SU 2025 LIS 885 Exhibits

Items

• Yaoundé Olu, uniphysicist, at her Osun Studio, 2541 E. 75th St., Chicago, Illinois
  Yaounde Olu outside of her alternative art gallery, Osun in the South Shore neighborhood of Chicago.
• Interview with Yaounde Olu in Chicago, Illinois
  47 minute interview with Yaounde Olu talking about growing up in Chicago and how her art and ideas develop
• Untitled photo, possibly related to: Chicago, Illinois. Newsboy selling the Chicago Defender, a leading Negro newspaper
  Black and white photo of a young newsboy delivering the Chicago defender Big bag shown filled with newspaper and one being held by the boy that says "Chicago Defender"
• Chicago Illinois painting class at South Side Community center
  Image of a group of artists at the South Side community art center painting together at a table sitting in a circle. One person who is presumably the instructor is standing up and overseeing the work of the group.
• Tenth of a Nation: Achievements-Jackie Ormes
  A clip of the series One tenth of a Nation, which aimed to highlight the contributions of African Americans to their communities and the nation. the clip mentions Jackie Ormes, one of the first Black female cartoonists Who wrote cartoons for the Chicago Defender and the Pittsburgh Reporter.
• Catalog, "Exhibition of the Art of the American Negro"
  To celebrate the 75th anniversary of the emancipation from slavery, the American Negro Exposition was organized at the Chicago Coliseum with the goal of creating a national show of the work of African American artists. Thanks to the extensive media coverage the talents of the artists whose art was presented reached crowds far beyond Chicago.
• Bungleton Green by L.Rodger
  Newspaper clipping of the Chicago Defender from 1927. This was drawn by Leslie rodgers who was the first of seven illustrators to illustrate the comic strip in the Chicago Defender.