Mt. Vernon Ave., South Side of the Street, 1900-1957, Memory Map, Page 3,
1989 to 1992
CMA, Gift of the Artist
Life in Sellsville 1871-1900,
1987
Southern Ohio Museum: Portsmouth, Ohio, CMA, Purchased by Friends of the Museum
Poindexter Village Quilt,
1966 to 1984
Private Collection
Poindexter Village-First Families in 1940,
1995
Private Collection
One Day in 1307 A.D.: King Abubakari II,
1985 to 1992
Columbus Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist
John T. Ward Transporting Fugitive Slaves in Columbus, Ohio, 1800s,
1982
Columbus Museum of Art, Gift of JP Morgan Chase
Unwritten Love Letter: Sojouner Truth,
1988
Private Collection
Life Along Water Street,
2003 to 2007
Columbus Museum of Art, Gift of the Artist
Aminah was devoted to documenting neighborhoods that still exist and also those that have disappeared. While she based this work on particular, historic details related to each of these actual places, the theme that emerges is global: the importance of family and community wherever and whenever they occur in the world. In 1981, Aminah began Pages in History, an extensive collection of sculptures, works on paper, and cloth paintings that record figures and events, both celebrated and obscure, from African American history.
