The Harlem Artists Guild (1935–41) was an African-American organization founded by artists including Augusta Savage, Charles Alston, Elba Lightfoot, Louise E. Jefferson and bibliophile Arthur Schomburg[1][2] with the aims of encouraging young talent, providing a forum for the discussion of the visual arts in the community, fostering understanding between artists and the public through education towards an appreciation of art, focusing on issues of general concern to Black artists such as racism, poverty and unemployment, and cooperating with agencies to improve conditions and raise standards of living and achievement among African-American artists.[3][4] It is said to have had its origins in the dissatisfaction of African-American artists with the activities of the Harmon Foundation,[5] and was described by co-founder Alston as "a pressure group to get more black artists on the federal projects."[3]
- ^ Sharon F. Patton, "Negro art organizations" Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, African-American Art, Oxford University Press, 1998, p. 147.
- ^ King, Jana. "Louise E. Jefferson's Design Journey". AIGA | the professional association for design. Archived from the original on October 26, 2020. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
- ^ a b Wintz, Carrie D.; Paul Finkelman, eds. (2004). "Second Harlem Renaissance". Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Vol. 1. New York: Routledge. p. 1100. ISBN 0-203-31930-3. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024. Retrieved February 2, 2012.
- ^ "Harlem Artists Guild" Archived 2016-05-05 at the Wayback Machine, Harlem’s Artistic Community in the 1930s", p. 26.
- ^ Mary Ann Calo, Distinction and Denial: Race, Nation, and the Critical Construction of the African American Artist, 1920–40 Archived 2024-04-28 at the Wayback Machine, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2007, pp. 95–97.
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