The Art Students League of New York partnered with the Romare Bearden Foundation to present “Creating Community. Cinque Gallery Artists.” Organized by guest curator and arts administrator Susan Stedman, alongside Cinque’s first artist in residence, Nanette Carter, this special exhibition is the first introductory survey to focus on Cinque Gallery.
Cinque Gallery (named after Joseph Cinqué, the leader of the Amistad slave ship mutiny of the 1830s) was an artist-led non-profit founded in 1969 by Romare Bearden, Ernest Crichlow, and Norman Lewis to support a creative community of primarily minority artists at different stages in their careers. Cinque Gallery hosted solo, group, and touring exhibitions, presenting artwork by approximately 450 artists including Benny Andrews, Emma Amos, Elizabeth Catlett, Sam Gilliam, Bill Hutson, Norma Morgan, Debra Priestly, and many more.
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