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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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Featured Sketching in the Galleries at the National Museum of African Art Like to draw? Have some free time on Thursdays? Drop in and explore the galleries. Sketch pads, pencils, museum maps, and chairs are available in the Pavilion. If you bring your own art supplies, please note only dry, nonchalky-media pencil. wax crayon. and…
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NEGRO EDUCATION: A STUDY OF THE PRIVATE AND HIGHER SCHOOLS FOR COLORED PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES Date Issued: 1917 Place: WashingtonPublisher: U.S. G.P.O. Library LocationSchomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division Shelf locator: Sc 370.973-U (United States. Office of Education. Negro education) [Print] v. 1 NOTESStatement of responsibility: prepared in…
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MUSEUMS AS SYSTEMS The Studio Museum in Harlem Agenda: June 14 – June 15, 2022 | Time: 5:00 PM – 7:45 PM CST | Zoom In its inaugural iteration, Museums as Systems asks: How are museums systems of artistry, archives, education, labor, care, communication, and communities? By assembling curators, writers, educators, critics, creatives, and administrators in…
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CELEBRATE THE JUNETEENTH HOLIDAY EDITING WIKIPEDIA ARTICLES Join ART | library deco for our second Wikipedia Edit-a-thon! We will explore and update articles about JUNETEENTH. If you are new to editing articles using Wikipedia, want the experience, and have the time to learn a new skill attend this event in celebration of the holiday. *Free…
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“African Chief” ArtistMariano Fortuny y Marsal Title African Chief Date 1870 Medium Oil on canvas Inscriptions Inscribed, lower right: Fortuny ’70/ A MI AMIGO… (name indicipherable) PUBLIC DOMAIN ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO “A good chief is like a forest: everyone can go there and get something.” – The Congo “African Images” CC0 Public Domain Designation
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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth Presents FOCUS: Jamal Cyrus NOW ON VIEW THRU –June 26, 2022 The Houston-based artist examines forgotten, ignored, or fragmentary accounts of Black American culture. He raises clear questions about “official” history, what is overlooked and why, and the biases held by those writing and interpreting it. Cyrus uses a…
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INDEPENDENT FILM Film Debut: September 1, 2022 Director’s Statement: This film chronicles the journey of trumpet legend Roy Hargrove’s last year as he embarks on his final European summer tour while reflecting on his life and the wisdom he wants to impart on young musicians. Roy is celebrated through priceless footage of his final days…
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NOMINATIONS NOW OPEN! The Archivists and Archives of Color Section (AAC) is an interest group within the Society of American Archivists. The AAC Section helps to identify concerns and promote the needs of archivists and archives of color. Would you like to meet other archivists of color? Build your leadership skills? If yes, nominate yourself for the SAA Archivists and Archives…
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