As part of our educational mission, Anchor Graphics presents lectures on a variety of topics related to historical and contemporary practices in printmaking through our Scraping the Surface and Artist-In-Residence lectures. Artists, curators, collectors, art historians, and conservationist have been among the presenters taking part in these programs. All lectures are free and open to the public. Some past lecture can be viewed online and some are available on DVD. For more information on past lectures click
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Upcoming Lectures:Emory Douglas
December 1, 2009
6:30 - 7:30 pm
After
working in a prison printshop while incarcerated as a teenager and more
formally studying commercial art at San Francisco City College, Emory
Douglas took on the role of Minister of Culture for the Black Panther
Party, creating the group’s visual style and iconic representations of
the Black Power Movement. Through the party’s newspaper The Black
Panther, Douglas’s graphic work helped motivate the disenfranchised to
action throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s. Colette Gaiter has describer
him as the “Norman Rockwell of the ghetto” portraying the strength and
dignity found among even the most harshly oppressed. This lecture is
presented as part of the Scraping the Surface Lecture Series. It is
free and open to the public. The lecture will take place at Columbia
College Chicago, Ferguson Lecture Hall, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Room 101.
