ART BYE | REWIND – REVISIT – 2022

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.

ART | library deco will go on break from December 1 – January 15, 2023.



  • Short documentary sketches of five African American artists: Barbara Chase Riboud, Charles White, Romare Bearden, Richard Hunt, and Betty Blayton. Each artist talks about the creative process, their inspirations and the social forces at work in the early 1970s.

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  • My aunt created this installation for my graduation on May 9, 2014. She presented it to me inside the Gateway Center at the University of North Texas. My family and friends were in attendance. This was the best gift that I received on that special day (outside of all the love). I’m officially an Art…

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  • Floyd D. Tunson: Chasing The Elephants Out Of The Room Directed by Clifton Johnson Jr., Luke Atencio and Wylene Carol Video description: Floyd D. Tunson holds a Master’s Degree in Studio Art. His work is in the collections of the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, the Denver Art Museum, the Kaiser Permanente Corporation, the Walter…

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  • THE LEROY NEIMAN CENTER GALLERY School of the Art Institute of Chicago 37 South Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL From blogs.saic.edu/sugs: Exhibit Link What We All Long For is a group exhibition that recalls personal, social and political histories that are read through traces of absence and presence. Featured artists include Tejpal Ajji, LaMont Hamilton, Arièle…

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  • In this second annual lecture honoring the memory of Norma Marshall, a former President of the Museum’s Community Committee, artist Lorraine O’Grady discusses how conversations around “post-racial” and “postfeminist” political ideologies impact her work. The program is preceded by Spotlight Talks at 6 p.m., and followed by a reception. Tickets are $12, which includes Museum…

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  • BOOKMARK | SHARE | READ my latest article: “Reflections of Blackness with Amiri Baraka” that I wrote on Amiri Baraka for The Black Caucus of the American Library Asssociation’s Quarterly Newsletter. The newsletter is available for download for free: http://tinyurl.com/ofcdgnr

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  •   The Race Card Project partners with The Brooklyn Museum! The power of The Race Card Project is that it allows individuals to listen to each other. And in this case, it also allows The Brooklyn Museum to listen to its community and tap into the conversations that usually take place in private spaces. The…

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