Margaret Burroughs Lecture

WHEN: Saturday, April 8, 2006, 4:00 p.m.

WHERE: Artlink, Inc., 437 E. Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802
(260) 424-7195

COST: $4 to benefit Artlink and the Three Rivers Jenbé Ensemble

CONTACT: Deb Washler, Executive Director, deb@artlinkfw.com

Dr. Margaret Burroughs is an artist, educator and institution builder.
Burroughs will lecture on art in the Main Gallery of Artlink on Saturday,
April 8 at 4:00 p.m. There is a $4 charge to benefit Artlink and the Three
Rivers Jenbé Ensemble. Burroughs will also appear at the Fort Wayne Dance
Collective at 7:00 p.m. for a Reading and Discussion of Afrikan Travels.

Dr. Burroughs, an octogenarian, is the founder of the DuSable Museum of
African-American History in Chicago, the South Side Community Center and the National Conference of Artists. She has served as art director for the
Negro Hall of Fame and has illustrated many books. Dr. Burroughs is an
artist whose medium of choice is linoleum blocks. Burroughs works at home
where she uses the simplest tools to create her dynamic images.