HMAAC Launches Limited Edition Rodeo Prints (Houston Museum of African American Culture)

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Media contact: Davinia Reed 713.526.1015 info@hmaac.org HMAAC Launches Limited Edition Rodeo Prints The Houston Museum of African American Culture (HMAAC) Is pleased this Rodeo season to offer two limited editions from renowned visual artist Najee Dorsey. His work has been shown at the Booth Western Museum and the Western America Museum, among others. "Headed West” 36x32.5 inch photomontage. Signed and numbered limited edition of 26 on premium archival hahnemuhle fine art baryta paper 325 gsm Price: $1,750 Unstretched and $2,500 Stretched, Framed, Shipped and Insured "Black Cowboy Series" image.png 36x32.5 inch photomontage. Signed and numbered limited edition of 26 on premium archival hahnemuhle fine art baryta paper 325 gsm Price: $1,750 Unstretched and $2,500 Stretched, Framed, Shipped and Insured According to HMAAC CEO John Guess, Jr, “These editions from Southern visual documentarian and artist Najee Dorsey highlight the Western and Rodeo culture that is such an important part of Houston and the South.” Added HMAAC Co-Chair Cindy Miles, “Our audience celebrates rodeo, and these limited editions are a special, permanent way of doing that.” ABOUT NAJEE DORSEY Renowned visual artist and founder of the online platform Black Art In America, Najee Dorsey has become known for his mixed media collage, digital media collage images of little known and unsung historical figures, as well as nostalgic scenes from African American life in the southern United States. In his work, as Najee chronicles moments in Black life throughout history, he maintains that, “stories untold are stories forgotten”. His work has been shown at the Columbus Art Museum, the Wright Museum, the Booth Western Art Museum and the Western American Art Museum, the Houston Museum of African American Culture, is a part of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection, the Columbus Museum of Art and has been featured in Black Enterprise magazine, Forbes, Hispanic Press, NPR, Politico Magazine, Atlanta Magazine and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. ABOUT THE HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE The mission of HMAAC is to collect, conserve, explore, interpret, and exhibit the material and intellectual culture of Africans and African Americans in Houston, the state of Texas, the southwest and the African Diaspora for current and future generations. In fulfilling its mission, HMAAC seeks to invite and engage visitors of every race and background and to inspire children of all ages through discovery-driven learning. HMAAC is to be a museum for all people. While our focus is the African American experience, our story informs and includes not only people of color, but people of all colors. As a result, the stories and exhibitions that HMAAC will bring to Texas are about the indisputable fact that while our experience is a unique one, it has been impacted by and has impacted numerous races, genders and ethnicities. The museum continues to be a space where a multicultural