Soul! exhibit invades C-bus

Soul! exhibit invades C-bus

What sort of time period does "Soul!" focus on?
We wanted to make this not chronological. Early on, our discussions about how we would organize this were very animated. The oldest piece is from 1835 and the most recent is 2006 so we're really looking at almost [a] 200-year time span here. Not only is it very broad in its time period and media but we wanted to get a look at why it is people create art and to see if the answer to that question could help make artwork accessible to the public. Our theory was that some people might stay from an art exhibit because they are just not into it or, for some reason or another, are not attracted. We thought we'd go at this for the reasons people create art. That's absolutely something that people can relate to. We thought it was reasonable to say that people create art to remember, to honor, to express a feeling, to tell stories, and to bring about social change. This particular collection is very strong in the latter. The Afro-Am Museum received funding from the Ford Foundation about a decade ago to acquire that particular type of art so the collection is very strong here.