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Exhibitions

HHM exhibitions

For 35 years Hammonds House Museum has been committed to exhibiting provocative and transformative works by artists from the African Diaspora; providing them with the creative space to show art that reflects the world as they see it. Our exhibition schedule is diverse in terms of artistic mediums and features established, mid-career and emerging artists.


I have always wanted my art to service my people - to reflect us, to relate to us, to stimulate us,
to make us aware of our potential ...... We have to create an art for liberation and for life.
— Elizabeth Catlett

Past Exhibitions

Charles H. Nelson, Welcome to Atlanta: Charles Nelson, A Retrospective, 2017 (installation image)

Charles H. Nelson, Welcome to Atlanta: Charles Nelson, A Retrospective, 2017 (installation image)


Alphabetical  Listing of Exhibiting Artists                                                
Ron Adams
Jim Alexander           
Katrina Andry          
Romare Bearden
Lillian Blades
Betty Blayton
William Buchanan
Danny Bruce Campbell
Joe Barry Carroll
Elizabeth Catlett        
Alfred Conteh          
Darlyne Dandridge
Joseph Delany
Louis Delsarte
Doris A. Derby
Richard Dial
Thornton Dial
Thornton Dial Jr.
Tina Dunkley
Tomas Esson
Maurice Evans        
Malaika Favorite
Rashida Ferdinand
Tim Fielder
Shanequa Gay
Zelda Grant
Beverly Guy-Sheftall
Marlene Hawthorne     
Robin Holder
Lonnie Holley
Curlee Raven Holton
Damond Howard
Sedrick Huckaby
Tae Earl Jackson
Lashley John
David Johnson
D.E. Johnson
Jena P. Jones
Grace Kisa                 
Arturo Lindsay
Ronald Lockett
Charles Lucus
Michael Mack      
Joseph Hiram Malone
Shoccara Marcus         
Frank Toby Martin
Ealy Mays
Pellom McDaniels, III
Michi Meko                 
Daniel Minter
Joe Minter
Melissa Mitchell
Frank Morrison
Tracy Murrell
Charles H. Nelson
Tunde Odunlade
Charly Palmer
Fahamu Pecou                   
K. Joy Peters
Ronnie Phillips
Linda Poindexter
Taller Portobelo Artists
Steve Prince
Khalil Raghman
Susan J. Ross
Janet Saboor
Raymond Saunders
Bud Smith
Kevin Sipp                 
James Taylor
shelia turner
Cullen B. Washington Jr.
Eric Waters
Charlotte Riley Webb
Carrie Mae Weems
Lynsey Weatherspoon
Fabian Williams
Julie Yarbrough

2023
INSIGHT: Body as Artifact, Archive and Memory
Tokie Rome-Taylor - Curated by Nitzanah Griffin
February 3, 2023 - April 2, 2023

Atlanta Black
Paul Stephen Benjamin
April 21, 2023 - June 25, 2023

Histories and Others
Edouard Duval Carrie
July 14, 2023 - October 1, 2023

Foundations and Futures
Curated by Edward Spriggs | Kevin Sipp | Abiose Spriggs
October 20, 2023 - December 17, 2023


2022
No Justice, No Peace: Protest Photography from 1967 - 2022
Jim Alexander | Dr. Doris Derby | Lashley John | Jena P. Jones | Bud Smith | shelia turner | Lynsey Weatherspoon | Julie Yarbrough - Curated by a Hammonds House Collective of artists, members, staff, and board members
April 29, 2022 - June 26, 2022

My View From Seven Feet

Joe Barry Carroll - Curated by Leatrice Ellzy Wright
July 15, 2022- October 2, 2022

Dans l'espoir d'un Avenir Meilleur (In Hope for a Better Future)
Tracy Murrell - Curated by Arturo Lindsay
October 28, 2022 - December 18, 2022


2021
Departure
Charly Palmer - Curated by Leatrice Elly Wright
April 30, 2021 - August 1, 2021

Exhibiting Culture: Highlights from the Hammonds House Museum Collection
Hammonds House Museum Permanent Collection - Curated by Karen Comer Lowe
August 6, 2021 - January 30, 2022


