Incollect Magazine - Issue 3

HAPPENINGS “I made this…”: The Work of Black American Artists and Artisans Through December 31, 2025 The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg, Williamsburg, Va For information visit colonialwilliamsburg.org or call 855.296.6627 For the first time, the Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg will display a wide range of works from their heralded decorative arts and folk arts collections made exclusively by Black artists from the 18th to the 20th centuries. The exhibition will include nearly 30 examples of paintings, furniture, textiles, decorative sculptures, quilts, ceramics, tools, metals and more, including new acquisitions, and will focus on the makers and their stories. “I made this…”: The Work of Black American Artists and Artisans will open on Oct. 22 in the Miodrag and Elizabeth Ridgely Blagojevich Gallery of the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum and will remain on view through Dec. 31, 2025. Among the objects to be on view are works by noted Black artists and artisans including David Drake, Bill Traylor, Thornton Dial, Sr., Cesar Chelor, Clementine Hunter, William Edmondson, members of the Gee’s Bend, Alabama, quilting community, as well as those who are less known or anonymous. Issue 3 46 www.incollect.com C M Y CM MY CY CMY K Side Chair, attributed to Thomas Day (1748– 1789). Milton, North Carolina, 1845-1855. Mahogany, yellow pine, tulip poplar, linen, and curled horsehair. Gift of Ronald and Mary Jean Hurst in honor of Leroy Graves (2022-71). Photo courtesy of The Art Museums of Colonial Williamsburg.