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William T. Williams

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398:"The trustees of the Studio Museum in Harlem read my proposal, interviewed me and hired me to start an Artist-in-Residence program. That program had its start at the first site of the Museum over the liquor store on Fifth Avenue (2033 Fifth Avenue). It was a loft, a factory going out of business that had a lot of sewing machines in it. Mel Edwards and I physically cleaned that space out for the Artist-in-Residence program. That was the beginning. I wanted to create a context, namely an Artist-in-Residence program, through which money could be funnelled to artists which would allow them to ponder the kinds of issues and questions that come up in a graduate program." 42: 441:
Williams returned home to the dusty unpaved roads of North Carolina for the inspiration of a new palette, one born of the luster and glow of mica, false gold, and fox fire from earth's pulsating cover. Williams' relief from color-field painting was celebrated in the new works completed between 1971
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In 2005, Williams was invited to create a print at the Brandywine Workshop in conjunction with receiving the James Van Der Zee Award for Lifetime Achievement. Between July and late August he made five trips to Philadelphia, staying several days at a time. These trips yielded four editions and a
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first invited Williams to make a print at the Printmaking Workshop in 1975. Over the next 22 years, Williams collaborated with Blackburn to produce 19 editions and a number of unique print projects. His last project at the Printmaking Workshop was in 1997 when he produced a number of monoprints
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program titled "Swing Landscapes: Jazz Visualized". The intent of the Jazz Talk program was to explore what it is about jazz that makes its colors, rhythms and characters so attractive to the painter's eye. Williams and author, Alfred Appel, Jr. discussed the influence of
473: 350: 231:(born 1942) is an American painter and educator. He is known for his process-based approach to painting that engages motifs drawn from personal memory and cultural narrative to create non-referential, abstract compositions. He was a Professor of Art at 259:'s Artist Award in 1992 and received The James Van Dee Zee Award from the Brandywine Workshop for lifetime achievement in the arts in 2005. He received the 2006 North Carolina Award for Fine Arts, the highest civilian honor the state can bestow. 242:
He has exhibited in over 100 museums and art centers in the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Venezuela, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, People's Republic of China and Japan. Williams is a recipient of numerous awards including a John Simon
290:. After the family's move to the north, his art talent was recognized by the head of a local community center, who gave him a room there to use as a studio. In 1956, he attended the School of Industrial Art in Manhattan (now the 634:'s Experimental Printmaking Institute (EPI), which included Williams lecture about his work sponsored by the David L. Sr. and Helen J. Temple Visiting Lecture Series Fund. During this year, Williams' work was also shown at 368:
From 1968 until 1970, Williams helped organize the Smokehouse painters (including Melvin Edwards, Guy Ciarcia, and Billy Rose) to paint murals in Harlem, using a hard-edge style. In 1969 he participated in
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number of unique hand-colored prints. The Artic Workshop located in Philadelphia was founded in 1972 to promote interest and talent in printmaking while cultivating cultural diversity in the arts.
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Williams' first one-man show at New York's Reese Palley Gallery in 1971, resulted in the sale of every painting. The same year, the
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and Tyrone Mitchell for the opening of their exhibition Espiritu & Materia at the Museum of Visual Arts, Alejandro Otero.
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Starting in 1979, Williams changed his painting composition style by dividing the canvas into two distinct sections.
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acquired his composition "Elbert Jackson L.A.M.F., Part II" in 1969, and by 1970 his work was being exhibited at the
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Baur, John; Whitney Museum of American Art: Catalogue of the Colle, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York 1974
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and 1977, such as Equinox and Indian Summer. In 1975 William also took part in an artist in residence program at
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Artist's Award for lifetime achievement and his role in creating the artist-in-residence program for the museum.
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of the Schomburg Collection at the Schomburg Center in New York. In 1984 William took part in a show titled
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from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Walker, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Arkansas]] 1996
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The Permanent Collection of the Studio Museum in Harlem, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 1982,
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The Other Side of Color: African American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby, Jr
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Revisiting American Art: Works from the Collections of Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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A Selection of American Art-The Skowhegan School 1946–1976, Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston,
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In 2006, William T. Williams received the North Carolina Governors Award for Fine Arts by Governor
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The Other Side of Color: African American Art in the Collection of Camille O. and William H. Cosby
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Kingsley, April; "From Explosion to Implosion: The Ten Year Transition of William T. Williams",
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For the English and Australian botanist and plant taxonomist William Thomas (Bill) Williams, see
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Williams is the first African American artist to be featured in The Janson History Of Art.
