Richard Mayhew 1924-2024

Jazz transcends the boundaries of music. Its spontaneous, vibrant form is built on decades of adaptation. Evolving from blues and ragtime in the African American community, jazz was born of...

“Claiming Freedom: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art ” will be on display in Skillman Library through Spring 2024. Drawing inspiration from Annette Gordon Reed’s...

Born on Long Island in 1924, Richard Mayhew grew up in Amityville, NY, where he formed a deep connection to the natural world. Featuring vibrant landscape paintings created over the...

Black artists explore spirituality and culture in Afrocosmologies: American Reflections. Alongside artists of the late-nineteenth century, contemporary artists define new ideas about spirituality, identity, and the environment in ways that...

In 21st-century America, questions of race and identity are being explored as never before. This exploration has prompted many artists of color to investigate what constitutes identity, community, and the...