Amalia Amaki’s art featured at Wilmington Riverfront exhibit Oct. 11, 12

2:25 p.m., Sept. 30, 2003--Artist and art historian Amalia Amaki, curator of UD’s Paul R. Jones Collection of African-American art and assistant professor of Black American Studies, will be one of the featured artists at the “Fine Art at the Riverfront” exhibition from 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 11-12, at Bank One Center on the Riverfront, 800 South Madison St., Wilmington. Admission is free.

Amalia Amaki

The exhibition features works by more than 30 artists of color, from established and emerging artists from the U.S., Caribbean and South and Central America, including Verna Hart of Wilmington, whose contemporary artwork is inspired by jazz rhythms; portraitist Simmie Knox; sculptor Kimmy Cantrell; and Brazilian painter Ernani Silva.

Amaki was a National Endowment for the Arts fellow in photography and was named Georgia Woman in the Arts in 1997. Known for her large fabric creations, Amaki has work exhibited in the High Museum of Art, the Sam Nunn Federal Center and Hartsfield International Airport, all in Atlanta, and has completed commissions for Coca-Cola Enterprises.

Amaki is working on a book about the Paul Jones Collection and completing work on the history of all-Black exhibitions in America.

A graduate of Georgia State University, Amaki holds a bachelor’s degree in photography from the University of New Mexico and master’s and doctoral degrees from Emory University and has taught at Spelman College.

For more information about the exhibit, call 427-9079.

Article by Sue Moncure

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