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Our Continued Pursuit of Equality
Claire Oliver Gallery thanks the museum professionals that have leaned in and are doing the hard work to change the historical canon, recognizing the underrepresentation of place for women and marginalized communities and championing those underrepresented voices to push forward the agenda to make real and lasting change.
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Highlighting Recent Acquisitions
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Carolyn Mazloomi
Hands Up ... Don't Shoot #2, 2024
Poly-cotton fabric, cotton thread, cotton batting, fabric paint
Art Institute of Chicago
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Gio Swaby
Together We Bloom 5, 2024
fabric and thread
National Gallery of Canada
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Girl With Butterflies, 2024
silk and wool yarn on muslin warp
North Dakota Museum of Art
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Carolyn Mazloomi
In the Spirit of Forgiveness, 2014
Cotton, india ink, cotton thread, and cotton batt
North Dakota Museum of Art
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Gio Swaby
Seeing You Through Her and Me: Verneisha, 2022
Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin
The Brooklyn Museum
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Sami Tsang
Elephant Leg Yee, 2024
Stoneware, glaze, colour slip, China silk, metal rod, grout, red nylon cord
North Dakota Museum of Art
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Suyao Tian
Contours of Unbounded Perception, 2023
Warer-based media on handmade paper
North Dakota Museum of Art
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Stan Squirewell
The Flower Girls, 2023
Mixed media Collage, Paint, Hand Carved Shou Sugi Ban Frame
Wichita Art Museum
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Gio Swaby
Together We Bloom 2, 2023
Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin
Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art
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BK Adams
Better Manchild, 2023
Acrylic Paint
North Dakota Museum of Art
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Earth Bound in Vines, 2023
Mouth Blown and Sandblasted Glass
The Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Fly Home, Earth Bound, 2023
Mouth Blown and Sandblasted Glass
The Port of Seattle, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport
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Gio Swaby
Where I Know You From 4, 2023
Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin
MSU Broad Art Museum
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Olympia's Oasis, 2023
Hand-tufted velvet, acrylic and wool yarn on muslin warp
The Bunker Artspace
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Adebunmi Gbadebo
In Memory of Pirecie McCory, Born 1843, Died June 10, 1933, 2021
True Blue Cemetery soil, South Carolina Gold Rice
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Adebunmi Gbadebo
Memory of William Ravenel Sr 1860 - 1953 RIP, 2021
True Blue Cemetery soil, Human hair from Linda Street & Juel Ferdinand
Newark Museum of Art
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Jacob and the Builders, 2023
Razor cut paper
Washington School of Art
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Worthy, 2022
Hand-tufted velvet, acrylic and wool yarn on rug warp
Weisman Art Museum
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Gio Swaby
Where I Know You From 6, 2023
Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Break Away at Dawn, 2023
Hand-tufted velvet, acrylic and wool yarn on muslin warp
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Gio Swaby
Together We Bloom 3, 2023
Cotton fabric and thread sewn on muslin
Museum of Narrative Arts
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Judith Schaechter
Mother, 2013
Stained Glass Lightbox
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Girls With Flowers II, 2022
Paper cut with hand printed color
Wichita Art Museum
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Adebunmi Gbadebo
K.S., 2022True Blue Cemetery soil, human locs from Aaron Wilson, Kelsey Jackson, & Cheryl Person
Museum Fine Arts Boston
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Lauren Fensterstock
Heart of Negation, 2022
Glass, Quartz, Vintage Crystal, and Mixed Media
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Stan Squirewell
Easter Monday Mums and Dandelions, 2022
Mixed media Collage, Paint, Hand Carved Shou Sugi Ban Frame
Minneapolis Institute of Art
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Stan Squirewell
Peanut & Tee Tee, 2022
Mixed media Collage, Paint, Hand Carved Shou Sugi Ban Frame
Weisman Art Museum
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Judith Schaechter
Here I Come, 2022
Stained Glass in Lightbox
