Deidre Hamlar, CMA’s Curator at Large, reflects on her daily experience stewarding the legacy of one of America’s most prolific artists. I have a dream job. I work every day to preserve the life, art, and legacy of one of Read More…
Anthony Peyton Young on Feeling the Energy of Aminah Robinson
In August of 2022, The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) awarded the Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Artist Residency to Anthony Peyton Young, a Boston-based artist who specializes in drawing, bleaching, ceramics and collage. Since then, Young has been hard at Read More…
Time and Reflection: Behind Her Gaze
History-mapping draws the wide and narrow, the known and unknown past to the present. During my residency at the Aminah Robinson house, I examined the impulses behind my prose poem “Blood on a Blackberry” and found a kinship with Read More…
Happy Birthday, Aminah!
Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson was born on February 18, 1940, and would have celebrated her 80th birthday this year. Columbus Museum of Art is proud to be honoring her legacy with a major exhibition and book, Raggin’ On: The Art of Read More…
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Inspired by Hope: How the Election of President Barack Obama Inspired one of the Last Major Bodies of Work by MacArthur Genius Artist Aminah Robinson
Columbus, Ohio artist, and MacArthur Genius grant winner Aminah Robinson said that she received a vision from God to create the art for Aminah’s Presidential Suite, one of the last major bodies of work she produced before her death in Read More…
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Celebrating Aminah Robinson
Join us July 18 for A Celebration of Life: Aminah Robinson. This day-long event features many opportunities to remember and to celebrate Aminah. A special exhibition of Aminah’s work is on view in the Forum. Guests of all ages can Read More…
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