Art Carrington family- friendly day clinics are taught by Art Carrington. Art Carrington believes that tennis lessons should be fun, accessible to a wide range of ages, and should provide attendees with skills and routines that they can practice year-round on and off the court.

Art is also a tennis historian and has compiled an exhibit book of Black Tennis Stars.



Biography
    Art Carrington, along with his brother, Bruce and sister, Joyce was reared in New Jersey, and learned his skills in one of the first private Black tennis clubs, mentored by a strata of educated black professionals dedicated to the promotion of tennis as a social sport.  He was a frequent practice partner of Arthur Ashe and assisted him in numerous tennis events.

  
   One of the top experts in this country on the history of Black tennis, Carrington is recording the saga of the sport not as a bystander, but as a participant - since the history of the ATA is enmeshed in his own life story.

    He enjoys sharing his research and collection of archival information with those interested in learning more about the history of Black tennis and how it influenced the futrue of Black sports.

 

   Arthur Carrington, together with his wife Suzanne, live in Easthampton, MA.  Carrington is a Hampton University graduate, ATA champion and two-time U.S. Open competitor. 


Carrington has been running a tennis academy and summer camp at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts for the past 23 years.

Art Carrington is creator of "Royalty of the Colored Court", An exhibition, talk and tennis demonstration.

The Exhibition
Arthur Carrington, a graduate of Hampton University, tennis champion, and practice partner to Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson is an archivist and historian of Black Tennis.  His exhibition, "Royalty of the Colored Court," chronicles the history of the sport from 1890 to present.

The exhibit shows rarely seen material on Black-owned tennis and country clubs and tells the story of the early beginnings of the American Tennis Association (ATA), the oldest Black sports organization in America.

The successful careers of Althea Gibson and Arthur Ashe are also highlighted in the exhibit, and illustrate the significance of the ATA to the sport.

The exhibit includes examples from Carrington's own private collection of archival newspaper articles and rare photographs.

"Royalty of the Colored Court," can be mounted on walls or panels, and customized to space configurations.

The Talk
Arthur Carringotn lived much of the story told in the exhibition.  He came up through a private Black tennis club in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  His tournament and coaching experiences and his professional relationship with Arthur Ashe, Althea gibson, and their coaches, and his rich collection of archival information provide the content for the dynamic, informative talk, that supplements the exhibition.

The Demonstration and Instructural Clinic

Arthur Carrinton's Tennis Academy, located in Amherst, Massachusetts on the grounds of Hampshire College, trains tennis players of all levels.  The Carrington Tennis Academy approach to tennis utilizes natural body movement as the foundation for tennis play.

A demonstration and instructional clinic can be arranged with or without the exhibition and the talk.

To arrange for any component of "Royalty of the Colored Court," contact Arthur Carrington at The Bay Road Tennis Club of Hampshire College, 1-413-599-5785.

To learn more about the Art Carrington Tennis Academy call

1-413-977-1967