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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From the International Center for Photography CONTACT HIGH: A Visual History of Hip-Hop explores four decades of photography, from the late 1970s to today, documenting a revolution not just in music, but in politics, race relations, fashion, and culture. The images—many of them displayed alongside contact sheets from the session—give us a rare glimpse into the…
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From PBS Newshour: Yamiche Alcindor is the White House correspondent for the PBS NewsHour, a role she began in January 2018. She often tells stories about the intersection of race and politics as well as fatal police encounters. Alcindor is also a contributor for NBC News and MSNBC often appearing on a number of shows…
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Dear ART Guru: I hope all is well with you and that you are treating yourself well! I wanted to check in with my audience and share what I have been up to. During 2019, I had to take some time off to organize the first African American Genealogy Conference in Austin, Texas for [my]…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Mike Henderson:Three Upcoming Exhibitions by Groundbreaking Bay Area Artist This fall marks an unprecedented opportunity for viewers to experience the work of pioneering African American artist Mike Henderson, whose paintings and films have been an integral part of the Bay Area art scene for over fifty years. Henderson, whose singular vision has…
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From The Blanton Museum of Art: The University of Texas at Austin is honored to be the home of twenty-three works by Charles White, one of the 20th century’s most accomplished draftsmen and influential art educators. This exhibition celebrates the artist’s remarkable career and legacy, made possible by the generous gift of artworks from Drs.…
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From ART_librarydeco Diahann Carroll transitioned today at the age of 84 years old. The pioneering African American actress, singer, and model was born on July 17, 1935, in the Bronx, New York City. In 1968, she became a national sensation in her role as “Julia” making her the first African American woman to star her…
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From George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center: Conversations with Contemporary Artists is a quarterly program of the George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center that highlights multi-disciplinary creatives working at the intersection of art and social change. The first activation of 2019 will honor New York-based, multi-disciplinary visual and performing artist Taja…
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From Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture: In celebration of National Library Workers Day, Schomburg curators, librarians, and archivists will display selections from our unparalleled collection of archival materials highlighting the influence of NYPL librarian Regina Anderson Andrews and Jean Blackwell Hutson, archivist, curator, and former chief librarian of the Schomburg Center. FIRST COME,…
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From FANDOM Comics Community: Before Storm, there was Butterfly. Butterfly, aka Marian Michaels, was a sultry Las Vegas cabaret singer by day and a superhero by night. The superheroine made her first comic appearance in 1971 in a supplemental issue of Hell-Rider #1. The Butterfly was the first Black Female Superheroine to be featured in…
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From American Art Museum: Details Think women artists deserve more recognition? It’s your chance to correct the historical record! Join SAAM and Art+Feminism, a campaign to improve coverage of feminism and the arts on Wikipedia, for a Wikipedia edit-a-thon. A special tour of remarkable women artists in SAAM’s collection kicks off the program, then learn…
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