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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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Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art By Tanya Brown MerrimanFebruary 18, 2022 Exploring the vast and brilliant contributions of African American artists is especially significant in February, when educators are looking for creative ways to recognize Black History Month, but it’s also work that can happen anytime during the school year. As a…
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Charles Alston, 1935 Charles Alston, 1958 Charles Alston, 1949 Charles Alston, 1934 “I don’t believe there’s a such a thing as ‘black art,’ though there’s certainly been a black experience. I’ve lived it. But it’s also an American experience.” – Charles Alston, African American Painter From COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: Charles Henry…
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What is Douglass Day? Douglass Day is a collective act of radical love for Black history. Douglass Day is an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass. Each year, we gather thousands of people to transcribe an online collection of Black history and culture. We frequently focus on important Black women’s archives, such as…
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INSIDE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN In 1938, Waters met artist Luigi Lucioni through their mutual friend, Carl Van Vechten. Image Description: Date: April 30, 1934 Medium silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper Dimensions H x W: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm) Type black-and-white photograph portraits A black-and-white photograph of Ethel Waters…
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We Are More than a website Become an ART library deco patron. Your investment in the only African American art library, gallery, and repository online helps keep the maintenance and content, available free of charge for students, scholars, and life-long learners. ART | library deco patrons receive the following mementos for their reoccurring investment at…
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History About Exhibition: African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, and features the 33 artists in the exhibition. The artists, from Africa, or of African origins create works that challenge traditional notions of Blackness and transnational histories in relation to concepts of liberty, rights, and representation. – From Fotofest CATALOGUE 101 FOTOFEST Published by FotoFest and…
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Read Full Article LIZZO From the Library of Congress: “Lizzo reverently took Madison’s crystal flute in hand and blew a few notes. This isn’t easy, as the instrument is more than 200 years old. She blew a few more when she was in the Great Hall and Main Reading Room. Then, reaching for a more…
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Read Article Featured in Concrete Rose about Jamie Holmes, “…In What We Talking About at Marianne Boesky Gallery — the artist’s debut exhibition in New York.” About the Artist: Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter from Thibodaux, Louisiana, whose work tells the story of contemporary life for many black families in the Deep South. Through portraiture…
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Image History & Reference:Palmer, Alfred T, photographer. Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee. Tennessee United States Nashville, 1943. Feb. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878540/.
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WORK 01 NEW YORK ARCHIVES WEEK 2022 From the Archivists Round Table: The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York is pleased to announce New York Archives Week 2022, which will take place from Monday, October 24th, through Friday, October 28th. Archivists and institutions throughout the city are invited to share virtual and in-person events, collection tours, and community conversations on the A.R.T. Archives Week calendar via…
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