10/29/10
Rock Photographer Bob Gruen's Birthday Party
Rock & Roll’s leading photographer Bob Gruen celebrated at “R” Bar with dozens of his friends. He enjoyed the company of aged rockers, photographers, publishers, writers, artists, actors, musicians and contemporary personalities. At the event Burns met with Steven Goff, owner of Global PSD who prints the Burns Archive books, as well as Rock & Roll collector and entrepreneur Larry Marion of the Not Fade Away Gallery. Marion presented Burns with an advance copy of his soon to be released book on the Stones, The Lost Rolling Stones Photographs: The Bob Bonis Archive 1964-1966. The Stones images can be viewed and purchased at the NotFadeAwayGallery.com website. Burns has been associated with Larry and his brother Marty for over 35 years in various photographic exhibitions and publishing ventures. In 2001, Marty presented the exhibition The Collector as Photographer: The Photographs of Stanley B. Burns, MD at a New York Gallery. The party started at 7:30 and the music started after 11:30, but the next day’s work precluded staying late.
Dr. Burns Meets Joe Beasley at his Gold Medal Dinner
October 19th Dr. Burns met with Joe Beasley, founder of African Ascension, Georgia Congress persons and other members of various African American organizations at a dinner held in Beasley’s honor at the National Arts Club. Under discussion was displaying Burns’ traveling exhibition Shadow and Substance: African American Photographs from the Burns Archive in a Georgia institution. The show was seen in Indiana in 2009 and Maryland in 2010.
‘Ambassador’ Joe Beasley, the distinguished founder and President of African Ascension, was honored for his work in education. African Ascension’s mission is to expand the political, socio-economic integration and cohesion of people of African Ancestry and descent globally. Born in 1936 to Georgia sharecroppers, Beasley became one of the major leaders of Georgia’s black community and then went on to leadership roles in several national organizations. His work to improve the quality of life of people on the African Continent and those of African descent worldwide is facilitated also by the Joe Beasley Foundation, a quality of life improvement organization, focusing on social injustice, economic prosperity and education inequalities. He is a well-known personality on the African Continent as he is advisor and confidant to several African governments.
10/28/10
Hale House Event at Artsource International
Dr. Burns consulted with Joyce Chasan and the members of her organization Art Source International, LLC as well as representatives of Hale House in their program of the de-acquisition of paintings. The art works by African American artists of the last half of the 20th century are being offered by Chasan in her gallery. A combined exhibition of the art works and African American photographs from the Burns Collection was proposed.
Joyce Towbin Chasan and Thomas F Knapp hosted a reception in honor of The Hale House for the de-acquisition of their unique fine art collection of Harlem Renaissance Art. These works, acquired over the years from local artists, galleries and patrons supported the important social efforts undertaken by Mother Hale and The Hale House to care for children and families in distress.This collection represents historically important and salient examples of the best of the black art experience. Included are pieces by both members of the Harlem Renaissance movement and modern masters influenced by their vision.
10/12/10
Lecture on the History of the Burns Collection Exhibitions and Publications at Flair Symposium, Harry Ransom Center
Dr. Burns Outside the Harry Ransom Center |
Thomas F. Staley, Director of the Harry Ransom Center |
Discovering the Language of Photography: The Gernsheim Collection Exhibition |
Photography's Historiography Panel (Moderated by David Coleman) J. B. Colson, Alison Nordström, Marta Weiss and Bodo von Dewitz |
Dr. Burns Speaks about the History of The Burns Collection and Exhibitions & Publications |
Displaying a Slide of 'Dissected Head, 1905' |
Exhibit at University of Albany Art Museum Searching the Criminal Body: Art, Science, Prejudice |
10/5/10
Newsweek Special Feature- History Revealed: Rare and Unusual Images from the Burns Archive
Please visit our Newsweek feature where over 25 photographs and stories are on view along with a video interview with Dr.Burns about his collection. Click HERE to view the story on Newsweek.com
(Click twice on the video above to see full-frame )
Burns Archive Photos to be Featured in PBS Series 'God in America'
Watch the full episode. See more FRONTLINE.
PBS Series God in America airs October 11, 12, & 13, 2010
Produced and Directed by Sarah Colt
God in America examines the potent and complex interaction between religion and democracy, the origins of the American concept of religious liberty, and the controversial evolution of that ideal in the nation's courts and political arena. The series considers the role religious ideas and institutions have played in social reform movements from abolition to civil rights, examining the impact of religious faith on conflicts from the American Revolution to the Cold War, and how guarantees of religious freedom created a competitive American religious marketplace.
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