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After retiring from singing, Moten was active in many Chicago-area institutions including the @LyricOpera, the @FieldMuseum, and the @DuSableMuseum.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Untitled (Portrait of Woman with Flower) by William Edouard Scott (American) - Oil on canvas / c. Early 1930s - DuSable Black History Museum (Chicago, Illinois) #WomenInArt #art #TheDU #DuSableBlackHistoryMuseum #artText #DuSable #WilliamEdouardScott #AfricanAmericanArtist #BlackArt #DuSableMuseum
American artist William Edouard Scott’s “Untitled (Portrait of Woman with Flower)” is an elegant oil-on-canvas portrait housed at the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago. The work depicts a dark-skinned woman shown in profile. She holds a large white flower with green leaves in her left hand. Adorned in a ruffled, low-cut garment of blue and orange, she also wears two gold bracelets and a gold hoop earring. Her hair is dark, wavy, and tied in a ponytail. There are trees next to a body of water in the background. Scott was an African American artist whose career spanned portraiture, murals, Haitian-themed works, and illustrations. Born in Indianapolis, he studied under Otto Stark and later trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the Académie Julian, and Académie Colarossi in Paris. Mentored by the prominent African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner, Scott developed a style grounded in academic realism and impressionism. Scott’s work often sought to counteract negative racial stereotypes by portraying Black subjects with dignity and prominence. He participated in early Harlem Renaissance exhibitions and received a Harmon Foundation award. Awarded a Rosenwald Fellowship in 1931, he traveled extensively in Haiti, producing numerous paintings that depicted everyday Haitian life—marketplaces, fishermen, domestic scenes—with empathy and detail. Throughout his career, Scott executed significant murals, including in Chicago and at the Recorder of Deeds Building in Washington, D.C., where he was the only Black artist selected in 1943. His imagery often spotlighted African American historical figures and civic themes with an elevated, respectful tone. The “Untitled (Portrait of Woman with Flower)” beautifully reflects Scott’s vision: a serene, graceful portrayal of a Black woman, enriched by intimate detailing, like a flower, jewelry, and refined attire, that together affirm her individuality and strength.
August 30, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Untitled (Lady Advertising Saving Bonds) by Charles C Dawson (American) - Watercolor / 1920s-1930s - DuSable Museum of African American History (Chicago, Illinois) #womeninart #art #watercolor #CharlesCDawson #CharlesDawson #AfricanAmericanArtist #DuSableMuseum #DuSableMuseumofAfricanAmericanHistory
Artist Charles Clarence Dawson's undated watercolor depicts a young pale-skinned woman with rosy-red face dressed in a patriotic "American flag" outfit. She wears a red liberty cap, a red and white striped dress, a blue jacket with white stars, and stylish yellow heels. She really stands out in the painting because, except for a few accents, her skin, and her clothing, the entire canvas is muted shades of beige and gray. She sits on a stone bench with an emblem of an eagle and shield, the Great Seal of the United States, on its side. In her left arm, she holds a fasces, or bundle of rods, wrapped in red cord with an axe at the top. In her right hand, she holds several oversized savings bonds, in amounts up to $1,000. Behind her is an eagle statue and a decorative roundel featuring a squirrel on a tree branch storing nuts in a hole. At the 1933 Century of Progress World’s Fair in Chicago, only one African American artist had a visible presence: an adman by the name of Charles Clarence Dawson, classmate of the more famous Archibald Motley, Jr., at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Dawson turned to commercial art to make a living. Born in Georgia in 1889, Dawson attended the famed Tuskegee Institute for two years before moving to New York City to advance his career as an artist. Encountering racism as the first African American in the Art Student League there, he switched to the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, which he believed was less hostile and biased. He co-founded Chicago’s first black arts collective, the Arts and Letters Society, and helped establish the Chicago Art League, a group of exhibiting African American artists. In 1927, Dawson took part in the first exhibition of African American art at a major American museum, the Art Institute’s Negro in Art Week. In the 1940s, Dawson retired from the fine art world, leaving Chicago to become the curator of the Museum of Negro Art and Culture at his alma mater, Tuskegee University in Alabama.
April 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
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Friday’s concert was old home week with fellow #composer and #pianist Anthony R. Green @piargno84 and our #piano soloist Chelsea Randall (lady in red). 5 world premieres by Black composers inspired by #poetry in Chicago @DuSableMuseum
March 22, 2026 at 4:05 PM
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Hopefully I will be able to make it to the museum today
#weoutchea #Sunnmcheaux #Gullahculture #DuSablemuseum
January 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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Operas that passionately tell the stories of the civil rights movement-- READ THE PREVIEW

#ChicagoOperaTheater #ChicagoMusic #ChicagoPerformances #Chicago #Opera #Music #PictureThisPostOpera #CivilRightsMovement #BlackLivesMatter #DuSableMuseum @philipglass.bsky.social

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Chicago Opera Theater Presents SOUNDS OF PROGRESS: OPERA AND THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT — Preview
WHEN: May 10, 2025 WHERE: DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center 740 E 56th Place Chicago, IL 60637 TICKETS: For more information and t
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April 30, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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They let him go. He leveled up.

Dilla went from keeping Chicago’s power grid running to preserving its Black history at the DuSable Museum. Now, he’s making sure the past gets the spotlight it deserves.

Call it a comeback.

#ChicagoHistory #DuSableMuseum #BlackHistory #YouDontKnowChi
January 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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CC: @UChiEngagement @UChicagoMed @SGuchicago @uchicagogsu @DuSableMuseum @ObamaFoundation @LoganUChicago @msichicago
November 18, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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At The DuSable Black History Museum and Education Center
We Dream In Color
Saturday, July 19, 2025
#redcarpet #VictoriaYoung #AndreaGraham
#ImagineBeyondBorders
#awards #dusablemuseum #Chicago #ImagineBeyondBorders
July 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Please join us Friday, 20 March 2026 for #piano music inspired by #poetry. Chicago’s @DuSableMuseum, 740 East 56th Place. My “Piano Broadsides,” are translations of Dudley Randall’s #poetry and open the 7pm program. $10 Tix:
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March 15, 2026 at 6:47 PM
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Congratulations to Sherman Dilla Thomas on his new gig!
#Chicago #ChicagoHistory #DuSableMuseum #BlackHistory #YouDontKnowChi
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Shermann 'Dilla' Thomas Lands 'Dream' Job At DuSable Black History Museum
Thomas, a South Sider who's built a following sharing the positive and surprising histories of Chicago's neighborhoods, is the new face of the South Side Black history museum.
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January 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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L-R: Michael Covenant Watson, poet, yours truly in black @HaikuFest, Joyce Solomon Mormon, Chelsea Randall (red), Perry Diggs, Sister D, and Randy Gardner onstage @DuSableMuseum
March 22, 2026 at 4:08 PM
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Tonite: world premiere #piano #music played by Chelsea Randall @DuSableMuseum 740 E 56th PL, 7pm. Music of @HaikuFest + 5 composers inspired by #poetry of @SoniaSanchezDoc @NikkiGiovanni6 Dudley Randall, et al. FREE tickets to guests of yours truly @HaikuFest 🎶🎹✍🏽💞

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March 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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On February 8th from 5PM to 8PM, @DuSableMuseum is hosting an event all about the history of Black photography. As part of the event, they're planning a huge group photo of current-day Black photographers whose work focuses on Black people and culture. Details here:
November 4, 2024 at 6:33 AM