2020
Translocation & Transfiguration
Masud Olufani
January 10, 2020 - March 16, 2020

Nu Africans
Maurice Evans and Grace Kisa
May 15, 2020 - August 30, 2020


2019
Dandy Lion: (Re) Articulating Black Masculine Identity

Various Artists - Curated by Shantrelle P. Lewis
Organized by Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago
January 18, 2019 - May 31, 2019

Lit Without Sherman: A Love Letter to the West End

Shanequa Gay
June 28, 2019 - December 22, 2019


2018

From Here I Saw What Happened and I Cried & Selected Works
Carrie Mae Weems - Curated by Leatrice Ellzy Wright
January 19, 2018 - April 29, 2018

Views From My Kaleidoscope (Fresh Pop-Up Series)
Melissa Mitchell - Curated by Ravi Windom and Fatuma Dinee
May 18, 2018 - June 3, 2018

Welcome to Atlanta: Charles H. Nelson, A Retrospective
Charles H. Nelson - Curated by Fahamu Pecou
June 15, 2018- July 15, 2018

As We Dream: The O.T. Hammonds and Hammonds House Museum Collection
Various Artists - Curated by Kevin Sipp
July 27, 2018 - September 30, 2018

Black Metropolis: 30 Years of Afrofuturism, Comics, Music, Animation, Decapitated Chickens, Heroes, Villains and Negroes
Tim Fielder - Curated by Boston Fielder
October 12, 2018 - November 25, 2018


2017 

Interiors
Marlene Hawthorne, Shoccara Marcus
Curated by Tracy Murrell
January 15-March 5, 2017

Women In Print: Selections From Atlanta Printmakers
Tina Dunkley, Bre Gobin, Jerushia Graham, Jessica Hill
Curated by - Tracy Murrell
March 19-May 21, 2017

Perceptions Of Otherness
Katrina Andry - Curated by Tracy Murrell
March 19-May 21, 2017

Respondez S'il Vous Plait (RSVP)
Alfred Conteh, Maurice Evans, Grace Kisa, Michi Meko, Fahamu Pecou, Sue Ross, Kevin Sipp, Fabian Williams
Curated by Leatrice Ellzy Wright
June 2-July 15, 2017

Black In My Days
Frank Morrison - Curated by Tracy Murrell
August 11-September 10, 2017

Black: Towards An Afro-Cosmological Understanding
Pellom McDaniels, III
November 17, 2017 -January 7, 2018


2016

Celebrating A Life In Art:
Arturo Lindsay
August 28- January, 2017

To Pass Through and Be Gone
Thornton Dial , Thornton Dial, Jr.,  Richard Dial, LonnieHolley, Ronald Lockett, Charles Lucus,
Joe Minter
March 6 - May 31, 2016

Ealy Mays and Image Perceptions:
Ealy Mays
March 20 - May 31, 2016


2015

Cultural Diagnostics:  
The Imprint of African Textiles and Objects from the Collection of Michael Mack
March 29 - May 3

Absolute Chong:
Photographic Works, Sculpture, and Installation Art by Albert Chong

October 18 - January 17

Divergent Lines: Creativity Between Art and Architecture
September 10 - October 11


2014

The Rupture Between:
The Complexity of Black Manhood: Identity and Spirituality Artists: Claude Clark, Steve Prince, Najee Dorsey

July 13 - September 28, 2014

Time, Experience, Wisdom Etienné Jackson
March 9 - May 4, 2014


2013

A Different Eye: 
Sistagraphy Celebrates 20 Years of Photography
September 8 - December 20, 2013

RE-IMAGINING:
Female Artists From the Permanent Collection
July 14 - August 25, 2013

HOMECOMING: 
African American Family History in Georgia
February 3 - May 5, 2013

Rob Simmons: 
Southern State
September 9, 2012 - January 31, 2013


2012

Rob Simmons:
Southern State
September 9 - December 31

Vivian Schuyler Key: 
Artist of the Harlem Renaissance and Beyond
June 24- August 26

Masks, Medicine, Memory, and Myth:
Collections of Mohammad Phillip, Robert E. Belcher, M.A., and Sarah Jacobs
March 11 - June 3

