October Gallery Museum
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The word “art” is something the West has never understood. Art is supposed to be a part of a community. Like, scholars are supposed to be a part of a community... Art is to decorate people’s houses, their skin, their clothes, to make them expand their minds, and it’s supposed to be right in the community, where they can have it when they want it... It’s supposed to be as essential as a grocery store... that’s the only way art can function naturally.
Amiri Baraka
October Gallery Museum installs and places art in schools, recreation/cultural centers, business offices, universities, grocery stores and more within the community. Art is to be experienced on many levels everyday.
This is the goal of the museum.
We are a community of artists and businesses dedicated to promoting and celebrating the arts. Our mission is to showcase art and art related items in the community where they can seen and experienced on a daily basis.
If you would like to have art installed at your location please contact us through the contact page. Thanks!
Muhsana Ali
Omenihu Amachi
Luide Araujo
Larry “Poncho” Brown
Phyllis Wyche Brown
Watson and Sonia Brown
Samuel Byrd
Maxine Coleman
Roland Coleman
Brian Crayton, Sr.
Stephanie Daniel
Chad Cortez Everett
Gail Gaines
Dr. Darryl J. Ford
Anthony Harrison II
Kelly R. Harrison
Morgan Sloan Harrison
William Hart
Steven Johnson
Deborah Kelly
Betty Ann D. Lawrence
David Lawrence
James Lawrence
Edwin Lester
Lawrence Lucas
Michele Foster Lucas
Leon McDuffie
Michael Muhammad
James Murphy
Jay R. Ogilvie
Marjorie H. Ogilvie
Miller Parker
Lorrie Payne
Brenton L. Redcross
Clineson W. Redcross
Evelyn Redcross
Mercer Redcross III
Gwendolyn Redfern
Vicki Redmond
Jeffrey Glenn Reese
Junious Rhone, Sr.
Robin Rhone
Shirley Rhone
April Rice
Karen Roach
Monica Rocha
Steve Satell
Deborah Stephens
Don Stephens
Jeannette Stephens
Olivia Stoner
Dr. Gail Sullivan
Michael Tendler
Monica Teachers Watson
Richard Watson
Staci Watson
Stephanie R. West
Horace Wright
October Gallery Museum would like to thank Staples for its generous support of our efforts to bring art to the community.
October Gallery Museum would like to thank Philadelphia Business & Technology Center for its generous support of our efforts to bring art to the community.
October Gallery Museum would like to thank The Consortium for its generous support of our efforts to bring art to the community.
There's much to see here in the Self Guided Tour. So, take your time, look around, and enjoy all there is to see at the Cheyney Art Collection. We hope you enjoy our tour and take a moment to drop us a line.
Golden Age of African American Contemporary Art
A poster was created by the staff at October Gallery to recognize the Black Baby Boomer Generation. The Black baby boomers were born in the USA between 1946 and 1964. This generation became of age during the effects of “Jim Crow South”, by and large sported an Afro hair do, wore a dashiki, read the Autobiography of Malcolm X, attended Black universities, marched for civil rights, then joined the work force and had available to them more disposable funds to claim their culture by collecting Black art and supporting Black artists. This became the era as described by artist Larry “Poncho” Brown as the “Golden Age of African-American Art”.
Your support and contributions will enable us to meet our goals and improve the collection. Your generous donation will fund our efforts to bring more art to the community through providing free poster walls in schools with seminars and lectures.
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