About: Benny Andrews

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Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after moved to New York. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the , which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers.

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  • بيني اندروز (بالإنجليزية: Benny Andrews)‏ هو فنان تشكيلي ورسام أمريكي، ولد في 13 نوفمبر 1930 في Plainview ‏ في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 10 نوفمبر 2006 في نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة بسبب سرطان. (ar)
  • Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after moved to New York. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the , which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. Andrews taught art at Queens College for three decades, and from 1982 to 1984, served as the Director of the Visual Arts Program for the National Endowment for the Arts. He received many awards, including the John Hay Whitney Fellowship (1965–66), the fellowships (1971–81), and the National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (1974–81). (en)
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  • بيني اندروز (بالإنجليزية: Benny Andrews)‏ هو فنان تشكيلي ورسام أمريكي، ولد في 13 نوفمبر 1930 في Plainview ‏ في الولايات المتحدة، وتوفي في 10 نوفمبر 2006 في نيويورك في الولايات المتحدة بسبب سرطان. (ar)
  • Benny Andrews (November 13, 1930 – November 10, 2006) was an African-American artist, activist and educator. Born in Plainview, Georgia, Andrews earned a BFA in painting from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1958, and soon after moved to New York. He is known for his expressive, figurative paintings that often incorporated collaged fabric and other material. Andrews helped found the , which agitated for greater representation of African-American artists and curators in New York’s major art museums in the late 1960s and 70s. He also led the group in founding an arts education program in prisons and detention centers. (en)
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