Contemporary Artists of Africa Here and Abroad
November 20, 2011 - January 29, 2012
Phillip Molan Amonoo - Ghana
Ebrima Ba - Sierre Leone/Senegambia
Ken Chume - Nigeria
Abraham G. Egziaber - Ethiopia
MahamoodIssa - Somalia
Naplah Naplah - Liberia
Ugochukwu Smooth C. Nzewi - Nigeria


2011

David Johnson: 

Photographer
September 25 - November 15

Equal Rites: 
The Art of Michael D. Harris
July 11 - September 11

Daniel Minter:
A Heavy Grace, A Shallow Home
April 23 - June 26

James Hiram Malone:
60 Years of Art, A Diamond Jubilee Celebration
February 13 - April 10


2010
Charlotte Riley Webb
December 5, 2010 - January 11, 2011

Tunde Odunlade:
Dreaming Between Worlds
February 14 - April 12

Incendiary Exposure: 
The Works of Daryl Harris and Michael Morgan
May 2 - June 27

Spirit Chasing Rainbows: 
The Art of Louis Delsarte
July 11 - September 12
 
 Ronnie Phillips
September 26 - November 7


2009

Lillian Blades: 
Eye Sea Reflections
November 22, 2009 - January 21, 2010

Wendy Phillips - Ephemeral Musings
September 20 - November 15

Doris A. Derby and Susan J. Ross:
Photo Griots
July 19 – September 13

African Americans for the Arts:
From Songhai to Symphony Hall
May 22 - July 12

Steve Prince
February 1 - April 17


2008

Tomas Esson
EL BICHO, A Retrospective
November 23, 2008 - January 18, 2009

Eric Waters
September 21 – November 9

Experimental Printmaking Institute - Tellin’ It Like It Is: 
The Art of Curlee Raven Holton
July 20 - September 9

Praise Songs: 
The Art of William Buchanan, Danny Campbell, and Malaika Favorite
May 11 – July 13

Experience The Magnitude: 
Sedrick Huckaby
January 27 - April 6


2007

Made with Hands and Hearts: 
Quilts and Dolls from the Collection of Beverly Guy-Sheftall
And Keepers of Ayida's Rainbow: 
7 Contemporary Quilt and Fiber Artists
Darlyne Dandridge • Zelda Grant • Pat Landry • K. Joy Peters • Linda Poindexter • Khalil Raghman • Janet Saboor
November 18, 2007 - January 13, 2008

Damond Howard and Joseph Delaney:
America’s Greatest Problem Still Continued
September 16 – November 14

Caversham Recent Works and the Global Portals
Interactive Initiative
July 6 - September 9

Theodore A. Harris: 
Original Poster Art from the Black Liberation Movement of the 60's and 70's
June 27 - September 9

Betty Blayton and Robin Holder:
Daughters of the House of Life
April 29 - June 21

Rashida Ferdinand: 
A Butterfly Landed on My Toe…  And It Didn't Fly Away
January 21 - March 29


2006

Frank Toby Martin: 
Dominion of Divine Discovery
November 26, 2006 - January 9, 2007

Wild Seed: 
Tae Earl Jackson and D. E. Johnson
September 24 - November 12

Elizabeth Catlett: 
Life, Love & Revolution
July 16 - September 17

James Taylor and Cullen B. Washington Jr.
May 7 – July 2

Raymond Saunders
January 22 – March 26


2005

Jim Alexander – Photographer
September 4 – October 30

Internal Dialogue
Tina Dunkley
July 17 – August 30

Ron Adams: 
Biography of a Printmaker
May 8 -  June 30

Romare Bearden: 
Atlanta Collects Bearden
February 19 – April 9


2004

The Artists of Taller Portobelo
November 14, 2004 - January 9, 2005

Como Se Cuenta El Cuento: How The Story Is Told
Virgilio Yaneca Esquina and other artists of Taller Portobelo in Panama
November 14 - January 9, 2005

Spirits in the Fans
Ben Jones
July 3 - September 10

Images of America: African American Voices
Selections from the collection of Darrell and Lisa Walker
May 23 - June 30

