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Farm Workers continued from page 11 through the efforts of Justice and Witness Ministries and the UCCfs Southern Conference, remains committed to upholding the institution’s historical legacy and also continuing and strengthening the mission of Franklinton Center at Bricks to be place where the underprivileged and oppressed are given tools to seek justice and equality for all. Other institutions with similar histories to the Franklinton Center at Bricks include the Penn

Center at St. Helena’s Island, S.C.; the Federation for Southern Cooperativies in Epes, Ala.; and the Arkansas Land and Farm Cooperative in Fargo, Ark. You are encouraged to seek out the histories of these and other African American institutions that continue to serve and strengthen our communities. Each of these historic places fills an important void and addresses issues of injustice in our communities that other institutions cannot or will not address.

For more information about the Franklinton Center at Bricks, please contact us at 1-800-345-1850 or <[email protected]>. “While regular columnist Bernice Powell Jackson is on sabbatical, her United Church of Christ colleagues have stepped in as guest columnists. This week’s columns were written by the Rev. Mari Castellones, of the UCC Peace and Action Network, Edie Russell, Ph.D., UCC minister of labor relations and community development.

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BLACK ART EXHIBIT BECKONS IN CHICAGO

From anywhere in the Midwest, Chicago is a short ride away and well worth the effort for the next few months to see A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago. For the first time in its history, the Art Institute is mounting its most comprehensive exhibition of masterpieces by African American artists, created over 200 years and collected by the museum since 1905. A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Institute of Chicago, on view Feb. 15 through May 18, presents more than 100 works of art by 60 artists and is one of the most important collections of its kind in the country. The exhibition ranges from a painting by early 19th-century master

Joshua Johnson through the Harlem Renaissance artists, including Aaron Douglas and Archibald Motley, to 1950s works by Richard Hunt and Norman Lewis. There are also works by Sam Gilliam, Martin Puryear and Jacob Lawrence, as well as works by important contemporary and younger artists of color, collected since the 1990s. These paintings, sculptures, and mixedmedia works belong to the Art Institute but have never before been shown together in one place, at one time. The best hotels in Chicago welcome visitors who want to take advantage of the “Art Institute” package that includes free admission passes to the museum, along with a variety of amenities, from free parking to health clubs to

Romare Bearden, 19141988

Archibald J. Motley Jr., 1891-1981

Sargent Johnson, American 18881967 A Century of Collecting: African American Art in The Art Intitute of Chicago February 15 - May 18, 2003

complimentary breakfasts, the town, guests may with the chance to visit Whether coming from far choose from hotels that one of the world’s great afield or leaving the combine comfort, art museums, suburbs for a weekend on convenience, and class