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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Images are courtesy of the public domain.
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SOUL VERZUZ ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAY The latest episode of VERZUZ created by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz., featuring Erykah Badu vs. Jill Scott the day before Mother’s Day 2020 will go down in history as the best of the best from their catalog of archived material. The series is based on one major…
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From the Public ART Domain: A black-and-white cabinet card portrait of a girl wearing a dark colored, pleated dress with embroidery on both sides of the pleated area. A metal clasp is at her neck and she is wearing earrings. Written on the back is “Mau[…?]. PHOTOGRAPH BY Unidentified SUBJECT OF Unidentified Woman or Women…
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From ART | library deco: N Real Time: A Collective of Experiences…The COVID-19 INDEX is a digital archive created for people of color to share their experiences during the COVID-19 – Coronavirus Pandemic. Selected data, stories, images, audio and videos will be published via an online African American digital art library. These works will be…
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From Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage & the Library of Congress: What is African American about African American dress? “The will to adorn is the second most notable characteristic in Negro expression. Perhaps his idea of ornament does not attempt to meet conventional standards, but it satisfies the soul of its creator.”—Zora Neal…
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From ART | library deco: The Academy Museum partnered with Academy Award®–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter to debut her coloring illustrations. You are in a for a free treat! The pages are published weekly via the Academy Museum’s website and are free to download at your leisure. Download the first set released this week…
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Archived Issue: Jul 191848 pagesVol. 16, No. 3ISSN 0011-1422 Subject: The Education Number Published by The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that…
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Visit Online Exhibition, Black College Life in the New Deal: A Google Cultural Institute Exhibit Read Press Release Credit: Academic class, Roger Williams University, Nashville, 1899 Courtesy Library of Congress (00651765)
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From ART | library deco: David Clyde Driskell was born in Eatonton, Georgia, the son of George Washington Driskell, a minister, and Mary Cloud Driskell, a homemaker. When he was five years old, he moved with his family to western North Carolina. Driskell attended Howard University, Washington, D.C., graduating with a bachelor’s degree in art,…
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From High Museum Art Atlanta: Works represent Gold Coast fortresses connected to African slave trade ATLANTA, Feb. 3, 2020 – This spring, the High Museum of Art presents “Paa Joe: Gates of No Return” (Feb. 29–May 31, 2020), an exhibition organized by the American Folk Art Museum featuring a series of seven large-scale, painted wood…
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