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Atlanta Daily World
Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia
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Atlanta University to open gifted Contemporary Art Collection on Oct. 25, featuring works by artists like Hale Woodruff and Jacob Lawrence, plus selections from Permanent Negro Artists Collection, in Trevor Arnett Library.
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Atlanta University will formally open its new Collection of Contemporary Art on Sunday, October 25, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the new Exhibition Room in Trevor Arnett Library.
The collection, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell of New York, consists, among others, of work by Hale Woodruff, Dong Kingman, Isabel Bishop, Charles Alston, B. J. D. Nordfeldt, William Thon, Robert Vickrey, Edwin Dickinson, Jacob Lawrence and Atlanta's George Beattie. President at the opening will be Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Beattie and Mr. Woodruff.
In addition to the new collection, selected works from Atlanta University's Permanent Collection of works by Negro artists will be exhibited. Mr. Woodruff, formerly on the Atlanta University faculty and now at New York University, was among those responsible for starting the Atlanta University annual exhibition of works by Negro artists in 1942. The permanent collection is composed of purchase award from the exhibitions.
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A special word of commendation should be given to those who worked backstage. Alice Taylor and Julie Gunesh also are director and stage manager, Ben Byrd.
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Atlanta University, Trevor Arnett Library, Atlanta
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Sunday, October 25
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Atlanta University opens new Collection of Contemporary Art gifted by Mr. and Mrs. Chauncey L. Waddell, featuring works by Hale Woodruff, Dong Kingman, Isabel Bishop, Charles Alston, B. J. D. Nordfeldt, William Thon, Robert Vickrey, Edwin Dickinson, Jacob Lawrence, and George Beattie. Opening from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. with Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Beattie, and Mr. Woodruff present. Selected works from Permanent Collection of Negro artists also exhibited; collection from purchase awards since 1942 annual exhibitions started by Woodruff.