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Delilah W. Pierce Natural Perspective
Press Release For Immediate Release College Park, MD August 20, 2015 – Beginning September 27, 2015 Delilah W. Pierce Natural Perspective...
Stephen McDow
Aug 19, 20152 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Helped Promote Hooks & Porter Exhibit At Howard University
In the December 26, 1957 issue of Jet Magazine Delilah W. Pierce helped promote Earl Hooks’ and James A. Porter’s painting and ceramic...
Stephen McDow
Jul 4, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Among Alma Thomas’ Little Paris Group, 1948
Delilah W. Pierce and Alma Thomas were professional peers and friends. According to the Smithsonian Institutes Archives of American Art...
Stephen McDow
Jul 3, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Helped Address Gender & Racial Inequality In Forever Free: Art By African-Amer
Delilah W. Pierce not only helped to expand black identity perceptions during her life and career as an artist, curator, educator and...
Stephen McDow
Jun 17, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned In Collecting African American Art by Dr. Halima Taha
Delilah W. Pierce Mentioned In Collecting African American Art by Dr. Halima Taha and published by Crown Publishing Group in 1998. Learn...
Stephen McDow
Jun 17, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Included In Corcoran Gallery Book
In 1983 The Gallery published a book authored by historian and current Harvard University Adjunct Professor John Beardsley; color field...
Stephen McDow
Jun 13, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Very Much Part Of Black Arts Movement: Expanding Black Identity Perceptions
Delilah W. Pierce helped expand the Black Arts Movement with her figurative and abstract paintings. Her art helped express the diversity...
Stephen McDow
Jun 11, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce & The First African American Privately Owned Gallery In US
The Barnett Aden Gallery, founded in 1943 by James Vernon Herring (1897-1969) and Alonzo Aden (1906-1961), was the first privately owned...
Stephen McDow
May 22, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Featured & Promoted For Wayland House Gallery Exhibition
On June 23, 1984 Delilah W. Pierce was the featured artist at the Wayland House Gallery in Washington, DC. The exhibition was promoted in...
Stephen McDow
May 14, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce & Fellow Artists’ Files For Exhibition Of African-American Women Artists
According to the Smithsonian Archives of American Art Delilah W. Pierce was to exhibit at The National Women’s Caucus for Art – College...
Stephen McDow
May 7, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Gives Talk – Promoted In The Washingtonian Magazine
Delilah W. Pierce was a very active artist, curator, and educator. One of her talks was promoted in The Washingtonian Magazine in 1985....
Stephen McDow
May 7, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Among The Permanent Howard University Gallery Collection
Delilah W. Pierce was not only an artist, she was an activist, educator and community leader. Ms. Pierce believed in supporting...
Stephen McDow
Apr 26, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Featured In The Art of Black American Women
Delilah W. Pierce dedicated her life to fighting for equal rights for women, equal education, and fairness for people of color. Her art...
Stephen McDow
Apr 26, 20131 min read
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Delilah W Pierce Featured In: Six Washington Masters
In 1983 the Evan-Tibbs Collection published Richard Dempsey, Lois Jones, Delilah Pierce, James Porter, Alma Thomas, James Wells: Six...
Stephen McDow
Apr 24, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Highlighted in Art Voices/South
In 1980 Delilah W. Pierce’s painting Shorelife-Harborside was featured in Art Voices/South, volume 3. Art Voices South #videogames...
Stephen McDow
Apr 23, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Art in Gumbo YaYa: Anthology of Contemporary African-American Women Artists
In 1995 Delilah W. Pierce’s art was featured in Gumbo YaYa. The editor is Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean Emeritus at the Maryland...
Stephen McDow
Apr 23, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Featured in Saint James Guide to Black Artists
In 1997 Delilah W. Pierce was featured in Saint James Guide to Black Artists. The book was authored by Thomas Riggs. About the Saint...
Stephen McDow
Apr 23, 20131 min read
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Delilah W. Pierce Featured in Bearing Witness: Contemporary works by African American women artists
In 1996 Delilah W. Pierce’s art was featured in Bearing Witness: Contemporary words by African American women artists. The book was...
Stephen McDow
Apr 22, 20131 min read
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Hidden Masters: Artists Rising Above Anonymity Featuring Delilah Pierce
Hidden Masters: Artists Rising Above Anonymity Featuring: Delilah Pierce (1904-1992) The “Hidden Masters: Artists Rising Above Anonymity”...
Stephen McDow
Oct 15, 20111 min read
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