The Art of Being Black - A Reading List

Accompanying the Art Center of the Bluegrass exhibit, The Art of Being Black: Conversation and Experience, we have compiled a reading list focused on African Americans in the arts. We encourage you to safely visit the exhibit at the Art Center, and consider checking out additional information from our library collection!

Wake Up Our Souls
Wake Up Our Souls
Tonya Bolden
A Splash of Red
A Splash of Red
Jennifer Bryant
Black Art
Black Art
Richard J. Powell
I See You, I See Myself
I See You, I See Myself
Deborah J. Leach
Deep Blues
Deep Blues
Bill Traylor, Josef Helfenstein, Roman Kurzmeyer
Viewfinders
Viewfinders
Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe
Half Past Autumn
Half Past Autumn
Gordon Parks, Philip Brookman, Corcoran Gallery of Art
Harlem Speaks
Harlem Speaks
Cary D. Wintz
Talking to Faith Ringgold
Talking to Faith Ringgold
Faith Ringgold, Linda Freeman, Nancy Roucher
When Malindy Sings
When Malindy Sings
Paul Laurence Dunbar, Margaret Armstrong
Poems of Cabin and Field
Poems of Cabin and Field
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Old in Art School
Old in Art School
Nell Irvin Painter
Infinite Hope
Infinite Hope
Ashley Bryan