New Diversity in the Curriculum

A new course, “African-American Art” (AH 281), is broadening diversity in Humanities study at Eastman this fall. “Race is an enormously important issue in American culture, particularly in the wake of Katrina,” says Professor Rachel Remmel, the course’s instructor. “A course on African-American art will complement the study of jazz at our school.” Students in the course explore four main moments in the history of African-American Art: slavery, the nineteenth century, the Harlem Renaissance, and postmodernism.”

Pictured: Louiza Francis Combs, Woven Wool Blanket, Kentucky, c. 1890, 79 1/2" x 61". Collection of Kenneth Combs, Warrensville Heights, Ohio.

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