An African American artist opens his coat in United States. R W Lindsey prepares a fish sculpture with a child. A woman studies a book. Richard William Lindsey at a class observes students' paintings. Malvin Gray Johnson comes with a board, sits and paints. Paintings at a wall. W Ellisworth Artis prepares a sculpture. People at an exhibition of Spanish African American art. Next scene appears unrelated, and shows pedestrian traffic on a busy New York City street, with many men and women walking on the sidewalk beside stores and shops. Next scene shows a stopped subway train at a station in New York City. Men and women and a few police officers exit the train onto a crowded platform, as other riders wait to board the railroad train. Next scene returns to an art studio view, with African American painters at work. Final scenes show a Harmon Communities map depicting Long Island in New York, and view of a train passing slowly through a switch yard area or marshaling yard.
An African American artist teaches a class. Mrs William E Harmon and others at the Spanish African American art exhibition along with Pastor Argudin y Pedroso. Malvin Gray Johnson lights his pipe and begins painting. Sculptor William Ellisworth Artis teaches a student who is creating a dolphin-inspired piece. Photographer James Latimer Allen takes photographs using a large format camera on tripod. Painter Richard William Lindsey watches students painting in a class.
Ellisworth Artis, Georgette Seabrooke, Richard William Lindsey, Charles Alston, Marvin Gray Johnson, Augusta Savage and Richmond Barthe teach painting, etching and sculpture. James A. Porter, writer, gathers materials for his book on African American achievements. Mrs. William E Harmon and others at exhibition of Spanish African American art by Pastor Argudin y Pedroso.
Various buildings of New York City seen as camera pans from left to right and also shows a sailing boat at port in New York City United States. Palmer Hayden paints at New York waterfront. Dignitaries and arts supporters including Mrs Harmon at Spanish African American art painting exhibition by Pastor Argudin y Pedroso. James L Allen in his photography studio. A woman prepares a sculpture.
A woman doing sculpture work in United States. Hands cleaning window. Hands holding color palette. Paintings. Woman painting while standing. A man sees and paints. Hands of William Ellisworth Artis at a sculpture. Hands painting.
An African American artist prepares a sculpture of a man in United States. Hands clay modelling. Brushes in a box. Hands painting. Clay models of an African American man and a woman. A painting at a wall. Late Malvin Gray Johnson paints while smoking cigar.
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