The Atlantic City Arts Commission will present the Jacob Lawrence Centennial Exhibition in the month of September on the first floor of the Atlantic City Free Library to commemorate the 100th birthday of the famed Atlantic City-born artist.
The exhibit will be on display all month on the first floor of the Atlantic City Free Public Library, with a special reception scheduled on Lawrence’s birthday, Sept. 7, from 2-4 p.m.
It will feature 14 pieces of Lawrence’s art – including three original lithographs and an original poster. One of those originals – “The Builders, The Family” – was part of Lawrence’s iconic “Migration of the Negro” series, a set of 60 narrative paintings that garnered him national acclaim at the age of 23. The series focuses on the Great Migration, the multi-decade mass movement of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North that started in the 1910s.
Event is Free. Visit: http://www.acfpl.org
