NO LIFT OFF AT APOLLO – Expo 14 – 1999
Artist: Lester Kern BY Jerry Harris This article was first published in 1999 in Philadelphia City Paper When someone suggested that I go and see the black art show at …
Black Enterprise Magazine – October Gallery
www.octobergallery.com Site allows consumers to buy black art online by Valerie Lynn Gray  Posted: June 1, 1998 Art lovers will find a haven in an innovative site created by …
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Art & Soul Black Artists Get Hall Of Frame
by Al Hunter Jr., Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: February 06, 1998 Something about “Trouble Ahead” bugged Terrie Rouse. After walking down the ramp to the third-floor gallery of the …
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Mayor Edward Rendell City of Philadelphia Proclamation to October Gallery
Andrew Turner, Dick Gregory and Mercer A. Redcross III
The Best Of Friday, Saturday And Sunday
by Rick Selvin, Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: February 02, 1996 Philadelphia photographer Pierre Baston attended last October’s Million Man March for one reason but quickly discovered he was really …
The First First Friday – Olde City Philadelphia
January 4–11, 1996 critic pick|art If you’re planning to make the rounds during the first First Friday of 1996, here are a few shows to watch out for. Pierre Baston’s …
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Panoramic Poetry Book – Edited by Lamar Redcross
Book includes poetry by Jill Scott, Trapeta Mayson, Richard Medina, Stephanie Renee and more. This book was published in 1995. A collectors item.
Black Enterprise Magazine Ad 1994 October Gallery Expo
A Couple Who Showcase Black Americans’ Art The Galleries Of Mercer And Evelyn Redcross Grew Out Of Their Personal Quest.
By Ann Kolson, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER POSTED: February 25, 1992 Mercer and Evelyn Redcross share a dream and a vision. You can see it on the walls of their two …
October Gallery’s First Catalog 1991. A Collectors Item.
October Gallery’s first major catalog 1991. Over 100 pages. A collectors items.
In the Business of Giving – Philadelphia Inquirer 1991
October Gallery Ad in Black Enterprise Magazine 1989
October Gallery Ad in Black Enterprise Magazine 1989
Black Art Finds Its Own Space More Galleries Are Showing It, More People Are Buying It And Philadelphia Just Might Be Emerging As Its “National Mecca.”
Lucien Crump Art Gallery By Alexis Moore, Inquirer Staff Writer POSTED: August 14, 1989 Ten years ago, Germantown’s Lucien Crump, artist, educator and entrepreneur, could have communicated with all of …
Black Artists: Painted Into A Corner? Some Say Racism And Ignorance Still Limit Options In The Galleries
By BARBARA BECK, Daily News Staff Writer POSTED: July 20, 1988 Barkley L. Hendricks remembers when he and other fellow artists, all prize- winning graduates of the Pennsylvania Academy of …