- Collection:
- Community Art in Atlanta, 1977-1987: Jim Alexander's Photographs of the Neighborhood Arts Center from the Auburn Avenue Research Library
- Title:
- Romare and Nanette at the NAC
- Creator:
- Alexander, Jim
- Date of Original:
- 1978-03
- Subject:
- Community arts projects--Georgia--Atlanta
African American artists--Portraits
Neighborhood Arts Center (Atlanta, Ga.)
Bearden, Romare, 1911-1988--Portraits
Bearden, Nanette--Portraits
Lee, Jim--Portraits
Price, Kerry--Portraits
Riddle, John, 1933---Portraits - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Mechanicsville, 33.739, -84.39854 - Medium:
- black-and-white photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
image/x-mrsid - Description:
- "Nanette Bearden, Jim Lee, Kerry Price, John Riddle, Romare Bearden and unidentified child at the Neighborhood Arts Center."--from Jim Alexander's annotations.
Visual artist and African American activist Romare Bearden (front) and his wife, dancer and choreographer Nanette Bearden (back left), with Neighborhood Arts Center poet-in-residence Jim Lee (back center), assistant director Kerry Price (back right), director John Riddle (right) and an unidentified Neighborhood Arts Center student. The Beardens visited the Neighborhood Arts Center March 22-23, 1978 to attend opening events for an exhibit of Bearden's art at the center. On March 22, Bearden spoke to the Neighborhood Arts Center staff about his work. The next day, around 600 people attended the opening reception for the exhibit.
Title provided by Jim Alexander. - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac23
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac23#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/aarl_anac_janac23/presentation/manifest.json
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by Jim Alexander.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: Romare and Nanette at the Neighborhood Arts Center. Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia.
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : b&w ; 27 x 35 cm.
- Original Collection:
- Neighborhood Arts Center photographs series. Jim Alexander collection. Archives Division, Auburn Avenue Research Library on African American Culture and History, Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System.
- Holding Institution:
- Auburn Avenue Research Library on African-American Culture and History
- Rights:
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