Romare Bearden Foundation Inc

The foundation developed and presented several programs as part of our the"cinque artist program" talk series that provides a platform for mid- career artists. Speakers are paid an honorarium. Artists included philip smallwood (april 23, 2024); hank willis thomas (november 15, 2024); kahlil irving (october 16, 2024); and nancy grossman (october 17, 2024)

Foundation traveling exhibition showed at two venues- clay art center, charleston, wv (nov. 2023 - feb 2024); the foundation also lent works for a small exhibition at the paramount center for the arts in in st. Cloud, mn. (june 24 -july 29, 2024); the co-directors both travelled to give gallery talks in support of the traveling show at the clay art center, charleston, wv (february 1-3, 2024)

Support to scholars to encourage new exhibitions and publications on the artist; managed research and image requests; support to new documentary film on bearden. Foundation representation at several conferences and initiative meetings, including the harlem semester initiative at barnard college- (ongoing spring 2024) and harlem cultural collaboration (ongoing); artist endowed foundation annual forum (oct 2024); support to a consortium of artist endowed foundation pilot program for interns and fellows in the arts. The foundation board and staff hosted a spring salon in washington, dc included a talk by scholar leslie king hammond, and art auction with n'namdi gallery (june 8, 2024); attended conference black portraiture (venice april 20-21, 2024); represented at group by unit gallery in venice, italy (april 2024); the foundation staff and board members participated in the launch of a new documentary on bearden, at miami art basel (dec 1-4, 2024). This included a small exhibition of collage, and a panel discussion with the filmmaker, deborah riley draper, and artist tschabalala self.