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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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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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Featured Exhibition Open at the Mississippi Museum of Art on April 9, 2022-September 2022, Before Traveling to the Baltimore Museum of Art View Exhibition Schedule Throughout the presentation of its landmark exhibition A Movement in Every Direction: Legacies of the Great Migration, the Mississippi Museum of Art will present a free series of critical conversations, films, performances,…
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Featured Alice & Imani Details: Wed, May 11 2022 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Virtual Join National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Alice Walker for this conversation about the publication of her edited journals, Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker, 1965 – 2000. An intimate glimpse into Walker’s growth as an artist and intellectual, Gathering…
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Registration is now open for our end-of-project webinar: Locating a National Collection through Audience Research and Interface Design. Date: Wednesday 25 May, via Microsoft Teams | 9:30 AM Time zone: (UTC-06:00) Central Time (US & Canada) Registration link: https://bit.ly/LaNC-Webinar The one and a half-hour webinar will feature presentations on public audience research, the role of…
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Featured Event for Creative Scholars Professional Pathways in Black DH Date: Friday, May 13, 2022 Time: 11:00am – 4:30pm Location: Loretta C. Duckworth Scholars Studio Location: Online Black Digital Humanities (DH) is a term that describes the use of various digital tools to research the lived experiences and cultures of people of African descent. These…
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