I'm thrilled that Sac State Art History students are bringing contemporary African American art by Sacramento artists to campus and that it's something they really care about. Jasmine Wyrick, one of the curators, writes that, "Megan and I have been working on the exhibition for a year and now we are ready to present our hard work to the Sacramento community.... We bring this exhibit to you in celebration of Black History Month. We hope ... that this show touches you as this experience has touched us!" I'm eager to see BLACK and the exhibition of contemporary Korean prints in the University Library Gallery.

There's a related exhibition, XHIBITING BLACKNESS, February 1- April 26 at the Evolve gallery in Oak Park: http://www.evolvethegallery.com/#!coming-up/c1nqe  Evolve is hosting a community discussion with Dr. Bridget R. Cooks, the author of  Exhibiting Blackness: African Americans and the American Art Museum, on Saturday, February 8, 1pm.

Exciting SFAI lecture season

The San Francisco Art Institute's Spring lecture series is especially exciting. It might help fill the void left by SFMOMA's closure.The lectures are free, but you have to make online reservations. I expect the lectures will fill fast, so I've already reserved for Alfredo Jaar's talk and will reserve seats  to hear painter Terry Winters and critical historian Richard Meyer. Those are the three I'll try to get to, but there are nineteen talks scheduled, so take a look at SFAI's calendar and attend at least one.   http://www.sfai.edu/events-by-category/public.  

Geometry of Conscience, 2010, Alfredo Jaar