Browse shows on: Deborah Ray

Black Art: Yesterday and Today (1980)
Guests: Adolphus Ealey
Host: Deborah Ray
Producer : Deborah Ray
Duration: 00:26:21
Description: This show is an interview with Adolphus Ealey, the director of the Barnett-Aden Gallery, about the role black art has played in history. Adolphus Ealey is also an artist himself, and a lecturer.
Fitzgerald Whitney and Nigerian Showcase (1980)
Guests: Fitzgerald Whitney, Jimmie Okera Hightower, Victoria Ene Oloja, Ademola Onibonokuta
Host: Deborah Ray
Producer : Deborah Ray
Duration: 00:31:40
Description: Host Deborah Ray and guest Fitzgerald Whitney discuss Whitney's career as a black photographer. Also, a performance by Jimmie Okera Hightower and a segment on the Nigerian Showcase at the Detroit Institute of the Arts.
Sun Ra Sun Ra (1981)
Guests: Sun Ra
Host: Deborah Ray
Producer : Deborah Ray
Duration: 00:28:54
Description: Sun Ra captured almost as much attention for his outlandish costumes and strange philosophical pronouncements as for his innovative jazz compositions. But it was his advocacy of "free jazz" and his early use of electronic synthesizers that inspired and influenced a wide array of other jazz musicians.
Through the Artist Eyes (1981)
Guests: Walter Morgan, Burnis Day, Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts
Host: Deborah Ray
Producer : Deborah Ray
Duration: 00:29:33
Description: This show is a special showcasing black artists, including Walter Morgan, Burnis Day, and Aaron Ibn Pori Pitts.