Visual Expression - Haitian Women Artists
Marie Baptiste, Catile, Marie-Helene Cauvin, Mireille Delice, Marie-Denise Douyon, Marithou Dupoux, Heza, Josiane Joseph, Nadine Lafond, Magda Magloire, Regine Mercier, Tequila Minsky, Marilene Phipps, Leslie Poisson, Lola Poisson, Louisianne St. Fleurant, Hilda Williams
March 14 - April 25

Recent Works
Barbara Nesin
March 14 - April 25


2003

Tragic Magic: New Paintings and Lithographs
Stefanie Jackson
November 23, 2003 - January 23, 2004

The Fourth Dimension
Shahid Al-Bilali
September 7 - November 16

Forty Acres
Richard Mayhew
July 18 - July 27

Diachronic Transcendence: The Language of Vision
Lorielle M. N. Broussard, Kim Collins, Jarrod C. Freeman, Requia Gray, Afi A. Holmes, Arriyan Peagler, Ellene J. Stampley, Sahirah F. Wade
May 4 - May 18

Lost and Found Ecologically Speaking
E. Bruce Phillips, Jr.
April 25 - June 22

Muliebrity
Leslie Jackson
February 2 - April 9


2002

Coded Memories
Carl Williams
November 24 - January 26, 2003

Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas
September 15 - November 3

Archetypes, Modules and Sermons
Roy LaGrone
September 15 - November 10

Spiritual Awakening: Recent Paintings
Wadsworth Jarrell
June 28 - September 8


2001

Urban Soil
Sheila Pree
September 23 - November 11

Quest: Recent Paintings (1997-2001)
Danny Simmons
July 15 - September

Women in Mourning and Outrage: A Multimedia Installation
Cora Marshall
March 11 - June 24

Three Legends: Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence and Samella Lewis
Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Samella Lewis
January 7 - February 18


2000

Applique Works
K. Joy Ballard-Peters
November 5 - December 31

From Stories of My America
Charlotte Riley-Webb
November 5 - December 31

Braids, Twists & Locs: An Experimental Video Installation
Debra J. Robinson
July 30 - August 6

Icons of a Landscape: Paintings, Prints & Sculptures
Gregory Henry
May 19 - July 2

Drawings & Paintings by Dr. Joseph P. Llorens
Joseph P. Llorens
April 30 - June 18

Millennium Flashback: Artists Deserving Wider Exposure (Selections from the Collection of Atlanta Life Insurance Company)
Carol Ann Carter, William Duffy, James Dupree, Kenneth Falana, Charles Holmes, Robert Martin, Jonathan Massie, James Pate, Leroy Porter, Jewel Simon, Roy Vinson Thomas, Susan Thompson, Pat Ward, Lamonte Westmoreland
February 13 - April 16


1999

Kwanzaa Group Show
Various Local Artist
November 28 - January 16, 2000

When Duty Whispers: A Solo Exhibition
Amalia Amaki
November 28 - January 16, 2000

Three One Man Shows: For Sistas That Carry the Burdens of Other Sisters (Kevin Cole), Figurative Abstractions (Michael Ellison), Recent Works (Freddie Styles)
Kevin Cole, Michael Ellison, Freddie Styles
September 19 - November 21

Master Impressions: Limited Edition Lithographs
"Masters" from the Brandywine Print and Rolling Stone Press collections: Benny Andrews, Trina Banks, Moc Brooker, Beverly Buchanan, Selma Burke, Elizabeth Catlett-Mora, Barbara Chase-Riboud, Michael Ellison, Maren Hassinger, Barkley Hendricks, Margo Humphrey, Stephanie Jackson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Lois Mailou Jones, Gwen Knight-Lawrence, Hughie Lee-Smith, Valerie Maynard, Keith Morrison, Curtis Patterson, Howardina Pindell, Alison Saar, John T. Scott, Vincent Smith, Evelyn Terry, Mildred Thompson, James L. Wells
May 13 - June 27

Crossroads & Confluences: Journeys of Spirit
Charnelle Holloway
May 13 - June 27

Charlotte Ka: Cowries, Crosses & Black-Eye Peas ("You can burn down the churches, but you cannot kill THE CHURCH.")
Charlotte Ka
January 31 - April 18

