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AfriCOBRA Exhibition, Chicago, Illinois

AFRICOBRA in Chicago was a linked series of exhibitions and public programs scheduled May–September 2013 focusing on the Chicago artist group AFRICOBRA (African Commune Of Bad Relevant Artists), founded in 1968 and still active.

The series of exhibitions occurred at the South Side Community Art Center, the Reva and David Logan Center for the Arts, and the DuSable Museum of African American History.

These photographs from the exhibition at the DuSable Museum of African American History included Wadsworth Jarrell (founding member), Jae Jarrell ( founding member), Gerald Williams ( founding member), Barbara Jones-Hogu ( founding member), Napoleon Jones-Henderson ( joined in 1969), Nelson Stevens ( joined in 1969) and Carolyn Mims Lawrence( joined in 1969).

AFRICOBRA lecture at The Dusable  Museum in Chicago
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