Portia James
Portia James, 1985.
Portia James (March 11, 1953 - December 2, 2015) was an American curator and historian. A specialist in African-American material culture, she worked as the cultural resources manager of the Anacostia Community Museum.[1] She curated exhibitions such as Word, Shout, Song: Lorenzo Dow Turner Connecting Communities Through Language.[2] She researched the life of Leslie J. Payne[3] and Frederick Douglass.[4]
Further reading
- James, Portia. "Building a Community-Based Identity at Anacostia Museum." Curator: The Museum Journal. 39:1 (1996): 19-44.
- James, Portia. The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovations, 1619-1930. Washington: Smithsonian Institution (1990). ISBN 0874745578
References
- ↑ "Portia James". Anacostia Community Museum.
- ↑ "Art Talk with the Anacostia Community Museum". Art Works. National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved April 21, 2012.
- ↑ Edwards, Owen. "Flights of Fancy". Arts & Culture. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ↑ Cavanaugh, Amy. "Smithsonian Tells Anacostia's Story". dcist. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
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