Aminah Robinson

When mixed-media artist Richard Duarte Brown met fellow artist Aminah Robinson, he had all the jitters that come with meeting a legend. Now, as the recipient of the 2022 Aminah Brenda Lynn Robinson Fellowship, Brown has the opportunity to work in Robinson’s former home and studio for the next three months.

The first retrospective to display Robinson's work after her 2015 death, Raggin' On at the Columbus Museum of Art celebrates the grandeur of simple objects and everyday tasks.

Aminah Robinson is a name familiar to many people in Columbus. When the African American artist died in 2015, she donated her house and studio to the Columbus Museum of Art. There was an enormous treasure trove that no one had ever seen before. We can now see many of these works in a show at the museum, Raggin On: The Art of Aminah Brenda Lynne Robinson’s House and Journals.

Statues of men can be found all over Columbus. If you're looking for a statue of a woman, you can find those as well. But more often than not, those sculptures have titles like “Mother” or “Peace.” They take inspiration from the female form, rather than real-life women.

Join All Sides Weekend host Clare Roth for a discussion about African American visual artists in Columbus and their impact on the modern-day arts…

Funeral arrangements have yet to be announced for Columbus artist Aminah Robinson. Nannette Maciejunes says Robinson was hospitalized with heart issues.…