The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition (1984) was presented by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University. This exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. The exhibit brought together in a rare display and festival, the folk culture of this city's African American community. Black Folk Art: Tradition, Transition, and Adaptation featured folk artists: Peggy Davenport, found objects artist; Reverend Albert Wagner, painter; Ruby Hall, quilter; Helen Dobbins, painter; Jim (Jimoko) Moss, woodcarver; Mickey Towns, painter; Benjamin Collins, metalsmith; Pearkine Lard, quilter; Marcella Welch, dollmaker; Nick Biggins, metalsmith; and, J.D. Harmon, needleworker.
From the guide to the Black Folk Art in Cleveland Records, 1983-1984, (Western Reserve Historical Society)