Alejandro Aquilera: Black Drawings (Craftsman, Theologians & Buffoons)
Alejandro Aquilera
January 31 - April 18


1998

Crossroads & Confluences: Journeys of Spirit
Michael D. Harris
September 13 - November 22

Walking On Water
Nelson Carrilho, Ilene Themen
May 17 - August 23

Will Barnett & Bob Blackburn: An Artistic Friendship in Relief
Will Barnet, Bob Blackburn
February 1 - April 26


1997

Precise Significance: Symbolism & Iconology Emerging Artist Exhibition
Lillian Blades, William Downs III, Janine Jackson, Fahamu Pecou, Michael Reese
December 7 - January 18, 1998

West End: Photographs & Works on Paper
Daniel H. Hoover
December 7 - January 18, 1998

Omnipotence
Eddie Granderson
September 14 - November 16

Selections from Our Permanent Collection
Radcliffe Bailey, LeRoy Clarke, Kevin Cole, Ernest Crichlow, Louis Delsarte, Tina Dunkley, Eddie Granderson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Lizetta Lafalle-Collins, Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier, Lev Mills, James Phillips; Romare Bearden; Jacob Lawrence exhibition posters; Haitian paintings
August 24 - September 10

Gyration: A Provocative Photographic Homage to Dance
Sistagraphy: Catherine Alston, T. Major Bey, Edith Biggers, Barbara Bishop, LaShinda Clark, Connie Cross, Sharon Dobson, Mikki Ferrell, Denise Gray, Carolyn Hallmon, Rachel Hill, Jena Jones, Iris King, Lewesa Major, Amanda Morris May, Sylvia McAfee, Cheryl Miller, Lisa Norfleet, Wendy Phillips, Treva Reed, Sue Ross, Francesca Scott, Nafisa Sheriff-Ali, Shelia Turner, Lee Towner, Franita Ware, Julie Yarbrough
June 22 - August 17

Radcliffe Bailey: New Works on Paper
Radcliffe Bailey
April 6 - June 8

Aerie
Lynn Marshall-Linnemeier
February 16 - March 23


1996

Emergence, Resurgence
Kojo Griffin, Daniel Hoover, Jennifer Lackland, Angelbert Metoyer, Sheila Pree
November 24 - January 12

NEK¥IA
Charles H. Nelson, Jr.
November 24 - January 12

Big Lips & Bulging Eyes Revisited
Derogatory images of African Americans collected by Dr. Hammonds
October 6 - November 10

Lifting the Veil: Robert S. Duncanson and the Emergence of the African American Artist
This exhibition was curated by Joseph Ketner, Director of Washington University Gallery of Art, and was presented in two "parts" at HHM and CAU Art Gallery. Exhibition was part of CAU's opening week celebration for its new art gallery.
July 19 - September 15

Pantheon
LeRoy Clarke
May 19 - July 7

Posters by Jacob Lawrence
Jacob Lawerence
January 28 - March 10

Paintings by Vertis C. Hayes
Vertis C. Hayes
January 28 - March 10


1995

Outer Circles, Inner Songs
Kendell Carter, Brent Coleman, Darius Hill, D.E. Johnson, Roy LaGrone, Carl Joe Williams
December 9 - January 14, 1996

She Shells
Kevin Sipp
December 9 - January 14, 1996

Front and Center
Sandy Hall
September 17 - November 19

The 54th Massachusetts: A Photographic Exhibition presented by Zone III Photographic Workshop
Jena Jones, James Long, Michael Carr, and others
June 11 - August 13

Dear Robert, I'll See You At The Crossroads: A Project by Renee Stout
Renee Stout
June 11 - August 13

Visionary Recital
Terry Adkins
April 9 - May 21

Charles White
Charles White
February 12 - March 26


1994

Sources: Contemporary Nigerian Art (First Annual TransAfrican Exhibition)
Tayo Adenaike, Moyo Okediji
November 13 - January 25, 1995

Spirits of The Past, Voices of the Present
Adriene Cruz, Afua Wokoma-Okereke
June 19 - October 16

