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Longtime UHD Professor of Art Floyd Newsum Receives First Major Retrospective at Madison Museum of Contemporary Art

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Thursday, May 11, 2023
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Houston, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professor of Art at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) for 47 years and Project Row Houses Co-Founder Floyd Newsum is presenting his first large-scale retrospective, Evolution of Sight, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, Wisconsin, from May 20 through October 8, 2023.

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  • Houston, May 11, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Professor of Art at the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) for 47 years and Project Row Houses Co-Founder Floyd Newsum is presenting his first large-scale retrospective, Evolution of Sight, at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison, Wisconsin, from May 20 through October 8, 2023.
  • As Newsum explains, “My career covers 50-plus years of creating works of art that are exploring color, marks, and surfaces in various mediums.
  • “Floyd Newsum is a leading artist whose work has been shown and represented in major institutions and collections across the United States,” said Cross.
  • As part of the MMoCA exhibition, Newsum will engage Dane County–area youth and communities through Art Cart, MMoCA’s summer outdoor art-making program.

Crystal Bridges Awards Fourth Prestigious 2022 Don Tyson Prize to Creative Pioneer Deborah Willis, Ph.D.

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Thursday, December 15, 2022
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, renowned photographer and creative pioneer Deborah Willis, Ph.D., received the 2022 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art.

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  • BENTONVILLE, Ark., Dec. 15, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, renowned photographer and creative pioneer Deborah Willis, Ph.D., received the 2022 Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art.
  • Awarded biennially by Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, the Don Tyson Prize recognizes outstanding achievement in American art.
  • Featuring a $200,000 cash award, the Don Tyson Prize for the Advancement of American Art was established by the Tyson family in honor of the late Don Tyson, former chairman and CEO of Tyson Foods.
  • To learn more about the Don Tyson Prize, past winners and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, visit the website .

Houston's Oldest Park Celebrates 150th Anniversary and Commemorates Juneteenth

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Tuesday, June 14, 2022
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HOUSTON, June 14, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Houston's Emancipation Park Conservancy is hosting a summer celebration to commemorate its sesquicentennial anniversary and honor Juneteenth, the nation's newest federal holiday. The holiday recognizes June 19, 1865, the date that enslaved people across Texas learned that they were free, two years after the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.  

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  • Additionally, the event will culminate with a spectacular two-day festival on June 18 and 19 at Emancipation Park.
  • "The Emancipation Park 150th Juneteenth celebration will be a grand event to honor the past, embrace the present and look to the future."
  • "We look forward to celebrating the 150th birthday of the park during this Juneteenth event."
  • Emancipation Park Conservancy is a non-profit 501c3 charitable corporation established in 2014 to restore, manage and enhance Houston's Emancipation Park.