Welcome! The Photo Gallery displays content from IHOBF programs and activities nationwide.
Each year, IHOBF honors the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through programs that highlight his commitment to social justice and equality for all people. Between January 13th and January 18th, 2012, hundreds of students, teachers, and other community members participated in IHOBF Dr. King programs at HOB venues in seven cities across the nation. The programs celebrated Dr. King’s legacy and encouraged students to reflect on how his ideas relate to their lives today.
The 2011 Drawing Us Together exhibit/competition challenged young and emerging artists to create original artworks that explored and celebrated the vital role of music in city life.
Sixth grade students from Dallas' L.K. Hall Elementary were inspired by the works of folk artist Jimmy Lee Sudduth during a recent IHOBF Visual Arts Workshop. Afterwards, their art teacher utilized the Sweet Mud Painting Resource Pak (found in the www.ihobf.org Programming Learning Center-Blues SchoolHouse Resources) and incorporated a hands-on extended learning activity in school. The students learned more about Sudduth’s process and made their own “sweet mud” creations.
As part of IHOBF's Action for the Arts Initiative and working from the influence of Missionary Mary Proctor's artwork, sixth grade students from William Cullen Bryant School worked collaboratively in mixed media to create large-scale visual interpretations of common idioms. Students utilized traditional media such as acrylic paint and wood panel, and found objects.
IHOBF-Dallas Action for the Arts Visual Arts Project: Music and Imagination (Dec 09-April 2010).