• Exhibition*: The Art of Photography
  Local Washington-Baltimore photographers and visual artists demonstrate the range of photography as fine art through portraiture, places, and abstraction, featuring Michael Platt, Barbara Blanco, Henry Ferrand, Adrienne Mills, Jonathan French, Denee Barr, and Michael Parker.
  
  Opening reception, November 30, 6-8 p.m. at MAS (FREE)
  
  On view November 30, 2007 – February 28, 2008 (Saturday gallery hours 1-5 pm or by appointment)

• Exhibition*: The Art of Photography
• Artists Talk, The Art of Photography exhibition
  (4-6 p.m. FREE)

• Scholars Speak: Dr. Deborah Willis, The Art of Photography (6-8 p.m.)
  Deborah Willis is Professor of Photography and Imaging at New York University, Tisch School of the Arts. She has pursued a dual professional career as an art photographer and a historian of African American photography and curator of African American culture. Dr. Willis’ salon talk provides insights on photography as an art form and comments on the exhibition on view at MAS.

• Opening Exhibition: Photographs by Bettye Robertson (Brandywine Print Gallery, lower level)
  (6-8 p.m.)
• Spain Night – Tour Participants Share Photos and Memories over Spanish Wine and Olives
  (6-8 p.m. FREE and Open to the Public)

• Exhibition: Ancestral Vessels
  Painter, Printmaker, and Ceramic Sculptor Kwabena Ampofo-Anti has roots in Ghana, West Africa, his birthplace; Washington, DC, where he studied art at Howard University; and Virginia, where he teaches art at Hampton University. These roots feed a prolific spirit that unfolds through “vessels” of clay, paper and canvas. This exhibition highlights clay sculptures and two dimensional works by Ampofo.
  
  Opening reception March 29, 2008, 5-7pm at MAS (FREE)
  
  On view March 29 – May 31, 2008
  (by appointment or announced times)

• Scholars Speak: Dr. James Hatch, African American Theatre – In Search of Gold, A Personal Odyssey Author of A History of African American Theatre (with Errol Hill), Dr. Hatch shares the journey that led to the creation of this book, a treasured resource for students and the theatre inquisitive.
  
  Salon and book signing, 6-8 pm at MAS
  
  Cost: $25 (credited toward book or art purchase, FREE to MAS Club Members at the Patron level or above)

• Artist Talk – Ancestral Vessels
  Artist Kwabena Ampofo-Anti discusses the exhibition, his work and what inspires him.
  
  5-7pm at MAS (FREE)

• Scholars Speak: Dr. Floyd Coleman, Avant-garde Artists of Our Times. Over the past 30 years, Dr. Floyd Coleman has helped to expand the canon of African American Art history. He has written and lectured widely on developments in African American Art of the 20th century with an emphasis on art movements from the nineteen sixties to the present. Dr. Coleman is professor of art at Howard University and leads the annual James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art. Dr. Coleman makes sense of far reaching and sometimes controversial artists of our times. Ranging from contemporary African artists such as Wosene and Ampofo to African American artists such as Kara Walker, Lyle Ashton Harris, Jefferson Pinder, Iona Rozeal Brown, and Kehinde Wiley. – this promises to be provocative. Cost: $25 (credited toward book or art purchase), 6-8 pm at MAS. FREE to MAS Club Members at the Patron level or above).

• Scholars Speak: Dr. Elizabeth Turner, Dr. Leslie King-Hammond and Dr. David C. Driskell, Looking Back, Looking Forward Three leading scholars on African American art speak – Dr. Turner, University Professor at the UVA and curator of two major national traveling exhibitions on Jacob Lawrence, Over the Line: The Art and Life of Jacob Lawrence (2001-03) and The Migration Series (1993-1995) for The Philips Museum; Dr. King-Hammond, Dean of Graduate Studies and Professor of Art History, at the Maryland Institute College of Art and Chair of the Board of The Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture; and Dr. Driskell, an emeritus professor at the University of Maryland, College Park where the David C. Driskell Center of African American and African Diaspora Visual Arts and Culture was founded in his honor, artist, collector, and cited as one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject of African American Art. One scholar asks, the others respond. All refl ect on artists of the 20th century and look ahead to artists in the new millennia.
  
  This event is co-sponsored by The Phillips Collection.
  
  Thursday, 6:30 p.m., The Phillips Collection, Sant Auditorium
  
  Cost: FREE with museum admission

We Invite You to Join the MAS Salon Club!

Join a group of art-minded folks who enjoy invitations to private events, discounts on artwork, books, tours, and more. Even better, MAS is in the process of incorporating as a non-profit, which means a portion of your contribution may be tax deductible this year. Club membership levels start at $50.00 ($25 for students). There is bound to be a membership level that fits your budget or interest. As importantly, your membership supports MAS program development and other good causes!

For details on membership levels and benefits, refer to the enclosed insert or visit our website at www.millenniumartssalon.org/membership.

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ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Sam Gilliam joins the MAS Arts Advisory Board. We are thrilled that one of America’s most important abstract painters will provide artistic guidance and support for MAS programs as a member of its Arts Advisory Board. MAS is incorporating as a non-profi t organization. See front cover for a list of the newly established MAS Board of Directors, Arts Advisory Board Members, and Staff and Volunteers.