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Henri Hermann Ghent is a curator, lecturer, writer, and community organizer. Ghent was born in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. He was the director of the Brooklyn Museum's Community Gallery for five years.

Early life
Early in Ghent's career in 1951, he studied at Northeast Conservatory. In 1952 he was a student at the Museum of Fine Arts. In 1953 he was a professor at Georges Longy School. In 1960, Ghent was a student at the University de Paris.

Career
He was the director of the Brooklyn Museum's Community Gallery for five years. He was the first African American to have a decision making position at a major American museum. He played a major role in the planning and development of the concept of art created by community people. He established the first in USA a showcase for unknown artists within an established museum such as the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York. He was a member of the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition (BECC). The Community Gallery started in 1968. It came into existent from a protest when a group called F I.C.E. (Fed erated Institutes of Cultural Enrichment). They came into the Brooklyn Museum and demanded a place for local artists to show their work.

From 1964 to 1968, Ghent was a cultural News Editor for Elegant Magazine. In March of 1972 from March 12, 1972 through April 9, 1972 as Director of the Community Gallery at the Brooklyn Museum Ghent organized youth exhibits. The exhibits were called Salute to Brooklyn's Creative Youth '72. In 1972, he organized a youth exhibit was the fourth successive exhibition. The exhibitions comprised fine art paintings, sculpture, graphics and collages that were created by talented Brooklyn youth. The exhibitions were displayed at the Brooklyn Museum and throughout the borough of Brooklyn in downtown department stores, banks, schools, libraries, at the Brooklyn Borough Hall.

Awards

 * M C. Fellow Yaddo Artists Colony, Saratoga Springs, New York,
 * 1979 - grantee S.H. Kress Foundation, New York City,
 * 1972 - Ford Foundation, New York