North Texas Daily (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 91, No. 21, Ed. 1 Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Page: 5 of 8
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Tuesday.February 19.2008 Page5
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Arts & Life
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African-American museum honors black community
BY SH aina zucker
StaffWriter
Ten years of work paid off when
the Denton County Historical Park
Foundation, in collaboration with
the Historical Commission, trans-
formed an old dilapidated house
from a displaced black commu-
nity into the county's first African-
American museum.
A dedication ceremony for
the museum's grand opening
was held in the Denton County
Commissioners Office at 2 p.m.
Saturday to commemorate the
people of the Quakertown commu-
nity, andaribbon cutting ceremony
later followed at the 600-square foot
museum at 317 Mulberry St.
The refurbished house once
belonged to Quakertown, athriving
black neighborhood bordered by
Bell Avenue, McKinney, Oakland
and Withers Streets. In the early
'20s the city of Denton voted to
condemn the Quakertown land
to make room for a Civic Center
Park.
Peggy Capps has been amember
of the Denton County Historical
Commission for about 15 years,
and the chairman for the last three
and a half years.
"The residents of Quakertown
were allowed to accept money, not
nearly what the property was prob-
ably worth, or they were allowed
to move their homes," Capps said.
"Several of the homes were moved
to other parts of southeast Denton,
and over the years the houses have
disappeared or deteriorated."
Debbie Denmon, an NT alumna
and anchor for WFAA Channel 8,
gave a short speech to begin the
dedication ceremony.
"I think this museum says a
lot about the community and the
community spirit," Denmon said.
"It takes a lot of guts to recognize
when people have been wronged
instead of just sweeping it under
the rug."
Rep. Michael Burgess attended
the ceremony and presented the
museum with a proclamation that
was put into the congressional
records and a flag that flew over
the nation's capital.
"This museumis probably along
time overdue and it's a part of our
past," Burgess said. "Sometimes
it may be uncomfortable to
confront these issues, but if we
don't acknowledge them, then we
run the risk of repeating them."
The Historic Park Foundation
Board collected funding from a
variety of sources including anon-
ymous donors, private founda-
tions, fundraisers such as selling
quilts and sponsoring concerts of
black church choirs.
"This is a great milestone for
the county," said Andy Eads, a
board member and Denton
County Commissioner of the 4th
Precinct. "We are so excited that
this is finally open and that it is
going to represent not only the
African-American community in
the city of Denton, but also county-
wide."
The museum will have a variety
of displays that rotate throughout
the years celebrating the history
of the black community and
the accomplishments they have
reached as individuals, Eads
said.
Capps estimated the cost to
revamp the house was about
$235,000, which does not include
the $50,000 worth of displays.
"This is a very modest little
house, and we have tried to
remain faithful to how it would
have looked back then," Capps
said. "I think we've done a great
job of taking a very small prop-
erty and putting it into perspec-
Photo by Justin Tennison / Staff Photographer
Denton graduate student Susan Kennedy spent time at an exhibit Monday afternoon at the Cora Stafford Gallery.
Exhibit showcases six universities art students
ByNichole Bennett
Intern
The 2008 College Art Association
Exhibition opened Monday,
featuring the artistic talent and
creativity of graduate students
from six Dallas-Fort Worth area
universities.
Participating universities
include NT, Texas Woman's
University, the University of Dallas,
Southern Methodist University,
Texas Christian University and the
University of Texas at Arlington.
Studio faculty members from
each university selected the pieces
on display and Annette Lawrence
of the College of Visual Arts and
Design organized the exhibit . The
selection committee chose from
approximately 120 pieces from
43 students, Lawrence said, and
decided on 20 works from 17 artists
to display.
"The Master of Fine Arts
Program is being represented very
well in the show," Lawrence said.
Brookfield, Mich., graduate
student Sarah Williams submitted
four pieces and had one chosen for
the exhibit. She found out about the
opportunity through Lawrence's
drawing class and decided it was
a way to get her artwork out to
the public.
In addition to the exhibition,
there will also be a reception open
to the public from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
on Feb. 23, when admirers will
have the opportunity to view the
works and meet the artists behind
them. Free transportation is being
offered to the reception from the
College Art Association conference
held in downtown Dallas.
"Art historians and studio
faculty from all over the country
will be coming to Dallas this year
to network, hear speakers and
attend the awards ceremonies,"
Lawrence said.
The conference, which begins
today and lasts through Feb. 24,
is an annual national conference
that will be celebrating its 96th
anniversary this year in Dallas
at the Adam's Mark Hotel. This
year's conference highlights
include tours of Fort Worth's art
museums, a gala reception hosted
by the Nasher Sculpture Center
and the 7th Annual Distinguished
Scholar Session.
"I thought it was a great chance
to showmy work off to people who
wouldn't normally see it, being
that people are coming from the
conference and from the univer-
sity to view the exhibit," Williams
said.
The exhibit will be on display
until Feb. 23 at the Cora Stafford
Art Gallery in Oak Street Hall. For
this particular show, the gallery
will be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
through Feb. 22, and noon to 7:30
p.m. Feb. 23. Admission is free.
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The American Legion Senior Center Choir performed at the dedication of the Denton County African American Museum.
tive from an accurate historical the county and place them along- in the past," Capps said. "It also
background."
In addition to the museum, the
side the Quakertown house. gives them a chance to learn about
"It gives people knowledge of what really happened and move
historical commission plans to what segregation was really like for ward and hopefully not rep eat
find structures from other parts of and injustices that have happened history in that respect."
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