Photography and Text by Tony Ward, Copyright 2018
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I am honored to announce my participation in the first inaugural photography exhibition at Stanek Gallery, located at 242 North 3rd street in Philadelphia. The group exhibition was curated by the legendary art gallerist and dealer Sande Webster Brantley, who I came to know during the early 1990’s when she had her first gallery on Locust street near Rittenhouse Square. She would later move to fancier digs at 2008 Walnut Street before closing the gallery in 2011 to pursue curating and art consulting. Sande was one of the first if not the first female art dealer in American history to embrace African American artists works as equal to their white counter parts. It is with this distinction that makes Sande Webster’s vision of art free of racism, bigotry, or prejudice. In celebration of this exhibition I would like to express my deepest appreciation for being included with these most distinguished artists, some of whom I’ve known since the 1970’s. Shout outs to: Adger Cowans, Willie Williams, Donald Camp, Arlene Love, Robert Reinhardt, Ada Trillo, Ronald Tarver, Andrea Baldeck, Anthony Barbosa and Stanek Gallery.
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To learn more about the exhibit at Stanek Gallery, click here: https://www.stanekgallery.com