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.
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moniquemeloche | 2154 West Division Street | Chicago, IL For her second solo exhibition at moniquemeloche, Ebony G. Patterson presents …until you see them, a series of new, large-scale, mixed-media works on paper. Patterson’s signature, monumental mug-shot portraits have grown into complex groupings of full figures as she expands her exploration into the varied interpretation and appropriation of feminine
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DIX HILLS, N.Y. — In a quiet, tree-lined suburb of New York City sits an unassuming brick ranch house that many musicians consider hallowed ground. This is where saxophonist John Coltrane composed the epic 1964 jazz masterpiece “A Love Supreme,” shortly after moving into the Dix Hills, Long Island, home. Although he only lived there
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About Oh Freedom! Oh Freedom! offers a new introduction to the Civil Rights movement through the unique lens of Smithsonian collections. Drawing connections among art, history, and social change, Oh Freedom! provides educators with tools to help students re-imagine and re-interpret the long struggle for civil rights, justice, and equality in fresh ways. Oh Freedom! compiles and interprets a
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SAINT LOUIS, MO.- A newly formed organization of Black art galleries has been established in St. Louis, Missouri. The organization is the Alliance of Black Art Galleries, consisting of eight art galleries with a shared focus of exhibiting culturally relevant art and supporting artists whose career aspirations would benefit from broader exposure in
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Kerry James Marshall, Nude (Spotlight), 2009 Defares Collection, The Netherlands ~
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Introductory Wall Text: The Harlem Renaissance was a period of cultural revival for African Americans that lasted from the 1920s to the 1940s. During this period, blacks generated for themselves a sense of pride and identity through creative expression. Though the literary, musical, and artistic innovation was concentrated in Harlem, New York City, the
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Collections of personal papers documenting African American women writers, musicians and artists held by Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL) will be processed and available for researchers, thanks to a $126,976 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC). The grant will allow MARBL to hire a professional archivist who will work for two
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Led by local artist Tony Radford, kids and teens ages 8-16 have been creating 2D and 3D art from recycled materials at East 38th Street Library. The kids have been working real hard for the past couple of months on their pieces, so come support local youth
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Is Your Art Blog on its Last Leg? Get Help! FUN FACT: Studies show that 75% of art blogs are incredibly boring. Ask yourself: – Who are you talking to on your blog? Who’s reading it? – What’s your blog really doing for
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Jay West is a contemporary Artist from Harlem, NY, who is quickly gaining recognition as one of the most promising young artists in New York. This brilliant young Artist’s work is about “mixing opposites” and making “worlds collide”. Drawing from a wide spectrum of inspirations, West’s paintings deal with subjects as diverse as popular cartoon
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