Artuar� and Conversations in the Contemporary

Now - April 29, 2012
Main Gallery

On view are two installations in the 2nd part of the exhibition series Call and Response: Creativity and Community:

• In Artuaré Steven M. Cumming presents multilayered installations that take on the power of visual representation and show how images can shape our ideas of who we are.
• In Conversations in the Contemporary, CreativeJunkfood presents a video installation featuring animation, spoken word, and music that explores personal identity in the political, social, and cultural environment.

Call and Response: Creativity and Community is a multipart exhibition that explores artists and their visions as they draw upon the cultural expression found in schools, churches, community organizations, and other venues in the public sphere.

Separate and Unequaled: Black Baseball in the District of Columbia

Indefinitely
Program Room

Please Note: Call first to check the monthly viewing schedule as the exhibition may not be available when an activity is taking place in the Program Room: 202-633-4820 (recording).

After a recent successful run at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., a condensed version of this popular exhibition is on view at the museum. From Reconstruction to the second half of the 20th century, baseball, the great American pastime, was played in Washington, D.C., on segregated fields. This exhibition looks at the phenomenal popularity and community draw of this sport when played by African Americans. Featured are such personalities as Josh Gibson and "Buck" Leonard, star players of the Negro Leagues most celebrated team, the Washington Homestead Grays. The show also highlights community teams that gave rise to the various amateur, collegiate, and semi-pro black baseball teams and leagues.