Herman Bigham & Associates Exhibit and Presentation History: Majesty of African Motherhood 1. Cecil B. Moore Community Library- Philadelphia        Received great response 2. Main Branch Library in Philadelphia     25,000 ppl visited, 6 month period,     2 T.V programs, 10 newspaper articles. National tours begin after overwhelming response to exhibition 3. Baltimore, Maryland at Central Branch Pratt Library. Presentations by Dr. Jeffries- 2 Television airings of exhibition along   with other media coverage. 4.Queens N.Y, at Langston Hughes Cultural Center Library At opening for exhibition Dr. Jeffries, Keynote speaker, also presentations given by Howard Dotson Director of Schomburg Library and Susan Kloeman from Sotheby’s Collaborated with Museum of African Art on educational program 5.   Atlanta, GA part of National Black Arts Festival-     featured exhibition. Dr. Jeffries and Nigerian Artist Chidi Okoye and Paul Jones     spoke at the Opening. Exhibition spent five months and was presented in the     Robert  Woodruff Library on Atlanta University Campus. Savannah State University- A part of their Black Heritage Festival- featured exhibition. Received numerous significant newspaper and T.V exposure. Opening speaker was Dr. Anonyuo Emeka from Savannah School of Arts and Design. Ritz theater & La Villa Museum, Jacksonville Florida  February 09-June 16, 2006 Museum offered lectures by Dr. Emeka Anonyuo, Professor of African Arts at Savannah College of Art and Design, and Dr. Rosalind Jeffries, noted scholar, author and lecturer on African art and history. The Jacksonville Advocate, 12Jauary 2006 article: “Nothing captures African Society Universal reverence for motherhood more profoundly than the exhibit at the La Villa Museum, The Majesty of African Motherhood.” Arbus- North Florida’s Arts & Business Mag., Article:” For Mothers Everywhere” May/June 2006 Ebony Magazine Travel Guide, May 2006 listed our exhibition Florida A&M, Tallahassee Florida October 6th- January 15th, 2007 Offered two events, which were broadly shared with the entire FAMU community and the citizens of the State of Florida. The primary mission of the gallery program is to provide top quality exhibitions and gallery opening events. We had two Newspaper coverage’s and one local TV station.     Symbols of Culture: Philadelphia Int. Airport- Airport frequented by 25 mil ppl/year. Was on exhibit for 6 months. Received significant news coverage. Walt Whitman Arts Center: Camden N.J- Opening speaker – Dr. Jeffries . Received significant print media recognition. Donnell Library – Midtown, New York- Opening presentation by Dr. Rosalind Jeffries. This venue is frequented by 2300 people/day. Nassau County New York- African American Museum- Presentations by Dr. Jeffries and Stan Simmons of Simmons Museum of Brooklyn N.Y 76ers Philadelphia- series of table top exhibitions- (no cases and bases.) for Black History month in 2004. 6.    Philadelphia October Gallery’s Black Arts Expo- A series of table- top exhibitions during the Expos in 2002-2004. This event    draws approximately 20, 000 people in a weekend. Symbolic Use of Animals in African Cultural Arts: Walt Whitman Center- 2004-2005- Featured materials from Merton Simpson, Morgan State University, HBA collections – exhibition was received by 11 newspaper articles, presentations by Dr. Ofori Ansa, Rosalind Jeffries. Workshop entitled “ Preserving, Interpreting and Investing in African Art: The     Last Frontier” – participants were African educators, scholars, artists and appraisers.       2.  Philadelphia, PA Central Library     Featured gallery talk and lecture by Dr. Rosalind Jeffries, We have had         three televisions stations, four radio stations & five news papers cover our exhibit. Our brochures are being distributed at PMA, U. Penn Museum & the King Tut exhibit site.   HBA University Gallery, by appointment from April 2nd,2007 to     September 15th 2007  4.  African Art Takes Flight At the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson   Airport The ground breaking cultural art exhibit, Symbolic Use of Animals in African Cultural Arts is now on exhibit at the T. terminal Gallery at the Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport until October 2008.          This presentation may be the largest, most widely viewed exhibit of World Class African Traditional Sculptural Art ever displayed in a public space.    This exhibit establishes the cultural unity of Egypt in Africa, the harmonious relationship between humans & animals and shows how the attributes of animals are symbolically used to communicate standards of social values & behavior. African Hair Styles Culture & Consciousness         Subtitled:” Never a Bad Hair Day.” A nationally touring exhibit of rare and traditional African sculpture demonstrating the significant of African Hair Styles as Symbols of Culture & Consciousness      1.   Worchester Public Library, Worcester MA Part of there African American Festival Series 2007, Opening will include a   lecture and presentation by Fine Art and Black Studies Professor, Rowland Abiodun. Presentations: Swarthmore University: PA. Dr. Jeffries and Herman Bigham Tabletop presentation of artifacts and lecture with slides and Dr. Jeffries did lecture with slides and video presentation. St. Louis Museum of Art. Presentation on collecting African and African American art by Barbara Wallace and Herman Bigham. Walt Whitman Center Camden, New Jersey: Workshop entitled “ Preserving, Interpreting and Investing in African Art: The Last Frontier” – participants were African educators, scholars, artist & appraisers. “African Sculpture’s Influence on Western Modern Art” Presentations Philadelphia, Pa University of Penn Museum of Archaeology & Anthropology Feb.16th. 2002 & June 2003 Collector’s forum featuring African art appraisers, artists and scholars Temple’s Liacouras Center’s Salon “A” on Friday the 12th of November Presenters include: Dr. Ofori Ansa, African Arts Appraiser and Howard professor, Ms. Alvah Beander, African & African American Arts Appraiser, David Lawrence Artist Scholar, Barbara Wallace, African American Arts appraiser and consultant.