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IUPUI UNIVERSITY LIBRARY FEATURES BLACK AMERICAN ART DISPLAY

INDIANAPOLIS - In recognition and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month, IUPUI University Library is currently hosting a cultural display, scheduled through February 28, 2002. The installation, entitled "Seeing Through Black American Eyes," features the private collections of IUPUI Professor William E. and Dr. Joyce G. Taylor, as well as fine art created by national artist Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs and Indianapolis resident Bruce Armstrong.

The Taylor collection will also be the focus of a lecture and reception featuring William and Joyce Taylor hosted by the IUPUI University Library on Tuesday, February 12, at 6 p.m. in the Lilly Auditorium, lower level. The program is free and open to the public.

William and Joyce Taylor have been researching the history of African American visual artists for over 20 years, and the display of books, catalogs, posters and periodicals from their collection reflect the range of this focus. Significant contributions to the retrospective of books include historic and contemporary titles of, "The New Negro" and "6 Black Masters of American Art," as well as, "From Sambo to Superspade: Black Experience in Motion Pictures" and "Romare Bearden, His Life & Art."

The Taylor collection also includes art exhibition catalogs from installations at the Museum of Modern Art, National Museum of Art, Studio Museum of Harlem, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Bucknell University and the Indianapolis Museum of Art. Posters from national Black History exhibitions, and periodicals like The International Review of African-American Art and Black Enterprise complete the collection display.

Professor William E. Taylor, a graduate of Indiana University, has provided a sampling of his own sculpture art for the University Library display. Also included are linocut prints of Dr. Margaret T. Burroughs, founding director of the DuSable Museum of African-American History, Chicago, Ill. Bruce Armstrong studied art at Crispus Attucks High School and Indiana University and his art pieces featured in the display include pastels, acrylics and charcoal, all created in 2000-2001.

The "Seeing Through Black American Eyes" display is located in the University Library Level One Lobby, 755 West Michigan Street. Public parking is available at the North Street Garage. For further information, call (317) 274-0462.

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