Wichita Art Museum
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Gio Swaby
Pretty Pretty 10, 2021
Thread and Cotton Fabric on Muslin
Peabody Essex Museum
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Gio Swaby
Where I Know You From 2, 2023
Cotton Fabric and Thread Sewn on Muslin
The Speed Art Museum
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Gio Swaby
Together We Bloom, 2021
Cotton Fabric and Thread Sewn on Muslin
Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Divine, 2021
Paper cut with hand-printed color
Washington State Convention Center
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Barbara Earl Thomas
Two Trains, 2022
Paper cut with hand printed color
The Chrysler Museum of Art
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Highlights from Over 300 Museum Acquisitions
Art Institute of Chicago Bisa Butler Gio Swaby Museum of Fine Arts Boston Gio Swaby Adebunmi Gbadebo Judith Schaechter Bisa Butler National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) Adebunmi Gbadebo Bisa Butler Smithsonian American Art Museum Judith Schaechter Bisa Butler The Metropolipan Museum of Art Judith Schaechter The Minneapolis Institute of Art Adebunmi Gbadebo Judith Schaechter Leonardo Benzant The Newark Museum of Art Adebunmi Gbadebo Bisa Butler Government of Canada, Visual Art Collection Simone Elizabeth Saunders Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art Bisa Butler Peabody Essex Museum Gio Swaby 21c Museum Barbara Earl Thomas Simone Elizabeth Saunders Bisa Butler Beth Cavener Stichter Laetitia Soulier Norbert Brunner Joseph Scheer Lisa Alonzo Andrew Erdos The Speed Art Museum Gio Swaby Carnegie Museum of Art Judith Schaechter Henry Art Gallery Barbara Earl Thomas Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields Gio Swaby Jeffrey Henson Scales Memorial Art Gallery Judith Schaechter Perez Art Museum Bisa Butler Philadelphia Museum of Art Judith Schaechter Seattle Art Museum Barbara Earl Thomas Washington State Convention Center Barbara Earl Thomas National Museum of African Art Adebunmi Gbadebo South Carolina State Museum Adebunmi Gbadebo The Bunker Artspace Gio Swaby Adebunmi Gbadebo Robert Peterson Stan Squirewell Bisa Butler Leonardo Benzant The Chrysler Museum of Art Barbara Earl Thomas Judith Schaechter Lauren Fensterstock The Weisman Art Museum Adebunmi Gbadebo Barbara Earl Thomas Jeffrey Henson Scales Simone Elizabeth Saunders Gio Swaby Janine Wiedel Lauren Fensterstock Robert Peterson Beth Lipman Stan Squirewell Tanekeya Word Wichita Art Museum Robert Peterson Judith Schaechter Barbara Earl Thomas The Mint Museum Simone Elizabeth Saunders Judith Schaechter The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art Bisa Butler The Nesr Art Foundation Gio Swaby Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg Gio Swaby Robert Peterson Kemper Art Museum Bisa Butler Beth Lipman Andrew Erdos Mount Holyoke College Art Museum Bisa Butler Mint Museum Simone Elizabeth Saunders Ruben Natal-San Miguel Hunter Museum of American Art Stan Squirewell Judith Schaechter Beth Lipman Peregrine Capital Management Adebunmi Gbadebo Toledo Museum of Art Judith Schaechter Bisa Butler Andrew Erdos Orlando Museum of Art Bisa Butler ODU Museum Foundation, Barry Art Museum Judith Schaechter New Britain Museum of American Art Judith Schaechter Beth Lipman Julie Blackmon Norbert Brunner Sam Gibbons Stephanie Lempert Janet Biggs William T. Wiley Gabi Trinkaus Andrew Erdos Des Moines Art Center Judith Schaechter Farnsworth Art Museum Lauren Fensterstock Aaron Stephans Federal Reserve Board Lisa Alonzo Gibbes Museum of Art Janet Biggs Gilman and Gonzalez-Falla Arts Foundation Laetitia Soulier Golden Foundation Lisa Alonzo Alturas Foundation Judith Schaechter Art in Embassies Gio Swaby Art Production Fund The Black Estate Artspace LLC Lauren Fensterstock C-Collection Trust Kate Clark Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea Paco Cao Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin Andrew Erdos Beth Cavener Stichter Corning Museum of Glass Judith Schaechter Beth Lipman Andrew Erdos Hood Museum of Art Laetitia Soulier The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Beth Lipman The Chipstone Foundation Beth Lipman The Art Museum of West Virginia University Phyllis Bramson Beth Cavener Stichter The Pigozzi Collection Michael Anderson Sam Gibbons The West Collection Richard Stipl University of Washington Barbara Earl Thomas Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows Judith Schaechter North Carolina Museum of Art Beth Lipman Oakland University Michael Anderson Oklahoma City Museum of Art Andrew Erdos Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Laetitia Soulier Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art Beth Lipman Love Art, LLC Bisa Butler Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts Beth Lipman Huntington Museum of Art Beth Cavener Stichter
