Dr. Shawnya L. Harris

Dr. Shawnya L. Harris is the Larry D. and Brenda A. Thompson Curator of African American and African Diasporic Art at Georgia Museum of Art. She earned her Ph.D. degree in art history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has curated several exhibitions and is the former director of University Galleries at North Carolina A&T State University. Her research interests include modern and contemporary arts of the African diaspora and issues related to art collecting and patronage.

Richard Mayhew, <em>Indigenous Spiritual Space</em>
Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space
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Richard Mayhew, <em>Indigenous Spiritual Space</em>
Richard Mayhew, Indigenous Spiritual Space
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Norman Lewis, <em>Untitled</em>
Norman Lewis, Untitled
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Norman Lewis, <em>Untitled</em>
Norman Lewis, Untitled
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Eldzier Cortor, <em>Southern Landscape</em>
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
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Eldzier Cortor, <em>Southern Landscape</em>
Eldzier Cortor, Southern Landscape
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Representing the inner self: Charles Sebree’s <i>The Mystic</i>
Representing the inner self: Charles Sebree’s The Mystic
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Charles Sebree, <i>The Mystic</i>
Charles Sebree, The Mystic
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A modern icon: Beauford Delaney’s <i>Marian Anderson</i>
A modern icon: Beauford Delaney’s Marian Anderson
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Beauford Delaney, <i>Marian Anderson</i>
Beauford Delaney, Marian Anderson
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Thelma Streat, <i>Girl with Bird</i>
Thelma Streat, Girl with Bird
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Thelma Johnson Streat, <i>Girl with Bird</i>
Thelma Johnson Streat, Girl with Bird
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Stefanie Jackson, <i>Bluest Eye</i>
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
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A Memphis juke joint
A Memphis juke joint
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Vertis Hayes, <i>Juke Joint</i>
Vertis Hayes, Juke Joint
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Stefanie Jackson, <em>Bluest Eye</em>
Stefanie Jackson, Bluest Eye
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Vertis Hayes, <em>The Lynchers</em>
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers
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Vertis Hayes, <em>The Lynchers</em>
Vertis Hayes, The Lynchers
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Power Figure (<em>Nkisi Nkondi</em>), Kongo peoples
Power Figure (Nkisi Nkondi), Kongo peoples
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Wangechi Mutu, <em>Preying Mantra</em>
Wangechi Mutu, Preying Mantra
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