Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University

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Halima Taha, Curator of "Adger Cowans: Sense and Sensibility," will present a lecture on collecting Black art, in conjunction with the exhibition currently on view in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries, "Adger Cowans: Sense and Sensibility." Taha is recognized as an art professional who has contributed to the field as a curator, appraiser, art advisor, educator, and speaker for more than twenty years. She is best known for her groundbreaking bestseller, "Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas," the first book to validate collecting fine art, printmaking, and photography by Americans of African descent as viable assets and commodities within the marketplace. She is an arts advocate committed to nurturing the development, documentation, and acquisition of Black visual culture as a professional speaker and arts writer.