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•pg_14-22__BMT_pg3-58 6/21/13 9:08 PM Page 14 M U S E U M N OT E S BY PATRICIA ANN JORDAN SOUL FOOD; TO ART CONSCIOUS BLACK INSURANCE COMPANIES; TO NEIL BELOUFA Hello my ever faithful readers. Take a look below, to read about some unique museum happenings: O n view through June 23, "The Legacy of the Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Company: More Than a Business", shares about the first Black-owned insurance company which housed the nation's largest collection of corporate-owned African-American art. The exhibition celebrates its founders William Nickerson, Jr., Norman O. Houston and George Beavers, Jr. Also highlighted are the activist roles they played in promoting African-American art, culture and history to their employees and customers. The exhibition features select writing and speeches from Nickerson, Jr. and select art under the curatorial guidance of artist William Pajaud. Featured artists include Elizabeth Catlett, Harvey Johnson, Charles Alston, P'lla Mills, Varnette Honeywood and many more. "Things That Cannot Be Seen Any Other Way: The Art of Manuel Mendive," running through October 20, is a retrospective of Afro-Cuban artist Manuel Mendive's 50-year art career, whose central themes focus on the Afro-Cuban religion, Santería. Mendive is considered one of the most prominent Cuban artists living today. While on site, be sure to view "Diverted Destruction 6", opening June 29, 2013 and "Afrodescendientes: Photographer Roberto Chile in Guanabacoa – Cuba" through October 13, 2013. Contact CAAM: (213) 744-7432 or www.caamuseum.org. AMERICA'S NATIONAL SOUL FOOD MUSEUM – ATLANTA AND TRAVELING: Plans have been set in motion to declare Atlanta as the preferred home of America's National Soul Food Museum (SFM). Dr. Kenneth Willhoite believes the expansive and colorful collection of nostalgic Soul Food history and memorabilia is a perfect fit for the Sweet Auburn Historic District Avenue. He and his "delectable" museum have been featured in major media outlets, from Ebony, the New York Times to BET and Black Meetings & Tourism. SFM will also be traveling to cities across the US and welcomes the opportunity to meet and greet people, and garner support nationwide from individuals and organizations. All the while bringing people a taste of soul. Depicting 400 years of contributions of African-Americans in the Culinary Arts and Hospitality Industry, SFM's goal is to document, preserve, celebrate and educate all people, especially our youth on the history and achievements of the soul food industry. Contact: (678) 508-9478 or www.soulfood.org or drwillhoite@yahoo.com. HAMMER MUSEUM- LOS ANGELES: Neil Beloufa is a filmmaker whose films border on a line between fiction and reality. His characters explore enigmatic subjects ranging from extraterrestrials to nationalism, terrorism and the future. His perspective "Red Bandana" shows the iconography of this cloth article to include gangsters, hippies, rock stars, cowboys, and anarchists, whom all adopted it as a sign of affiliation or camaraderie. Through this bandana he examines these subcultures and how they interact with each other. See his film through August 25. Also, at Hammer: Modernist architect A. Quincy Jones through September 8, the first major museum career survey of the Los Angeles-based architect's work. The survey pays special attention to the unique collaborative nature of his practice. Among his collaborators was renowned African-American architect Paul Williams. Jones, also, had a reverence for "the outdoors" and shared community spaces. In addition to the A. Quincy Jones career survey, works by Richard Artschwager are on view through September 1 and Cyprien Gaillard through August 4. Plus, more artists. Contact: (310) 443-7000 or www.HAMMER@UCLA.EDU. 14 B M & T ••• May/June 2013 ••• www.blackmeetingsandtourism.com

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