Exhibition: Contemporary Spotlight: New Acquisitions from the Brandywine Workshop
Dates: February 4 – May 1, 2022
Location: Telfair Museums, Jepson Center, 207 W. York St., Savannah, GA 31401
How happy and PROUD I was to visit the Telfair Museums’ Jepson Center in Savannah and see a beautifully installed exhibition of powerful prints made over the past 40 years at Philadelphia’s Brandywine Workshop—which I’m honored to serve as Editor-in-Chief. These works by Black artists—mostly women—demand and deserve attention while exploring the legacies of slavery and racism, complexities of womanhood, importance of education, nature, and more. The featured image here: “Miss Otis” by Emma Amos.
Matt Singer
Editor-in-Chief, Brandywine Workshop & Archives and Artura.org
Independent Writer, Curator and Educator, Philadelphia, PA
Singer earned an MA and PhD from Penn State University in American Studies, focusing on visual and material culture and ethnic and religious studies. He served as Senior Museum Writer and Communications Officer for the Philadelphia Museum of Art from 2001 to 2015—with particular specialization in writing for fundraising, marketing, and strategic-planning contexts—and a curator (pro bono) for the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art from 1999 to 2014. He is a regular contributor to theartblog.org and has had articles published in specialist periodicals such as The Magazine Antiques, newspapers including the Philadelphia Inquirer and Philadelphia Tribune, and scholarly journals.