By Jane Scholz
The Diversity Committee sponsored a Voices tour of “East of the Pacific,” a temporary exhibition of the work of American artists who are immigrants or descended from immigrants from China, the Phillippines or Japan. It was at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth.
Afterwards, the group visited the Fort Works Art gallery nearby to view a selection of paintings, sculpture and textile art that will be part of the National Juneteenth Museum when it opens next year in South Fort Worth.
The morning of multicultural art appreciation was topped off with a barbecue lunch at Terry Black’s Barbecue in Fort Worth.
Voices member Jane Scholz led the tour of East of the Pacific as members learned about a dozen specific works in the larger exhibition.
As she opened the tour, Scholz said, “We’ll talk about how they brought older artistic traditions from those countries and how they learned and developed new styles here. The results are often very different from what we think of as ‘Asian art’.”
After the tour, members spent some time on their own looking at other works in the exhibition, then traveled a few blocks down the road to visit “Declarations of Freedom,” a group exhibition in partnership with the National Juneteenth Museum.
This exhibition explores how African-American artists use their creations to engage with their history and culture. Focused on contemporary art and selected works from the National Juneteenth Museum’s permanent collection, “Declarations of Freedom” reflects the multifaceted nature of liberation.