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Summary:

"Explore the life and legacy of Richmond native Benjamin Wigfall (1930-2017) -- artist, educator, and champion of arts equity. In this first retrospective of his pioneering career, the exhibition highlights the period from his early years in Virginia in the 1950s to his founding of Communications Village, a community art space in Kingston, New York, in the 1970s. Learn about his Richmond roots in the Church Hill neighborhood, his stellar artistic achievements, and his lifelong commitment to building community. Through nearly 50 works of art by Wigfall, numerous video recordings, and a printmaking display, visitors will experience an intimate portrait of his artwork, impact, and legacy"-- [Exhibition website]

Table of Contents:

• Directors' Forewords
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction / Sarah L. Eckhardt
• Benjamin Wigfall and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts / Sarah L. Eckhardt
• Benjamin Wigfall: Coming into the Light of Day at Hampton / Linda Holmes
• Images Not Seen: The Life and Art of Benjamin Wigfall / Drew Thompson
• Plates 1: Benjamin Wigfall Retrospective
• VMFA Fellowship Application
• Leo Katz Letter of Recommendation
• Communications Village Poster
• The Story of Communications Village / Drew Thompson
• Plates 2: Communications Village Artists
• Intaglio Print Editions
• Hudson Valley Artist Network
• Mary Carter Wigfall
• Cinque Gallery
• Robert Blackburn and The Printmaking Workshop
• Benjamin Wigfall's Vision for an Exhibition of Black Artists
• Benny Andrews and Black Emergency Cultural Coalition / Connie Choi
• Melvin Edwards and Jayne Cortez

• Charles Gaines
• Mavis Iona Pusey / Hallie Ringle
• Betty Blayton / Robin Holder
• Printing Blocks and Plates
• Historicizing African American Abstraction, Printmaking, and Activism in 1960s and 1970s New York City / Cynthia Hawkins
• Discovering Ben / Richard Frumess
• An Immediate Connection: Interviewing Benjamin Wigfall / Tosha Grantham
• Benny Andrews's Interview with Benjamin Wigfall, 1976
• Chronology / Nuelle R. Johnson
• Selected Bibliography / Courtney Tkacz.

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Author/Creator:

Eckhardt, Sarah L. , author

Contributors:

Thompson, Drew A. , author

Wigfall, Benjamin, 1930-2017 , artist

Frumess, Richard , contributor

Grantham, Tosha , contributor

Hawkins, Cynthia , contributor

Holmes, Linda , contributor

Choi, Connie , contributor

Holder, Robin, 1952- , contributor

Johnson, Nuelle R. , contributor

Ringle, Hallie , contributor

Tkacz, Courtney , contributor

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts , organizer, issuing body, publisher, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/orm, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pbl

Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art , host institution, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/his

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Benjamin Wigfall & Communications Village [by Eckhardt, S.L.]

Subjects:

Wigfall, Benjamin, 1930-2017 — Exhibitions

Wigfall, Benjamin, 1930-2017 — Friends and associates — Portraits

Wigfall, Benjamin, 1930-2017 — Criticism and interpretation

Communications Village — Exhibitions

Artists — United States — Exhibitions

Friends and associates

Criticism and interpretation

Artists

United States

Genres:

Exhibition catalogs

Portraits

General Notes:

"This catalogue accompanies the exhibition Benjamin Wigfall & Communications Village presented at the Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art at SUNY New Paltz, September 17-December 11, 2022; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, June 17-September 10, 2023"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references.

Physical Description:

xii, 249 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 32 cm

Physical Characteristics:

facsimile; illustration; portrait

Call Numbers:

ND237.W645 A4 2023

ISBNs:

9781934351239 (hardcover)
1934351237 (hardcover)

OCLC Numbers:

1381271580