| Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery will celebrate the gallery's latest > dual exhibits, "Diaspora: Cultural Insight Through the Leo P. Sam > Art Collection" and "The Color of Music: Blues and Jazz Themes, > Paintings by Joe Roache," on Friday, Oct. 29 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. > This will be a chance to meet the artist and collector and see the > artwork at the gallery. > On Sunday, Oct. 24, to kick off Homecoming, the gallery will open > its doors from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. for a preview and screening of the > exhibit's video production at the gallery. > > Leo Sam, FAMU's former vice president for University Relations, has > been collecting art internationally for more than 50 years. While > collecting art during his travels, he has amassed a large art > collection that he has generously opened the doors of his home to > share with students and colleagues alike. He has also acquired art > from some of the universities he has worked for during his career, > including FAMU and Xavier University. > > In addition to exhibiting such well-known artists in Sam's exhibit, > the show, "Diaspora: Cultural Insight Through the Leo P. Sam Art > Collection," was a collective effort created by Professor Aja > Roache's art merchandising fall 2010 class where students learn the > various aspects of art museum and gallery management by working > towards the production of the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery's Fall > exhibit line-up. > > Joe Roache has taught art and worked at FAMU for nearly 40 years all > while creating, exhibiting and selling his art around the country. > His latest series of paintings has consisted of images of blues and > jazz musicians while incorporating his own visual language of rural > southern landscapes and symbols such as houses and quilts. > > Some of Roache's work will be on sale while in the gallery. > > These exhibits are intended to provide an opportunity for students > to study, view and interpret the art in terms of its cultural > significance as well. > > During Homecoming, the Foster-Tanner Fine Arts Gallery's goal is to > pay homage to the past, present and inspire the future visual > artists and art lovers of FAMU as well as the Tallahassee community > at-large. Though the exhibits are different in subject matter, they > both reveal the richness of the visual arts of black artists and > FAMU's long and outstanding legacy of visual artists. |
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