"Something To Look Forward To," an exhibition of abstract art by 22 distinguished African-American artists, runs through Dec. 4 at the Robeson Gallery in the HUB-Robeson Center, University Park. This is Melvin Edwards' steel sculpture with Edward Clark's Paris Series in the background.

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

This is a small segment from Edward Clark's Paris Series. All of the artists in this exhibition are over the age of 60. For this exhibition, each artist loaned two works each, created six to 10 years apart.

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

Sylvia Snowden's painting "G" is dynamic visual of vibrant colors. The exhibition opened at Franklin and Marshall College, March 2004 in the Dana and Rothman Galleries of the college's Phillips Museum of Art. This show is curated by Bill Hutson, the college's Jennie Brown and Betsy Hess Cook Distinguished Artist-in-Residence.

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

This is Melvin Edwards' metal sculpture "Manguana." The submissions cover several forms of abstract art, including multimedia, painting, sculpture and furniture.

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Year Taken: 2008

Helen Evans Ramsaran presents "Life Cycles."

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Year Taken: 2008

Alan Loving exhibits "Time TripPart Two #8."

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Year Taken: 2008

The exhibit at Penn State is sponsored by The Department of African and African- American Studies, The John M. Anderson Endowment of the School of Visual Arts, The Africana Research Center and The Institute for the Arts and Humanities, as part of the initiative In Pursuit of Social Justice: Recognizing Pennsylvania Black Art. Shown is John Scott's aluminium sculpture, "Fragment Dance."

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

The showing here at Penn State is part of a five-city national tour over a two-and-a-half year period containing 45 works of art from 22 American artists of African descent. This is part of Sam Middleton's "Homage to Robert Motherwell."

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

This is John T. Scott's "Composition for George Lewis." Critics of the show praised the artists for their rich color, solid structure and bold, fearless handling of materials.

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Year Taken: 2008

Joe Overstreet created "Tradition." The New York Times review of the show noted that "the aesthetic overrides the political."

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008

This is an alternate view of Melvin Edwards' steel sculpture with Edward Clark's Paris Series in the background. The exhibit features works by Betty Blayton, Frank Bowling, Yvonne Pickering Carter, Edward Clark, Melvin Edwards, Sam Gilliam, David Hammons, Gerald Jackson, Lawrence Compton Kolawole, Alvin Loving, Richard Mayhew, Sam Middleton, Mary Lovelace O'Neal, Joe Overstreet, Howardena Pindell, Helen Evans Ramsaran, John T. Scott, Sylvia Snowden, the late Mildred Thompson, Jack Whitten, William T. Williams and Frank Wimberley.

Photo Credit: Greg Grieco

Year Taken: 2008