The show explores the gallery's ties to the Art Students League of New York.

In 1969, tired of the lack of exhibition opportunities for Black artists, Romare Bearden, Ernest Crichlow, and Norman Lewis took matters into their own hands and opened Cinque Gallery, a nonprofit exhibition space on Astor Place in New York’s East Village.

Cinque—named for Joseph Cinque, who led the 1839 revolt on the Amistad slave ship after being kidnapped in Sierra Leone—quickly became a thriving community of young and mid-career artists.

Over its 35-year existence at various spaces across the city, the organization showcased the work of some 450 artists of color, including Emma Amos, Dawoud Bey, Sam Gilliam, and Whitfield Lovell—all of whom are featured in the first-ever exhibition celebrating the legacy of Cinque Gallery at the Art Students League of New York.

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With Eric Dever
May 2, 1 pm - 2:30 pm

Field of Dreams: Objects in Space

Join artist Eric Dever for this Creative Studio for Adults and Teens. This month we will paint outdoors; experience scale and proportion as a means of interpreting the Museum meadow and sculpture exhibition, Field of Dreams.

Everyone will have their own workspace and materials. Materials will be provided.

Preregistration is required. Space is limited.

$35 Non-members | $25 Members

Wednesday, April 28, 2021 
4 pm - 10 pm

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Next Screening:
Saturday, May 8, 2021
1 pm - 5 pm

We Know What We Like is an entertaining conversation featuring three experts in contemporary art discussing some of the most exciting artwork being made today by Triangle alumni and others.

FREE
Tuesday, May 18 at 7 PM EST
On Zoom
Afterparty 8:30 PM

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Frederick J. Brown
South Chicago, 1976

View works by Frederick J. Brown