Tallahassee Kinsey Art

Final Post

2009-06-19T09:35:00.000-07:00

This will be our last posting for this blog site. On behalf of our blog team, we would like to thank you for reading our blogs. Your comments gave us insight to what people think about art and how people relate themselves to paintings. It was a pleasure interacting with each and every one of you.

Joy Williams - I have learned so much in the PR Methods Course. One of the most important things this class has taught me is time management. Though the class was only six weeks long, I have obtained a great amount of knowledge about what documents a media kit contains, how to prepare a media kit, the benefits of blogging and how to create an online newsroom. This blogging experience challenged me to try to step into the minds of others and create a topic that people would want to talk about, which I found to be not that easy! Overall, I am glad that I had this learning experience!

Travis Francis - The blogs assignments were challenging for me. I like to look at paintings from time to time, but I'm not really that into art. After watching the Kinsey Collection video, I have began to develop a new interest in art. The assignment challenged me to expand my interest in something (art) that I wasn't that familiar with. Through the blogging assignments and the PR Methods course, I've leaned that in public relations, you have to connect with your audience. That's what PR is all about, tailoring a message to a specific audience or medium.

Savina Billups - In this class, I learned that sometimes you have to step out of your norm to relate to others. I found myself going to other art blogs just to think of a topic that I can relate to my audience with. I think that was our most challenging part of the assignment. Even with the other assignments for our media kit, I looked at what others were saying about the Kinsey exhibit so that I can have more of an imagination for the special event I was planning.

Last Topic:

The collection is comprised of historical documents, art paintings and artifacts from the 18th and 19th century. Some people are calling the Kinsey collection one of the most important exhibits in the world.

The Kinseys' exhibit is scheduled to be displayed at the Mary Brogan Museum in Tallahassee, FL from September 11, 2009 through March 13, 2010. (visit http://www.thebrogan.org) Do you plan on visiting the exhibit? For those who are not in the Tallahassee area, would you visit the exhibit if it were in your city?

Meet Bernard and Shirley Kinsey!

2009-06-10T21:03:00.000-07:00

Before the Kinsey's bring their collection of African-American art to The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, we would like for you to get a better understanding of who they really are.

After watching this video, do you think that collectors like the Kinsey's are important to the African-American community? Explain your answer.

"Reflections of a Queen"

2009-06-01T11:47:00.000-07:00

After looking through tons of art works this image "Reflections of a Queen" by A. Smith, caught my eye. This work of art is simple yet intricate at the same time. The use of the colors in the water is beautiful. This picture really says so much about the ones personal mind set and how we may perceive ourselves to be.
What does this painting remind you of? When looking at your reflection what is it you see?

Can you see the story...

2009-05-25T01:21:00.000-07:00

A famous American author, William Faulkner (1897-1962) once said, "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, It moves again since it is life." Simply put, he means that art is created with a purpose to tell a story in history.

Look at this painting by George Morland. Does it tell you a story? Does it bring you back to a point in history? What is it saying to you?

WELCOME

2009-05-21T12:05:00.000-07:00

"A work of art is above all an adventure of the mind." Eugene Ionesco
Hello blog world and fellow art lovers!!! We have a special treat in store for you. We, the authors of this blog, are a group of public relations (PR) students at Florida A&M University (FAMU) who have been assigned to create a blog in relevance to a class project. Our class project requires us to plan and promote a fictitious event regarding the Kinsey African Art Exhibit. Although, the actual event is fictitious, the people and the art are real. Each week, we will be posting our thoughts, opinions and questions regarding the events being planned.

Description of PR Methods:

The Public Relations Methods course is a writing class and lab. In this class, we learn how to prepare the communication tools that PR professionals use for getting messages to the media to reach targeted publics and audiences. As a project, each student is expected to put together a media kit, create and maintain a blog and construct an online press room to promote the fictitious event we are assigned. Five textbooks are used as learning tools in this course. These books include: The New Rules of Marketing and PR by David Meerman Scott, Public Relations Writing: Form and Style (8th Edition) by Doug Newsom and Jim Haynes, Strategic Writing: Multimedia Writing for PR Advertising, Sales and Marketing, and Business Communication by Charles Marsh, David W. Guth and Bonnie Poovey Short, Writing PR: A Multimedia Approach by Meta G. Carstarphen and Richard A. Wells, and The Associated Press Stylebook. We're also required to have a dictionary of our choice!

Meet the Authors:

I am Cecilia S. Aiken, a senior public relations student from the beautiful city of Orlando, Fl. I am planning an event geared toward the Kinsey African Art Exhibit during Parent Weekend at FAMU. During Parent Weekend, parents and guardians are invited to the university to enjoy a short time of relaxation and companionship with their FAMU scholar. This particular year we have a special event planned featuring the Kinsey African Art Exhibit. Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are world renowned private art collectors who have generously selected 97 pieces of African art work for students and parents to educate their mind while observing the featured art work.

Hello, I am Savina Billups, a fourth year Public Relations student from Tampa, Fla. The event I will be planning is a Kinsey Art Exhibit: Valentine's Day Event. The event will be a tribute to Mr. Bernard Kinsey's wife, Shirley Kinsey, of 40 years. The event will also be a fundraiser for one of Mrs. Kinsey's favorite charities, college students with learning disabilities. My event will be an art auction on Valentines day 2010, which will include various works of art, by African American artists, displaying images of love . The special guests speakers will be Bernard and Shirley Kinsey.

I am Travis Francis, a senior Public Relations student from Palm Beach, Fl. The event that I will be planning is the Kinsey Art Exhibit: Opening Event. Bernard and Shirley Kinsey, graduates of FAMU, are bringing 97 pieces from their private collection to the Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science in Tallahassee, Fl. Opening day for the exhibit will be Friday, Sept. 11, 2009 with a meet-and-greet with the Kinsey's taking place from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. There will also be a special live performance from legendary jazz legend B.B. King.

Greetings! I am Joy Williams, a fourth year public relations student from Tallahassee, Fl. The special event that I am planning is a gala to kickoff FAMU's homecoming week. The gala will be entitled "Embracing Our Culture: Home is Where the Art Is". This event is geared toward bringing in art lovers and people who appreciate the African American culture to view a traveling exhibit presented by Bernard and Shirley Kinsey. The Kinseys are both alumni of FAMU and are excited about sharing their private art collection with their alma matter and the African American community in Tallahassee. Anyone who is an alumni, student, faculty or plays any role in the FAMU community knows that FAMU homecoming is one of the biggest celebrations in and around Tallahassee, FL. For this reason, the gala will serve as a celebration of the exhibit and homecoming. The event will take place Sunday, Oct. 25, 2009 at the Mary Brogan Museum.

For all the art lovers...

We would like to ask you this: Do you think that African American art is an exact representation of the African American culture?...Or do you think it's exaggerated?

(Artist is unknown)