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Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection
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The Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection and Plaza Memorials
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Painting and Sculpture Today, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1972
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To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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Mellow, James R.; "The Black Artist; The Black Art Community; The White Art World",
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The Empire State Collection: Art for the Public Harry Abrams, Inc., New York 1987
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To Conserve a Legacy: American Art from Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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American Paintings at Yale University, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven 1982
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Narratives of African American Art and Identity: The David C. Driskell Collection
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City University of New York, Faculty Research Award, Painting, 1987, 1984, 1973
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James Van Der Zee Award, Brandywine Workshop, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2005
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Dedication Exhibition, James E. Lewis Museum of Art, Baltimore Maryland, 1990
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The Structure of Color, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, April 1971
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Sims, Lowery Stokes; "36. The Mirror the Other: The Politics of Esthetics",
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Williams is represented in numerous public museum collections including the
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held at the Museum of Modern Art. In 1970 Williams was commissioned by the
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Cotter, Holland; "Energy and Abstraction at the Studio Museum in Harlem",
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East-West Contemporary Art, California Afro-American Museum, California,
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National Endowment for the Arts, Individual Artist Award, Painting, 1970
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in Energy and Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction 1964–1980.
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Yale University, Grant for Graduate Study, New Haven, Connecticut, 1966
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African American Almanac: 400 Years of Triumph, Courage and Excellence
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American Images: The SBC Collection of Twentieth-Century American Art
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Williams quickly gained attention from the mainstream art world. The
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In 2006, Williams was a visiting scholar and artist in residence at
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The Search for Freedom-African-American Abstract Painting 1945-1975
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Deluxe Show, Menil Foundation, Rice University, Houston, Texas 1972
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North Carolina Governor's Award for Fine Arts, North Carolina, 2006
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In 2000 Williams took part in an extensive traveling show entitled
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Cutter, Holland; "Getting Personal and Cultural in the Abstract",
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Creative Arts Public Service Grant, Painting, New York, 1985, 1981
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William T. Williams: An Exhibition of Paintings from 1974 to 1985
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Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller Empire State Plaza Art Collection
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Rickey, Carrie; "Singular Work, Double Blind, Triple Threat",
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North Carolina Museum of the Arts: Handbook of the Collections
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Energy/Experimentation: Black Artists and Abstraction 1964-1990
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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25 Years of African-American Art: The Studio Museum in Harlem
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Since the Harlem Renaissance-50 Years of Afro-American Art
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African American Visual Aesthetics - A Post Modernist View
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in New York traveled to eight major museums including the
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Williams started the artist-in-residency program at the
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Artists Salute Skowhegan, Kennedy Galleries, New York,
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to study painting. At Pratt Institute he studied under
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National Endowment for the Arts, Traveling Grant, 1965
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What Is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection
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Williams lives in both New York City and Connecticut.
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Schjeldahl, Peter; "A Triumph Rather Than a Threat",
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Oren, Michael; "The Smokehouse Painters, 1968-1970",
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Driskell, David C.; Cosby, Bill; Hanks, René (2001).
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purchased his art; and his work was featured in both
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Ashton, Dore; "Young Abstract Painters; Right On!",
