Dear ART | library deco supporters:
Thank you for always taking the time to read and interact with the only African American virtual art library, gallery, and repository that delves into the Black experience in art, literature, and culture. This year once again had its highs and lows in all things centered around African American culture! To end this year, we have curated a listing of content for you to review at your leisure during the holiday season. For now, sit back, rewind in time and catch up on content, news, and information missed throughout the year. Our library curatorial team is looking forward to bringing you relevant content in 2023 that matters and will expand your horizons in African American art.
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Watch Kendrick Lamar’s 2016 Grammy Performance Here
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From The New Yorker: Kadir Nelson, this week’s cover artist, wanted to create “a stylistic montage as an homage to the great Harlem Renaissance painters.” Read more about his inspiration here: http://nyer.cm/xVq5AxM
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From Cosmopolite: Willi Smith was declared by fashion writer, Liz Rittersporn, with the New York Daily News in 1987, as indisputably, “the most successful black designer in fashion history”. Willi Smith, founder of Williwear in 1976, increased his sales from $30,000 to $25 million in his first year in 1986. His line was featured in…
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A Conversation with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. (LIVE) “American Fault Line: Race and the American Ideal”
From Bam: Wed, Mar 16, 2016 | 8pm LOCATION: Peter Jay Sharp Building, BAM Howard Gilman Opera House RUN TIME: 1hr 30min TICKETS START AT $35 + View Online Stream (Free) Ken Burns & Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in conversation with Michel Martin Documentarian Ken Burns and scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr., join together to…
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From The University of Chicago Library About this Exhibit: Exhibition Dates: September 2008 – February 2009 Integrating the Life of the Mind: African Americans at the University of Chicago, 1870-1940 From the late nineteenth century onward, African Americans have pursued studies in undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs at the University of Chicago. By 1943…
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From Elliot Lim: “I designed and animated this piece as an homage to my favorite show of all time, HBO’s ‘The Wire’” says the creator of the piece. The music in this short animation is entitled “Way Down in the Hole” by The Blind Boys of Alabama. Check out more of Lim’s work on his…
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From Shadow and Act: Directed, written and produced by Korstiaan Vandiver, the film is also produced by myself (Dwight Wilson II), Kimberly Vandiver & Kevin Kinsey. The project, titled “LU,” stars Nate Parker as a PTSD veteran who is haunted by a tragic incident during a fire fight in Iraq, and is based on a…
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From PBS.org/FINDING YOUR ROOTS FINDING YOUR ROOTS The Stories We Tell Preview: Kara Walker View Online Here: http://www.pbs.org/video/2365637418/ Watch a clip from Finding Your Roots: season three, episode one with Kara Walker. Rating: NR
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From Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: Betye Saar: Still Tickin’ | Exhibition: Jan 30 – May 1, 2016 Description There is a touch of alchemy to Betye Saar’s artwork: transforming the simple and mundane into powerful art. Since the 1960s, her compelling, astute and expressive works reflect on African- American identity, spirituality and the interconnectedness between…
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