Romare Bearden: Drawings & Designs
Romare Bearden
June 19 - October 16

Selected Works from the O.T. Hammonds Collection
Romare Bearden and others
March 20

Emma Amos: Paintings and Prints 1982-92
Emma Amos
January 23 - March 6


1993

Jeff Donaldson: Thirty Years of Painting
Jeff Donaldson
October 28 - January 9, 1994

TAP: Investigation of Memory, An Installation & Other Works
Mildred Howard
September 12 - October 17

Tom Miller: Afro-Deco Furniture
Tom Miller
July 18 - August 29

Emerging Into Spirit: Sculptures
Artis Lane
May 16 - June 27

Atlanta Artists (Selected from the Permanent Collection) + New Works, New Acquisitions
Zach Anderson, Louis Delsarte, Tina Dunkley, Jenelse Holloway, Oliver Jackson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Arturo Lindsay, Lev Mills, John Riddle, Freddie Styles, Mildred Thompson, Larry Walker
March 21 - May 2

Expanded Visions
Vandorn Hinnant
January 24 - March 7


`1992

Arthur Carraway: Loaned Translations
Arthur Carraway
November 1 - January 10, 1993

Wadsworth Jarrell: Selected Works
Wadsworth Jarrell
July 27 - October 18

Eight Nigerian Artists
Tunde Odunlade, and others
May 10 - June 28

Convergence: 8 Photographers
Albert Chong, Todd Gray, Jeffery Scales, Coreen Simpson, Clarissa Sligh, Elisabeth Sunday, Christian Walker, Wendel White
March 15 - April 26

Three Atlanta Artists: Recent Works
Donald Locke, Mildred Thompson, Larry Walker
January 26 - March 1


1991

James Phillips, Africobra Abstractionist
James Phillips
December 13 - January 19, 1992

Big Lips, Bulging Eyes
Derogatory images of African Americans from the Dr. O. T. Hammonds Collection. Includes caricatures used in American song sheets, advertisements, newspapers, and cartoons.
September 22 - November 10

Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art
19th and 20th century paintings, sculptures and photographs
June 2 - September 1

Riding On A Blue Note: Monoprints and Works-On-Paper on Jazz Themes
Vincent D. Smith
March 31 - May 12

Lynch Fragments: Selected Small Sculptures
Mel Edwards
January 27 - March 17


1990

Fifty Years of Paintings
Claude Clark
November 18 - January 6, 1991

Lois Mailou Jones
Lois Mailou Jones
October 28 -

James Lesesne Wells: Selected Works 1926 - 1988
James Lesesne Wells
July 29 - September 9

A True Likeness: The Black South of Richard Samuel Roberts (A Collection of Photographic Portraits of the 1920s & 30s)
Richard Samuel Roberts
April 8 - June 3

No Apartheid: Acrylic Paintings on Paper
Valerie Maynard
February 4 - March 4


1989

Web of Life: Paintings, Drawings, Mural Sketches and Prints
John Biggers
November 26 - January 16, 1990

Aspirations: Watercolors & Drawings
Louis Delsarte
September 24 - November 12

Two Schools - New York and Chicago: Contemporary African-American Photography of the 60s & 70s
Beuford Smith/Cesaire, Billy Abernathy, and others
May 28 - July 30

William H. Johnson, American Expressionist: Serigraphs, Linocuts, Drawings
William H. Johnson
April 2 - May 14

The "Toussaint L'Ouverture" Series
Jacob Lawrence
February 5 - March 19


`1988

Children's Book Illustrators, Dollmakers & Collectors
Ashley Bryan, Carole Byard, Patricia Cummings, Tom Feelings, Jerry Pinkney, Edwina Granger, Viola Russell R., Valerie Foster Vaughn, N. Louise Willingham, Mary Ella Willis
November 20 - January 15, 1989

Art and Document: P.H. Polk's Photographs
P.H. Polk
September 25 - November 6

Ancestral Effigies and Other Works
Arturo Lindsay
May 29 - July 4

Inaugural Exhibition
Romare Bearden, Haitian and African American artists, and selected works from Dr. Hammonds' collection
February 27, 1988 -