Fifty years of Boston's pioneering residency for Black artists, as commemorated through artworks, artist reflections and archival materialsPublished with Institute of Contemporary Art Boston.One of the first and only in-residence programs for Black artists in the United States, the African American Master Artists-in-Residence Program (AAMARP) was founded at Northeastern University in 1977 by artist and educator Dana C. Chandler, Jr. A vital outgrowth of the Black Arts Movement in Boston, AAMARP is a visual arts complex intended to provide free studio space, on-site galleries and multi-purpose spaces for community engagement. This is the first publication dedicated to the history and legacy of AAMARP. At its center is a detailed chronology of the program, illustrated by works created by artists-in-residence past and present. Say It Loud also includes reflections from over a dozen affiliated artists and reproductions of archival materials, including photographs, exhibition announcements and newsletters.
