$10,000 in support from the Edna W. Andrade Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation will expand the collection of art and photography by people of color at the Michener Museum.

The museum will use the grant to acquire two works by Philadelphia photographer Donald E. Camp:

• “Congressman John Lewis”
• “The Man Who Sews – Collin Louis”

The portraits will join an exhibit on modern photography in the Delaware Valley and remain in Doylestown until August 15.

“Donald Camp’s large-scale, photographic portraits provide a much-needed opportunity for Black visitors to see themselves within the art on the walls of our galleries, helping to create a more welcoming space for our non-white audiences,” said Kate Quinn, Executive Director of the Michener Museum.

Camp, whose career started as a Philadelphia Evening Bulletin photographer, was pleased.

“I think the Michener has an incredible future. So I was happy that the work was going to be in a place where it’s safe,” Camp said.

“I want my legacy of artwork to be secure in a museum where it would be displayed, not hidden away in a collection that the public never sees.

“The art needs to come out because it’s for the community. It’s for humanity.”