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The Black Folk Art in Cleveland exhibition was presented in 1984 by the Mather Gallery of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. The exhibit was the result of a search for Cleveland's African American folk artists and the works created by them. It featured folk artists Peggy Davenport, Reverend Albert Wagner, Ruby Hall, Helen Dobbins, Jim Moss, Mickey Towns, Benjamin Collins, Perkine Lard, Marcella Welch, Nick Biggins, and J.D. Harmon.

From the description of Black Folk Art in Cleveland records, 1983-1984. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 42816061

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creatorOf Mather Gallery. Black Folk Art in Cleveland records, 1983-1984. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
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associatedWith Biggins, Nick. person
associatedWith Black Folk Art in Cleveland. corporateBody
associatedWith Collins, Benjamin. person
associatedWith Davenport, Peggy. person
associatedWith Dobbins, Helen. person
associatedWith Hall, Ruby. person
associatedWith Harmon, J. D. person
associatedWith Lard, Pearkine. person
associatedWith Moss, Jim. person
associatedWith Towns, Mickey. person
associatedWith Wagner, Albert. person
associatedWith Welch, Marcella. person
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Ohio--Cleveland
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African American artists
African American folk art
African Americans
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Active 1983

Active 1984

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