Community Outreach
Suffolk Art League regularly participates in community-focused events.
We bring a variety of art activities to groups of all ages at no cost to the participants.
We bring a variety of art activities to groups of all ages at no cost to the participants.
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Annual Book Donation
SUFFOLK ART LEAGUE DONATES BLACK ORPHEUS: JACOB LAWRENCE AND THE MBARI CLUB TO THE SUFFOLK PUBLIC LIBRARY
Hillarey Breedlove with Suffolk Public Library Director, Clint Ruby. July 19, 2023
Suffolk Art League presents its annual book donation to the Suffolk Public Library. The book Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club is a catalog of images from the Chrysler Museum of Art’s Exhibit on display from October 2022 through January 2023.
The Suffolk Art League donates an art-related book or collection of books to enhance the Suffolk Public Library’s Arts and Culture collection. This year, the Suffolk Art League supported the Library and a local art museum by purchasing the selected book, Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, from the Chrysler Museum shop. This book is a full-color catalog of the exhibit co-organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club exhibit is a collection of over 125 objects from the Mbari Artists and Writers Club featured in the arts and culture magazine, Black Orpheus which the Mbari Club published from 1957-67. The Mbari Artists and Writers Club was an artistic organization of Nigerian-based artists from all artistic expressions, which promoted modern African and international artistic practices rooted in African culture. The Mbari Club’s publication featured artists from across the globe including American painter, Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence (b.1917-d.2000) was an American Afrocentric, “Dynamic Cubist” painter who utilized a bright color palette and repeated shapes and patterns that transcended a modern interpretation of everyday life. Lawrence’s illustrative narrative of African American way of life and historical events gained him recognition as a prolific painter and a trailblazer in the art world. Lawrence was one of the first African American artists to have a painting acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941, during the height of segregation. The exhibit allowed viewers to experience the lesser-known Nigerian Series of paintings by Lawrence from one of his many influential visits to the country during the 1960s.
Our local community had the pleasure of viewing this culturally rich exhibit at the Chrysler Museum last year. The Suffolk Art League found the exhibit catalog an appropriate donation for the expansion of the library’s collection due to the vast cultural richness of African Diasporan artists recording the historical importance of African culture during a poignant time in history across the globe from the American Civil Rights Movement and Nigerian Independence.
The Suffolk Art League donates an art-related book or collection of books to enhance the Suffolk Public Library’s Arts and Culture collection. This year, the Suffolk Art League supported the Library and a local art museum by purchasing the selected book, Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club, from the Chrysler Museum shop. This book is a full-color catalog of the exhibit co-organized by the Chrysler Museum of Art and the New Orleans Museum of Art.
Black Orpheus: Jacob Lawrence and the Mbari Club exhibit is a collection of over 125 objects from the Mbari Artists and Writers Club featured in the arts and culture magazine, Black Orpheus which the Mbari Club published from 1957-67. The Mbari Artists and Writers Club was an artistic organization of Nigerian-based artists from all artistic expressions, which promoted modern African and international artistic practices rooted in African culture. The Mbari Club’s publication featured artists from across the globe including American painter, Jacob Lawrence. Jacob Lawrence (b.1917-d.2000) was an American Afrocentric, “Dynamic Cubist” painter who utilized a bright color palette and repeated shapes and patterns that transcended a modern interpretation of everyday life. Lawrence’s illustrative narrative of African American way of life and historical events gained him recognition as a prolific painter and a trailblazer in the art world. Lawrence was one of the first African American artists to have a painting acquired by the Museum of Modern Art in New York City in 1941, during the height of segregation. The exhibit allowed viewers to experience the lesser-known Nigerian Series of paintings by Lawrence from one of his many influential visits to the country during the 1960s.
Our local community had the pleasure of viewing this culturally rich exhibit at the Chrysler Museum last year. The Suffolk Art League found the exhibit catalog an appropriate donation for the expansion of the library’s collection due to the vast cultural richness of African Diasporan artists recording the historical importance of African culture during a poignant time in history across the globe from the American Civil Rights Movement and Nigerian Independence.