Earlier this month, AAMP had the pleasure of kicking off College Fest (@campusphilly) with a Black Hippie Art 🎨Workshop (@blackhippieart). Inspired by our Rising☀️Sun exhibition and Renee Stout's (Museum@reneestout5) "Hoodoo Assassins" series. Museum guests imagined their "assassin" alter-egos.
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It was a blast, and we look forward to hosting another workshop in the near future! 😀
#thingstodoinphilly #AAMPEvents #CollegeFest2023
Want to view some art over your lunch break? Why not join AAMP for Art Break? Every third Thursday for one hour at noon, the museum hosts Art Break, a monthly program encouraging visitors to unpack the layered content of a featured exhibition by engaging in informal discussions with curatorial and programming staff and invited guest speakers.
Morgan Lloyd, Lead Gallery Guide/Program Coordinator, will lead this month’s discussion, “The Warmth of Future Suns," to analyze how AAMP’s contemporary Rising Sun Artists connect to contemporary conversations on Afrofuturism to answer the exhibition's question “Is the Sun Rising or Setting on the experiment of American democracy?”
#ArtBreakatAAMP #PhillyEvents
Let’s walk to school! 🚶🏿♀️🚶🏾♂️🚶🏽📙📚
This Saturday, September 16th, lace up your sneakers, pack a water bottle, grab your notebook, and join AAMP as we host the immersive 1838 Black Metropolis’ Philadelphia mile-walking tour.
The nonprofit is offering four custom routes with themes complementing our new exhibition, Rising Sun: Artists in an Uncertain America.
The title of the walking tour emerged from the Pennsylvania Abolition Society’s 1838 Black Census, which reveals a thriving metropolis of almost 19,000 🤯free Black Philadelphians nearly 200 years ago.
Sign up and learn more: risingsunphilly.org 🙌🏾🙌🏾
📸: Dominique Nichole
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AAMP is SO proud of our intern Nah’Shon for his intensive research on the Davis Sisters!
During Nah’Shon’s time here at AAMP, he was curious to learn more about Philly’s Black-Gospel tradition—with a special focus their famous Philly-based family.
After weeks of digging through records, he eventually stumbled upon their descendant, Mr. Coleman. They met at the museum to exchange undertold stories, walk through the museum, and sing some of the singers greatest hits!
#aampmuseum #thedavissisters #gospelmusic #gospel #research #historian #phillyhistory
"Di Nada," an exhibit by local printmaker Gilberto Wilson, is now on display in the Community Corridor at Einstein Medical Center Philadelphia!
AAMP and Einstein Health have partnered to bring art with connections to Philadelphia to the Community Corridor for staff, patients, and the community to enjoy.
“Di Nada,” which pays homage to Wilson’s multicultural and multilingual ancestry, will be the first exhibit at Einstein to feature a contemporary artist who lives and works in Philadelphia.
In "Di Nada," Wilson uses collage-like compositions and fuses photography and printmaking to create a visual language that tells the stories of our nostalgic past and the present urban landscape we call home.
The exhibit will be on display through June. The Community Corridor is located in the lobby of the Tower Building on the Einstein Medical Center campus at 5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, PA 19141.
Check out this behind the scenes sneak peak of our newest exhibition - Derrick Adams: Sanctuary. Our curatorial team has been hard at working setting up this exciting new exhibition inspired by “The Negro Motorist Green Book.” The exhibition opens today, so book your visit to the Museum!
In celebration of #HarrietTubmanDay, our assistant curator, Zindzi Harley, and gallery guide, Morgan Lloyd, shared their reflections on Harriet Tubman’s legacy and the importance of seeing Tubman memorialized with a statue at City Hall.
We’re closing out our Mission Matters video series with Leslie Patterson-Tyler, AAMP Marketing Committee member and Senior Director of Media Relations & Communications at @kimmelculturalcampus. Leslie shares how her family inspired a love of history and the arts from generation to generation.
Roberta Torian, a member of AAMP’s Board of Trustees and Executive Committee, shares with us why visitors should seek out the Museum, not only during #BlackHistoryMonth but yearlong.
We sat down with Jeff Marshall, Chief Diversity Officer at UM Worldwide (@umworldwide) and #AAMP Board Member, to learn what opportunities #BlackHistoryMonth represents for him.
Stephanie Mays Boyd, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the Pennsylvania Convention Center and Board Member of #AAMP’s Executive Committee, reflects of the significance of institutions like The African American Museum in Philadelphia during #BlackHistoryMonth.
Setting the Tone
Setting the Tone: Clef Club Musicians @AAMP
Enjoy virtual musical accompaniment performed by talented musicians from the Philadelphia Clef Club of Jazz and Performing Arts.
Our new Director of Programming and Education, Nina Ball (@lyrispect) reflects on the significance of #BlackHistoryMonth and what she plans to bring to #AAMP.
Setting the Tone: Clef Club Musicians @ Art Sanctuary
Setting the Tone: Clef Club Musicians @ Art Sanctuary
AAMP Commune featuring LaTreice Branson
Commune centers on the work of Richard J. Watson, and features educator and performance artist LaTreice V. Branson, in conversation with natural hair activist, cosmetologist, trichologist, Renata J. Hall. As founder of Rk Hair Loft, Renata offers her clients an exclusive salon experience, specializing in hand-crafted hair care remedies that have been used on lupus, thyroid and diabetic clients, and offering specialized care for those experiencing cognitive, neurological, and mobility disorders. Her clients of over 20 years know her as "The Hair Caretaker."
Due to the inclement weather, the Museum will be closed today, Saturday, January 29th.
Please visit our website at www.aampmuseum.org for a list of upcoming Black History Month programming!
Youth Service Project with Dreamline Workshop
"Art + Activism, Then and Now" Public Dialogue with Richard J. Watson and LaTreice Branson
"In the Name of Emmett Till" Book Discussion
Kwanzaa Creativity Day 7 with Jihan Thomas of Original Seeds Expression (Virtual Learning through the Arts Workshop)
Kwanzaa Creativity Day 6 with Jihan Thomas of Original Seeds Expression (Virtual Learning through the Arts Workshop)
Kwanzaa Drum Circle w/Text Rich Ali
Kwanzaa Drum Circle w/Text Rich Ali
Kwanzaa Creativity with Jihan Thomas (Virtual Learning Through the Arts Workshop)
"Seeding Wellness and Self-Care" presented by Dr. Paul Stephens
Kwanzaa Creativity with Jihan Thomas (Virtual Learning Through the Arts Workshop)
Kwanzaa Creativity with Jihan Thomas (Virtual Learning Through the Arts Workshop)
Kwanzaa Creativity with Jihan Thomas (Virtual Learning Through the Arts Workshop)
"Seeding Wellness and Self-Care" presented by Dr. Sharon Lewis