{"id":442,"date":"2019-08-15T11:57:30","date_gmt":"2019-08-15T15:57:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday-project\/?page_id=442"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:51:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T17:51:31","slug":"curated-exhibits","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/programs\/curated-exhibits\/","title":{"rendered":"Curated Exhibits"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Billie Holiday Center sponsors and supports various exhibitions from our curatorial work and group projects from our student courses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Birth of Jazz, Baltimore&#8217;s Billie Holiday <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Birth of Jazz in Baltimore is a 14 panel modular traveling exhibition that utilizes that showcases new information about Billie Holiday\u2019s girlhood in Baltimore, the early 20th century jazz scene in the city, and the ongoing connection between Holiday and the historic Black Arts District of Pennsylvania Avenue in West Baltimore, with maps, archival photographs, and recently acquired materials from the Sheridan Libraries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curatorial Fellow: Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-pb-accordion-item c-accordion__item js-accordion-item no-js\" data-initially-open=\"false\" data-click-to-close=\"true\" data-auto-close=\"true\" data-scroll=\"false\" data-scroll-offset=\"0\"><h2 id=\"at-4420\" class=\"c-accordion__title js-accordion-controller\" role=\"button\">Artscape &#8217;24<\/h2><div id=\"ac-4420\" class=\"c-accordion__content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2900\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Five multi-colored banners depicting textual and photographic information on Billie Holiday. Te banners are underneath a tent.\" class=\"wp-image-2900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0454-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2901\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Two people standing at the Billie Holiday banners and reading the material. A number of other people can be seen in the background.\" class=\"wp-image-2901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0456-1-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-id=\"2903\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"A group of six people standing at the Billie Holiday banners and reading the material.\" class=\"wp-image-2903\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/files\/2025\/05\/DSC_0459-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.jhu.edu\/about\/exhibitions\/ethel-ennis\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.library.jhu.edu\/about\/exhibitions\/ethel-ennis\/\">Ethel&#8217;s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore\u2019s First Lady of Jazz (Oct &#8217;23 &#8211; Apr &#8217;24)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devoted to jazz vocalist Ethel Ennis, this exhibition explored each era of the singer\u2019s life and featured over 130 items from the Sheridan Libraries\u2019 Ethel Ennis and Earl Arnett Collection, including photographs, posters, unpublished written arrangements, and audiovisual recordings. The exhibition included a robust calendar of programming including a <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/events\/helena-hicks\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"293\">Helena Hicks Lecture<\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewismuseum.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.lewismuseum.org\/event\/helena-hicks-speaker-series-dr-raynetta-wiggins-jackson\/\">Reginald F. Lewis Museum<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curatorial Fellow: Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/hub.jhu.edu\/2024\/02\/19\/ethel-ennis-collection-johns-hopkins\/\">Click here to read the Hub article.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fm.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DnoTQw_bUHt8&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cxwalker%40jhu.edu%7C5f522a05f6914a7adf5208dcf8537056%7C9fa4f438b1e6473b803f86f8aedf0dec%7C0%7C0%7C638658284453674403%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RgLMLmTBojgOKoXKYQNfCVFntzEgovpUZXzVVjubvSI%3D&amp;reserved=0\">Click here to watch the Five Minute History video.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OyTcJPgCdQY\">Click here to watch the Lunch with the Libraries video.<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/giving.jhu.edu\/story\/ethel-ennis-exhibition\/\">Click here to read the JHU-UM article.