Seattle Gay News
Issue 10, Volume 44, March 4, 2016
Arts & Entertainment The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper at the Northwest African American Museum
An interview with Jersey Boys’ actor Keith Hines
(l to r) Keith Hines, Aaron De Jesus, Drew Seeley and Matthew Dailey – Photo by Jeremey Daniel
by Eric Andrews-Katz SGN A&E Writer JERSEY BOYS PARAMOUNT THEATRE March 8-13 If I said, “Keith Hines is Nick Massi,” there is a good chance you’d only recognize one of the names. Nick Massi, one of the The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper exhibition is one of the most comprehensive traveling exhibitions ever organized featuring works on paper by AfricanAmerican artists from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. The exhibition will be on display at the Northwest African American Museum through April 17. The 69 works in the exhibition include drawings, etchings, lithographs, watercolors, pastels, acrylics, gouaches, linoleum cuts and color screenprints by such noted artists as Ron Adams, Benny Andrews, Romare Bearden, Aaron Douglas, Jacob Lawrence, Charles White, Elizabeth Catlett, John Biggers, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Eldizer Cortor, Margaret Burroughs, and many other outstanding lesser known artists. They are a small fraction of the Kelley’s large collection that reads like a “Who’s Who” of the masters of late l9th- and 20thcentury African-American art. Esteemed art historian, David Driskell, Professor Emeritus at the University of Maryland at College Park, calls the Kelley Collection “one of the finest that has been assembled tracing the history of African American art.” The works on paper that were gleaned from the Kelley Collection for this exhibition provide a rare opportunity for the public to view master graphics spanning three centuries of African-American art. The Kelleys live in San Antonio, TX. Dr. Harmon Kelley, an obstetrician-gynecologist, and his wife, Harriet, a collegetrained biologist, were inspired to begin collecting after viewing an exhibition of
African-American art at the San Antonio Museum of Art in 1987, where they did not recognize any of the artists’ names. Feeling a sense of cultural isolation, they vowed to educate themselves about this unknown aspect of their heritage. They also wanted to ensure that their two young daughters would become aware of the artistic achievements of African-Americans. Their younger daughter and advisor from early on is a Spelman College-trained art historian who serves as curator of the collection and will advance this remarkable legacy to the next generation and beyond. The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper and ten-year tour have been organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions of Los Angeles, CA. Since 2007, the exhibition has been seen in Lake Charles, LA; Wooster, OH; Selingsgrove, PA; Fort Worth, TX; San Antonio, TX; Coral Gables, FL; Lincoln, NE; Wichita, KS; Los Angeles, CA; St. Joseph, MO; Philadelphia, PA, and now in Seattle, WA. The Northwest African American Museum is located at 2300 S. Massachusetts St. in Seattle. Phone: 206-518-6000. Hours: Monday closed; Tuesday closed; Wednesday 11am-5pm; Thursday 11am-7pm; Friday-Sunday 11am-5pm. Admission: $7.00-adults; $5-students & seniors; children under 5 free. For more information, visit www.naamnw.org. Also on Twitter: @ naamnw and Facebook: Northwest African American Museum. see naam page 3
original members of the musical group, The Four Seasons, has become a part of American musical history and is part of the musical Jersey Boys, which is based on the formation, the meteoric rise, and the phenomenal success of the popular musical quartet. As the hit musical Jersey Boys returns to Seattle, for the first time at the Paramount Theatre, the Seattle Gay News see keith hines page 6
Seattle Musical Theatre presents a fun and peppy production of 9 to 5
by Miryam Gordon SGN A&E Writer 9 TO 5 SEATTLE MUSICAL THEATRE Through March 13
9 to 5, the musical based on the hugely popular 1980 movie starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, Dolly Parton, is now performing at Seattle Musical Theatre. Their production is fun, peppy and with a solid see 9 to 5 page 13