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Queens, Gods, and Devotees: Frances M. Maguire Art Museum

Past PFF Exhibitions exhibition
26 September - 15 December 2024
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Open a larger version of the following image in a popup: Curlee Holton, Cleansing of the Soul, 2008

Curlee Holton b. 1951

Cleansing of the Soul, 2008
Watercolor
20 x 16 in.
50.8 x 40.6 cm
© Curlee Raven Holton. Licensed by the artist, Easton, PA.
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Portrait of two men participating in a water baptism within a light yellow tent.
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Provenance

Raven Studio- Curlee Raven Holton 1390 Morganhill Rd. Williams Township, PA 18042

Exhibitions

"Afrocosmologies", Wadsworth Atheneum. Dates: 19/10/2019-20/01/2020. Location: Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, CT. "An Essential Presence: The Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Allentown Art Museum. Dates: 02/06/2019-01/09/2019. Location: Allentown, PA. Link: https://www.allentownartmuseum.org/exhibitions/an-essential-presence-the-petrucci-family-foundation- "Ain't I America: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Hampton University. Dates: 25/01/2019-11/05/2019. Location: Hampton University Museum and Archives, 14 Frissell Avenue Hampton, VA 23668. Link: https://home.hamptonu.edu/msm/2019/05/11/collection-four/ "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art", Portland Art Museum. Dates: 28/01/2017-18/06/2017. Location: Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR. Link: https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions/constructing-identity/ "Queens, Gods, and Devotees", Maguire Art Museum. Dates: 23/09/2024-13/12/2024. Location: St. Joseph's University, Philadelphia, OA

Publications

1. Berrisford Boothe, Kristin Haas, Claudia Highbaugh, Thomas Loughman, Frank Mitchell, (2019), "Afrocosmologies: American Reflections", Wadsworth Atheneum – Afrocosmologies Catalog, Catalog, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and the Amistad Center for Art and Culture, Hartford, CT, Brian D. Hotchkiss, https://www.wadsworthshop.org/products/afrocosmologies-american-reflections 2. Berrisford Boothe, Moe Brooker, Brian Ferriso, James G. Petrucci, (2017), "Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art", Portland Art Museum – Constructing Identity, Catalog, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, Gretchen Dykstra 3. Berrisford Boothe, (2016), "Constructing Identity: Portland Art Museum, Curator Statement", International Review of African American Art, Vol. 26 No. 4, IRAAA - 40th Anniversary Issue (BB Essay), Journal, The Hampton University Museum, Hampton, VA, Shakara Thomas and John S. Welch, https://online.hamptonu.edu/product/the-international-review-of-african-american-art-vol-26-no-4-2016-40th-anniversary-issue/
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