<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brodylc\/albums\/72177720312761132\/' title='Opening Celebration for Ethel&#039;s Place by Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53339985341_559448dc2e_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='_JHZ9671'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/202749935@N07\/albums\/72177720325950952\/' title='Ethel&#039;s Place: Celebrating Ethel Ennis, Baltimore\u2019s First Lady of Jazz (Oct &#039;23 - Apr &#039;24) by billieholidaycenter, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54503973764_7d6c6976ce_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='_JHN3514'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/museums.jhu.edu\/exhibitions\/past\/revaluing-black-baltimore\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/museums.jhu.edu\/exhibitions\/past\/revaluing-black-baltimore\/\">(Re)Valuing Black Baltimore: Cross Keys, Bare Hills, and Hoes Heights (Sep &#8217;23 &#8211; Jun &#8217;24)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition space at the Homewood Museum largely focused on the estate\u2019s historical and architectural significance and on the accomplishments of the Carroll family, with very little and only very recent attention being paid to those that the Carrolls enslaved. This exhibition transformed the gallery space at Homewood in order to render a fuller understanding of the past and present contributions of the Black settlements surrounding Homewood\u2014namely, Cross Keys, Bare Hills, and Hoe\u2019s Heights<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curatorial Fellow: Dr. Jennie Chaplin, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/jhumuseums\/albums\/72177720312513989\/' title='(Re)Valuing Black Baltimore: Bare Hills, Cross Keys, &amp; Hoes Heights by Johns Hopkins University Museums, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/53315358735_07f48028d9_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='IMG_8304'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore (Aug &#8217;24 &#8211; Sep &#8217;24)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The exhibition highlighted the photography of Daisy Brown, John Clark Mayden, I.&nbsp;Henry Phillips Sr., I.H.&nbsp;Webster Phillips III, Brian Pinson, and SHAN Wallace\u2014established and emerging Baltimore artists whose work, spanning some seven decades, reveals how Black folk live, love, struggle, and triumph in their daily lives. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1041258340921220\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/1041258340921220\">here <\/a>to watch a reel of the opening reception. Click <a href=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCdkcG\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/flic.kr\/s\/aHBqjCdkcG\">here <\/a>for more photos of the exhibition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Curatorial Fellow: Dr. Raynetta Wiggins-Jackson, PhD<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/202749935@N07\/albums\/72177720325950002\/' title='Bearing Witness: Photographing Black Families in Baltimore (Aug &#039;24 - Sep &#039;24) by billieholidaycenter, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/54504026550_95d346e6e4_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='_JHU3643'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Community Legacies, Humanity Remains: Intersections, Crosswalks, &amp; Pathways<\/strong> (Apr &#8217;24 &#8211; Dec &#8217;24)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Community Archives Fellow Jeneanne Collins produced a captstone art installation that reviewed the community art and archival impact of the BHCLA from 2019 to the present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/programs\/curated-exhibits\/levington-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"2601\">Levington Exhibit (2024)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stjamesonthesquare.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">St. James\u2019 Episcopal Church<\/a>&nbsp;celebrated its 200<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;Anniversary Jubilee Year with the temporary return of a cherished historical artifact, a tapestry knit by its founder and given as a gift in 1832, June 9 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.krieger.jhu.edu\/billie-holiday\/programs\/curated-exhibits\/arts-and-social-justice\/\">Arts + Social Justice Spring Practicum (2022)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This exhibition was the culminating group project of students in BHCLA\u2019s \u201cArts &amp; Social Justice Practicum: Spring 2022.\u201d The course introduced students to concepts of social justice and practices of community-engaged artmaking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">City People: Black Baltimore in the Photographs of John Clark Mayden (Oct &#8217;19)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-flickr wp-block-embed-flickr\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<a data-flickr-embed='true' href='https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/brodylc\/albums\/72157712291126511\/' title='Curators&#039; Celebration for &quot;City People: Black Baltimore in the Photographs of John Clark Mayden&quot; by Johns Hopkins Sheridan Libraries, on Flickr'><img src='https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/49248959303_97955830b3_c.jpg' width='800' height='600' alt='Curators&#039; Celebration for &quot;City People&quot;'><\/a><script async src='https:\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js' charset='utf-8'><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Billie Holiday Center sponsors and supports various exhibitions from our curatorial work and group projects from our student courses. 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