Finding voices of the African Diaspora that might otherwise be forgotten is at the heart of the Davis Collection. Featured artists include Romare Bearden, Beverly Buchanan, Elizabeth Catlett, Ernest T. Crichlow, Sam Gilliam, Loïs Mailou Jones, Jacob Lawrence, Gordon Parks, Alma Thomas, and Charles White, among others.

The collectors did not search exclusively for well-known and/or documented artists. Rather, they focused on the more meaningful task of gathering and preserving a range of artistic approaches to the black image, in order to console the psyche and contribute to a more authentic articulation of the self.

Created by the Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh in partnership with The Mo Willems Studio, this exhibition is based on the exploration of opposites in bestselling children’s book author and illustrator Mo Willems’ book, Opposites Abstract.