Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms National Juried Art Show

PFW has provided grant support for this Art Show which opens Sat. Oct. 13, 2018 at the Ohio History Center • 10 a.m.–5 p.m.
The National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC), which is part of our State’s extensive  network of museums and historical sites maintained by    the Ohio History Connection (OHC)  and in collaboration with The King Arts Complex, and the African American Visual Artists Guild of Dayton (AAVAG)  will present the fifth annual Black Heritage Through Visual Rhythms National Juried Art Show at the Ohio History Connection Museum in Columbus, OH.  Artists from across the United States a have submitted  their work to the juried art exhibition.

When the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center (NAAMCC) opened its doors in 1988, it was on the vanguard by being one of the first national museums dedicated to African American history.  Today, NAAMCC houses over 8,000 artifacts, 600 linear feet of archived materials, and remains a pioneer in preserving and presenting African American history and culture.  Learn more about the 30-year history and cultural influence of the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center.

The National Afro-American Museum & Cultural Center opened to the public in April 1988. Since that time, thousands of visitors have enjoyed the museum and its exhibits, including former President George Bush, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali, historian and Ebony Editor Lerone Bennett, Jr., acclaimed artist Benny Andrews, fight promoter Don King, musician Winton Marsalis, noted actor William Marshall, Hall of Fame basketball coach John McLendon, educator Dr. Alvin Poussaint, Hall of Fame basketball player Oscar Robertson, His Excellency President of Mali Moussa Traore, plus numerous Congressional representatives, senators and others.

The museum is the permanent home of one of the nation’s largest collections of Afro-American materials, with over 9,000 artifacts and artwork, 350 manuscript collections, and thousands of photographs. Items include a dress uniform owned by General Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., Alex Haley’s typewriter and his final draft of Roots, the NAACP Spingarn Medal awarded to Carter G. Woodson, a buffalo hide coat worn by a Buffalo Soldier, and Gregory Hines’s tap shoes.  ohiohistory.org