“Can Fire in the Park,” a 1946 oil on canvas by Beauford Delaney, is among the works included in a Smithsonian American Art Museum exhibition closing Sunday, May 25, at the Hunter Museum of American Art, 10 Bluff View. “African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era and Beyond” features 100 paintings, sculpture, prints and photographs by 43 black artists who lived during the tremendous sociopolitical changes of the 20th century. Delaney was born in Knoxville in 1901 and died in Paris, France, in 1979. Museum hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Mondays-Tuesdays and Fridays-Saturdays; noon-5 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays; 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Thursdays. Admission is $9.95 for adults, $4.95 for children 3-17. For more information, call 423-267-0968 or visit www.huntermuseum.org.
