New Graduate Museum Fellows

The St. Louis Museum celebrates its newest Romare Bearden Graduate Museum Fellows for 2021. This Post Graduate Minority Fellowship was started in 1992 with the objective to cultivate future museum professionals from historically underrepresented groups or backgrounds by advancing the knowledge, skills, and networking capabilities that enable museum careers. Bearden

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Fundraiser: A special evening with live auction and conversation

Join us Friday, September 10 A few tickets are still available for this special ARTFUL evening!  Conversation with Tschabalala Self, a Yale MFA graduate, currently enjoying a solo exhibition of her work at the Baltimore Museum of Art Artbma.org Live Auction of four signature works Purchase includes cocktails, dinner, and a special edition

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Our Fundraisers

Looking back… A Garden Party Looking back on our Bearden Birthday Celebration for 2019, it was one for the records. We had a Garden Party & Art Auction hosted by a dear supporter Robert Van Lierop, at his lovely home in Montclair, NJ. The party was a beautiful festive affair,

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY ROMARE BEARDEN -Sept 2, 1911

On the occasion of the 110th birthday of Romare Bearden, we are celebrating the upcoming launch of our new YouTube Channel… BricolageTV A collage of news and information on art and artists brought to you by the Romare Bearden Foundation. Jamming at the Savoy, 1981-82 We have been mining our

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Virtual Talk: A Collector Tells Her Bearden Story

THIS PROGRAM ENDED ENJOY THE RECORDING HERE Virtual conversation – Tuesday, August 17, 6:00 pm (EST) via zoom                     Join us virtually, as collector and advocate for the arts, Dr. Akosua Barthwell Evans, tells her Bearden story of participating in the installation

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Exhibition about Cinque Gallery

“Creating Community. Cinque Gallery Artists” May 3 – July 4, 2021 Monday-Friday 11 am – 6 pm More Information Here The Art Students League of New York, in partnership with the Romare Bearden Foundation, is honored to present Creating Community. Cinque Gallery Artists on view May 3–July 4, 2021. The exhibition

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Virtual Talk: A Collector Tells His Bearden Story

This event ended. Please watch the recording HERE Patrick Diamond – Thursday, April 22, 6:00 pm (EST) via Zoom Join us for a virtual conversation with the author of: The Incredible Joy of Collecting African American Art: My Journal from Frog Town, S.C. to the National Gallery, a memoir by

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Bearden Graduate Museum Fellow News

Virtual Talk  – Tuesday, February 23, 6:00 pm (EST) Asmaa Walton Curator and art educator Asmaa Walton joins the University of South Carolina for a conversation about her work establishing the Black Art Library, an ongoing collection of books on Black visual culture which will become a public-facing archive, research

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Black Lives Matter Arts Collaboration

Virtual Salon – Monday, February 22, 6:30 pm (EST) Expressions: Black Lives Matter-An Arts Collaboration Moderated by Bearden Foundation Co-Director, Diedra Harris-Kelley The Clark Center for the Performing Arts, a vision inspired by dance luminary Alvin Ailey, and other celebrated dancers and educators, was established in 1959 and has always

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Virtual Talk: Newport Art Museum by Diedra Harris-Kelley

Newport Art Museum – Saturday, February 13, 2:00 pm (EST) Romare Bearden: Artist of the African-American Experience Diedra Harris-Kelley, artist, educator, and co-director of the Romare Bearden Foundation will introduce us to the multi-dimensional career of visual artist Romare Bearden. Best known for innovative collages depicting scenes of African American

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