Aaron Douglas, Let My People Go (ca. 1935-39) and Aspects of Negro Life: From Slavery Through Reconstruction (1934) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Photo by Ben Davis.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - Curious Topekans gathered for the 19th annual Aaron Douglas Art Fair. Named after the Harlem Renaissance artist and architect who came from Topeka, the fair shows off local ...

The Aaron Douglas Art Fair runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 28 at Aaron Douglas Art Park, SW 12th & Lane. You can find more details at aarondouglasartfair.com.

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) -The Aaron Douglas Art Fair presented it’s featured artist of 2025 Friday in NOTO. A new artist is highlighted every year. This year’s feature artist title went to ...

Derek Fordjour traces his interest in Harlem Renaissance art to his childhood in Tennessee, where he saw Aaron Douglas’s murals at Fisk University, and to his art history classes at Morehouse.

For Brooks, learning about the impact Topeka-native Aaron Douglas (1899-1979) had as an artist and illustrator was something he thought needed to be highlighted more.