African American Art in Grove
Aaron Douglas: Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery through Reconstruction, oil on canvas, 1524×3530 mm, 1934
Beginning in 2018, Grove Art launched a multi-year project dedicated to African American art, led by Dr. Steven Nelson, Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery of Art in Washington and a member of Grove’s Editorial Board. This initiative updates Grove’s coverage with new or expanded biographies on Aaron Douglas, Amy Sherald, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Dawoud Bey, Elizabeth Catlett, Howardena Pindell, Kehinde Wiley, Selma Burke, Senga Nengudi, Thelma Golden, and James Van Der Zee, as well as new subject entries including The Harmon Foundation and African American Architecture, updates to our survey of African American Art, and more, spanning 70 articles commissioned thus far. In future updates, we will continue to add new scholarship to cover the work of Black artists in the United States and beyond. The editors send our thanks to all the scholars who have contributed to this project, and to Dr. Nelson for his leadership and expertise.
Supervising Editor
Dr. Steven Nelson, Dean of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (CASVA), National Gallery of Art, Washington
Contributing Scholars
Amber N. Wiley
Bridget R. Cooks
Camara Dia Holloway
Caroline A. Streeter
Christina Knight
Clair Joy
Dalila Scruggs
David Bjelajac
dele Jegede
Delphine Sims
Dennis Raverty
Elizabeth K. Mix
Ellen Tani
James Smalls
Jenifer P. Borum
Jessica M. Ditillio
Jordana Moore Saggese
Joseph D. Ketner II
Josie Roland Hodson
Kaila T. Schedeen
Kelvin L. Parnell, Jr.
Kristina Wilson
Margaret Barlow
Marilyn Richardson
Mark Alan Hewitt
Meaghan M. Walsh
Michelle Wilkinson
Michelle Yun
Nicholas Miller
Paul Von Blum
Phoebe Wolfskill
Regenia Perry
Renée Ater
Sarah Deanne Richter
Sarah Kate Gillespie
Shana Klein
Steven Nelson
Theresa Leininger-Miller
Wendy Jean Katz
