>\n<div class=\"credit\">CREDIT PORTFOLIO GALLERY<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Powell had planned for a budget of $150,000 and hoped to find a single contributor to cover a major portion of the invitational and juried exhibition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wanted someone to be a lead sponsor, to brand it as their event,\u201d Powell said.<\/p>\n<p>The highest level of sponsorship included the contributor\u2019s name in all promotions and a private opening reception.\u00a0 But there were no takers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we cut back,\u201d Powell said. \u201cI had hoped to put a catalog together. I had big advertisements I wanted to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bid for support did garner smaller amounts. Some proceeds from the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/post\/will-gallery-sale-help-bring-major-african-american-arts-institution-st-louis#stream\/0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sale of the Portfolio building\u00a0<\/a>3514 Delmar Blvd., behind Powell Hall \u2014 $480,000 in all \u2014 will also help fund the endeavor.<\/p>\n<p>Powell plans to make the art exhibition an annual event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll be looking for sponsors for next year,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"post-audio--5a67b933a96fb\" class=\"jp-player\"><strong>For more information about the show<\/strong>, <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"http:\/\/news.stlpublicradio.org\/post\/all-colors-african-american-exhibition-spotlights-dozens-national-and-local-artists#stream\/0\">click here\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<div class=\"audio-container\">\n<div id=\"jp-interface--5a67b933a96fb\" class=\"jp-interface\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"playpause\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"audio-meta\">\n<div class=\"listen-text-box\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2038\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;\"><ul><li class=\"share-reddit\"><div class=\"reddit_button\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/static\/button\/button1.html?newwindow=true&width=120&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2F%3Fp%3D2038&amp;title=%E2%80%98All%20Colors%E2%80%99%20African-American%20exhibition%20spotlights%20dozens%20of%20national%20and%20local%20artists\" height=\"22\" width=\"120\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2038\" data-text=\"\u2018All Colors\u2019 African-American exhibition spotlights dozens of national and local artists\" data-via=\"baiaonline\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"\u2018All Colors\u2019 African-American exhibition spotlights dozens of national and local artists\" data-content=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2038\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-linkedin\"><div class=\"linkedin_button\"><script type=\"in\/share\" data-url=\"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2038\" data-counter=\"right\"><\/script><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2F%3Fp%3D2038&#038;media=https%3A%2F%2Fi0.wp.com%2Fearthexhibitions.org%2Fmedia-archive%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2018%2F01%2Fall-colors.jpg%3Ffit%3D1200%252C759%26ssl%3D1&#038;description=%E2%80%98All%20Colors%E2%80%99%20African-American%20exhibition%20spotlights%20dozens%20of%20national%20and%20local%20artists\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png?w=750\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018All Colors\u2019 African-American exhibition spotlights dozens of national and local artists By\u00a0NANCY FOWLER\u00a0\u2022\u00a0JAN 4, 2018 Lonnie Powell&#8217;s watercolor, Southsun is one of 200 works in the All Colors exhibition. 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