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The Legacy Museum of African American History, in preparation for a new exhibit, “Visual Voices: A Celebration of African American Artists from Lynchburg and Surrounding Areas” opening August 4, 2017, extends an invitation to all artists, friends of artists and collectors to come to a gathering on February 8, 2017. Legacy Museum is looking for talented African American artists, in the larger community, to be represented in this exhibition.

All mediums are welcome, both 2-d and 3-d.  With the help and input of the community, we can celebrate and explore as many artists’ voices and modes of visual expression as possible; with the end result being a comprehensive exhibition featuring these talented artists.

WHEN:  February 8th (snow date February 15th) at 6:00 p.m.

WHERE: The Legacy Museum, 403 Monroe Street, Lynchburg

Brooke Marcy, the Curator at Riverviews Artspace and an Adjunct Professor of Art at Randolph College, is the guest curator for this exhibition. Brooke will be available at the meeting to speak with artists, friends of artists and collectors. Please contact her if you have any questions or if you are unable to attend but have recommendations of artist or work. Email: [email protected]

Legacy Museum of African American History

(434) 845-3455

29 Days of Excellence: Day 9 - Toni Morrison

On the 9th day of Excellence we recognize Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist. Toni Morrison. One of Morrison’s best-known works is 1970 novel, The Bluest Eye, in which she tells a story of a young African-American girl who believes her hard life would be better if she only had blue eyes. Other popular works from Morrison are her novels Sula and Songs of Solomon. Morrison has authored several other novels as well as several children’s books. She is a graduate of Howard University (1953) and Cornell University (1955) and taught as a professor at Princeton University from 1989 to 2006. Morrison’s recent projects include 2012 novel, Home, and Desdemona, an Othello-inspired opera.