Museums and Galleries
Museum Africa set to open in 2012
CHICAGO—(SDA) Museum Africa, a 600,000 sq. ft., $50 million museum and library complex devoted to the study of ancient African civilizations, is set to open September 30, 2012, the museum's president announced today.
"It has been a struggle," said Earl Smith, president of Museum Africa. "But I can definitely see a light at the end of the tunnel." He was referring to the more than five years of planning, fundraising and effort that went into the project for it to reach this stage.
Designed to house what Smith calls "the largest, most comprehensive collection" of primary source documents of African scholars and ancient artifacts, the museum-library complex is expected to draw millions of tourists, researchers and others over the next few years, said Smith.
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Philadelphia opens City Hall art gallery
PHILADELPHIA (SDA) — Mayor Michael A. Nutter recently announced the creation of an 800 square foot gallery, The Art Gallery at City Hall, to enliven Philadelphia's historic City Hall and connect the public with the arts. The Office will be located on the first floor.
“Philadelphia is one of the foremost creative cities in the world,” said Mayor Nutter. “This new public gallery and central office for the creative economy demonstrate the importance of arts and culture to our city, to our residents and to this Administration.”
The new offices of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy establish the Office as an independent City department for the first time in the city’s history, with a street-level presence, reconnecting the Office with the public and strengthening its ties with the cultural and creative communities.
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Artist of the month: Akililu Temesgen
Title: Near The Market
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Size: 100mx80cm
Akililu Temesgen is a mixed media artist who works and lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He studied at Addis Ababa University School of Fine Arts and Design, where he attained a BA Degree. He has had exhibited at The Hilton Hotel Ethiopia; Italian Cultural Institute; Makush Gallery, British Council Ethiopia.
He has worked as a senior exhibition facilitator, organizer and art promoter at the Arba Minch Technical School. He also organized an exhibition on traditional handicraft and arts of the Southern Peoples of Ethiopia.
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DuSable's new Children's Penny Cinema
The DuSable Museum of African American History, once again offers an alternative to children spending their summer inside their homes watching “reality” and “court” television programming with the announcement of the 2010 Children’s Penny Cinema Series. All are invited to experience an assortment of exciting and educational films suitable for all ages. This series will take place at the Museum, which is located at 740 East 56th Place (57th Street at South Cottage Grove Avenue) in Chicago’s Washington Park beginning Wednesday, July 7, 2010 and continue through Thursday, August 12, 2010.
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