News
- Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective comes to New York's Studio Museum in Harlem
Jul 14, 2011 – Oct 23, 2011 Emma Amos works are on view as part of this Spiral's retrospective. Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective presents works by members of the historic Spiral group, taking as its starting point a recent exhibition of the same name at the Birmingham Museum of Art in Alabama. [...]
- Portraits at Flomenhaft Gallery
Emma Amos' "Bill T. Jones" and "Josephine and the Ostrich" are featured in group show opening tonight, June 29, at the Flomenhaft Gallery. The show will be on view until August 13, 2011. The gallery is located at: 547 W 27th St # 200 New York, NY 10001-5511 (212) 268-4952 For more information visit http://www.flomenhaftgallery.com/
- Spiral: Perspectives on an African-American Art Collective currently on view at Birmingham Museum
Two Amos' paintings are featured in this revisiting of the Spiral Group that she joined in the 1960's. For more information, visit: http://www.artsbma.org/exhibitions/spiral
- Talk at Birmingham Museum in Alabama
Emma Amos was invited and spoke about her work since the Spiral Group to her latest paintings. In addition to showing Measuring Measuring, part of the Museum's collection, its chief curator, Emily Hanna, is preparing an exhibition on the Spiral Group for December 2010, which will feature some of Emma's works from that period.
- Emma Amos awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant in July 2010.
Congratulations Emma! More information: Pollock-Krasner Foundation
- Solo Show at Flomenhaft
Emma has a solo show at Flomenhaft Gallery that includes her newest paintings and prints. It opened Thursday, January 14, and runs until Saturday, February 27. Flomenhaft Gallery 547 West 27th Street Suite 200 212.268.4952 Open Tuesday–Saturday 10:30 am–5 pm Read the Press Release here: Flomenhaft Gallery- Press Release
- Latest paintings
Emma spent October as a guest at Yaddo, where she made three new paintings, shown here with their borders not yet applied: Meanwhile, the painting we saw her beginning in July is now finished:
- More works in progress
The triptych Emma has been working on since March is still underway. After some planning, a few of the narrow border strips have been attached. The rest are still being worked out.
- A fireside chat, without the fireside
On April 16, Emma gave the Eighth Annual David C. Driskell Lecture in the Visual Arts at the University of Maryland's David C. Driskell Center. Or, more accurately, she shared the stage with Professor Driskell himself, and the lecture was in the form of a discussion between the two of them. The event was free, [...]
- More progress snapshots
Here are more snapshots of the painting Emma is working on: