February 2026 - Bearden Foundation

Romare Bearden’s "The Block," a six-panel collage depicting a vibrant Harlem neighborhood, filled with everyday scenes of community life, children playing, and storefronts, embodying Bearden’s signature storytelling through collage.

Bearden’s Harlem: A Living Map of Memory

February 24, 2026

African-American Art, Art & Activism, Art Education & Mentorship, Art History, Black Artists & Social Change, Community & Cultural Identity, Modern Art, Modern Collage, Romare Bearden

In 1971, visitors who made it to the end of Romare Bearden’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art encountered something that still feels bracing. They stood in front of a long Harlem streetscape called The Block and they listened. Bearden had approved an accompanying “audio-tape collage,” commissioned by the

Cinque Artists Talk Program: Ademola Olugebefola

February 11, 2026

African-American Art, Cinque Artists Program, Events, Programs

Thursday, February 26, 2026, 6:00 – 7:00 pm – Virtual on Zoom Building the Block: Ademola Olugebefola Join us for another edition of the Cinque Artists Talk series, with artist, Ademola Olugebefola. Register on Eventbrite for a link to join the live Q & A session. Free online. Register: https://bit.ly/3MzwMJD Coltrane’s

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