A Force for Change
A Force for Change: African American Art and the Julius Rosenwald Fund Daniel Schulman (Editor)
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810125889
DDC: 704.039607300748
Edition: Paperback; 2009-03-28
Summary:
The Julius Rosenwald Fund has been largely ignored in the literature
of both art history and African American studies, despite its unique
focus, intensity, and commitment. Spertus Museum in Chicago has
organized an exhibition, guest curated by Daniel Schulman, that
presents and explores the work of funded artists as well as the
history of the Fund. Through it, and this accompanying collection of
essays, illustrations, and color plates, we see the Fund's
groundbreaking initiative to address issues relating to the unequal
treatment of blacks in American life. The book constitutes a
veritable who's who of African American artists and intellectuals of
the first half of the twentieth century, as well as a roll call of
modern contributors who represent the leading scholars in their
fields, including Peter M. Ascoli, grandson and biographer of Julius
Rosenwald, and Kinshasha Holman Conwill, deputy director of the
National Museum of African American Art and Culture. With
far-reaching influence even today, the Julius Rosenwald Fund stands
alongside the Rockefeller and Carnegie funds as a major force in
American cultural history. This book takes an illuminating look at an
innovative fund and the opportunities it brought to African American
artists.
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