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Williams", 1280:, The Cochran Collection, Atlanta, Georgia, 1991 2008:, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 1992, 1548:The Afro-American Artist-A Search for Identity 725:The Studio Museum in Harlem Artist's Award,1992 396: 1894:, Jamaica Arts Center, Jamaica, New York, 1988 682:Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 652:at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City. 1268:, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York 1994 449:In 1977, Williams participated in the second 418:exhibited his work twice; collectors such as 329:traveling grant. While in school he explored 294:), which held many of its art classes at the 29:For other people named William Williams, see 8: 1785:, Katonah Museum of Art, Katonah, New York, 1625:, Third Edition, Harry Abrams, Inc. 1987 498:State University of New York at Old Westbury 1733:Patton, Sharon F.; "African American Art", 1510:, University of Wisconsin Publication, 1980 766:"Art; Adding Emotion to Abstract Paintings" 719:Joan Mitchell Foundation, Grant Award, 1996 1609:Images of America: African American Voices 559:underwritten by art patron, Major Thomas. 155: 73:about living persons that is unsourced or 1998:Wilson, Judith; "A Serene Indifference", 1688:, Detroit, Michigan, Sunday, July 3, 1994 1635:Jones, Kellie & Sims, Lowery Stikes; 1489:, Fisk University, Nashville, Tennessee, 1412:Bowling, Frank; "Problems of Criticism", 1390:The Black Artist in America: A Symposium 722:Mid-Atlantic/NEA Regional Fellowship,1994 353:Trane, 1969, col. Studio Museum in Harlem 144:Learn how and when to remove this message 2092:People from Fayetteville, North Carolina 1995:, Boston, Massachusetts, August 20, 1970 1951:, New York: Crown Publishers Inc, 1998, 1847:Seeing Jazz: Artists and Writers on Jazz 538:with painter Jack Whitten and sculptors 511:In 1987 William received the John Simon 371:The Black Artist in America: A Symposium 1286:, New York: Harry N. Abrams Inc., 1996 1089:"Kasha Linville on William T. Williams" 753: 2107:20th-century African-American painters 1969:Twentieth Century African American Art 1775:Powell, Richard & Reynolds, Jock; 1707:, New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1998, 1660:Kenkeleba House, Inc. New York 1991 1569:Fourteen Paintings/William T. Williams 1550:, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, Inc., 946:(1985). "An Unending Visual Odyssey". 728:John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, 1987 692:, one of the Harvard Art Museums; the 502:Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute 2112:21st-century African-American artists 2057:African-American contemporary artists 1961:Twardy, Chuck; "Improving with Age", 1880:, v. 5, iss. 1, January/February 2006 1759:Perreault, John; "Positively Black", 1750:Perreault, John; "Mideast Pipeline", 1111: 1109: 1056: 1054: 1052: 7: 2097:High School of Art and Design alumni 1923:University of Maryland, College Park 1876:Shaw, Penny; "William T. Williams," 1807:, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1984, 1653:Jones, Walter; "Two Black Artists", 1523:Echlin, Hobey; "Spirit and Chance", 967: 965: 908: 906: 881: 879: 877: 825: 823: 821: 819: 817: 759: 757: 2006:Works on Paper/William T. Willilams 601:In 1994 Williams participated in a 550:In 1992 Williams was presented the 2117:20th-century American male artists 858:"William T. Williams, Artist born" 836:. Visible Ink Press. p. 279. 798:"Artist Talk: William T. Williams" 574:in Andover, Massachusetts and the 341:, School of Art and Architecture. 212:Abstraction, Geometric abstraction 14: 2027:A 'Painterly' Show in Jersey City 1977:, Jewish Museum Publication, 1970 1892:Vivian Browne/William T. Williams 1684:Miro, Marsha; "Master Colorist", 1419:"Canvasses Brimming with Color", 1329:Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts 1200:Empire State Plaza Art Collection 887:"William T. Williams's Biography" 862:African American Registry (AAREG) 517:The Art of Black America in Japan 480:In 1982 Williams was included in 31:William Williams (disambiguation) 1405:, "Discussion on Black Art-II", 1395:Bloom, Janet; "In the Museums", 1362:, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, 1972 1177:. Whitney Museum of American Art 255:. He is also a recipient of the 40: 1991:"William T. Williams, Artist", 1949:Collecting African American Art 1719:Black American Literature Forum 1527:, Detroit, July 6-July 12, 1994 1501:Contemporary Visual Expressions 1355:, Oxford University Press, 1982 1278:African American Works on Paper 1151:The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 830:Bracks, Lean'tin (2012-01-01). 568:Addison Gallery of American Art 521:Contemporary Visual Expressions 327:National Endowment for the Arts 249:National Endowment for the Arts 2077:21st-century American painters 2067:20th-century American painters 2062:American contemporary painters 1116:Naves, Mario (July 17, 2007). 764:Zimmer, William (1991-11-17). 666:Whitney Museum of American Art 416:Whitney Museum of American Art 253:Joan Mitchell Foundation Award 1: 1487:Amistad II: Afro-American Art 1325:Harold A. and Ann R. Sorgenti 1023:Raynor, Vivien (1995-08-06). 519:. William also took part in 438:magazines. Valerie J. Mercer 292:High School of Art and Design 278:, United States. Williams is 266:Early childhood and education 1866:, Wadsworth Atheneum 1974, 1667:, v. 55, n. 6, February 1981 1360:Drawings by New York Artists 1002:. Pomegranate. p. 157. 678:North Carolina Museum of Art 566:. The show organized by the 504:in Utica, New York, and the 486:Since the Harlem Renaissance 451:World Festival of Black Arts 345:The late 1960s and the 1970s 51:biography of a living person 1988:, Trenton, New Jersey, 1990 1887:, March 1990, XXVIII, No. 7 1721:, Fall 1990, Vol. 24, No. 3 1260:Sources and further reading 1242:The Studio Museum in Harlem 702:Yale University Art Gallery 636:the Studio Museum in Harlem 323:The Skowhegan School of Art 288:Spring Lake, North Carolina 237:City University of New York 183:Cross Creek, North Carolina 78:must be removed immediately 2133: 1588:Goode-Bryant and Philips, 1386:, April 1991, Vol. 6 No 2 1061:Patton, Sharon F. (1998). 598:Universities Art museums. 500:. 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