Karamu Artists Inc.

Printmaking, Race, and Community

Britany Salsbury, Erin Benay, Richard J. Powell , Jacqueline Francis

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Yale University Press
25 March 2025

Prints & printmaking; Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Black & Asian studies

An exploration of the rich history of printmaking at Cleveland's Karamu House, a center of Black arts, culture, and community since 1915

Karamu House, founded as a settlement house in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1915, is one of the preeminent homes of Black arts, culture, and community in America. Noted for its theater program, Karamu House also hosts a rich legacy in the graphic arts. Printmaking workshops open to artists and community alike launched in the 1930s, allowing a young Langston Hughes—as one notable example—to experiment with print.

Linked with printmaking's ethos of accessibility and democracy, a group including Elmer W. Brown, Hughie Lee-Smith, Charles L. Sallée Jr., and William E. Smith—some of the most prominent Black printmakers of the WPA era—founded Karamu Artists, Inc. Reproductions of works by such artists are accompanied by essays situating the prints, the artists, and this locus of Black arts and culture in the histories it shaped. These writings are complemented by an interview with printmaker and Karamu alumnus Curlee Raven Holton.

Distributed for the Cleveland Museum of Art

Exhibition Schedule:

Cleveland Museum of Art

(March 23–August 17, 2025)

By: Britany Salsbury, Erin Benay
Contributions by: Richard J. Powell, Jacqueline Francis, Curlee Raven Holton
Imprint: Yale University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 305mm, Width: 229mm,
ISBN: 9780300279177
ISBN 10: 0300279175
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 25 March 2025
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Britany Salsbury is curator of prints and drawings at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Erin Benay is associate professor of art history and distinguished scholar in the public humanities at Case Western Reserve University.