African American Studies features exhibit during Black History month

January 29, 2009

African American Studies features exhibit during Black History month

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University's African American Studies and Research Center and the Black Cultural Center will feature an art exhibit, reception and gallery talk during February.

The Black History month art exhibit is titled "To Know My Mother's Name." The portrait exhibit is by Delita Martin, a Purdue graduate student in the Patti and Rusty Rueff Department of Visual and Performing Arts. The exhibit is on display from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday at the Black Cultural Center, 1100 Third St.

The opening reception is 4-6 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Black Cultural Center Formal Lounge. Martin will give a gallery talk from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Feb. 25 in the Formal Lounge.

The African American Studies and Research Center is housed in the College of Liberal Arts.

Writer: Amy Patterson Neubert, (765) 494-9723, apatterson@purdue.edu

Source: Venetria Patton, associate professor and director of African American Studies and Research Center, (765) 494-2151, vpatton@purdue.edu

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