ART BYE | REWIND – REVISIT – 2022

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.



  • View: Persuasive Maps: PJ Mode Collection, Cornell University Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

    From Cornell University Library DIGITAL COLLECTIONS: PERSUASIVE CARTOGRAPHY                                                                                               …

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  • View: “A Great Day in Harlem,” Photo by Art Kane

    From Open Culture: Sixty years ago, Art Kane assembled one of the largest groups of jazz greats in history. No, it wasn’t an all-star big band, but a meeting of veteran legends and young upstarts for the iconic photograph known as “A Great Day in Harlem.” Fifty-seven musicians gathered outside a brownstone at 17 East…

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  • New Course: The History, Presence, and Possibility of Black Museums

    From the Smithsonian: Enrollment is now open for the Smithsonian Institution’s new online course, The History, Presence, and Possibility of Black Museums. The course will be offered online through the Harvard extension program for continuing education beginning January 30 – March 9, 2019. The last day to register without a late fee is Jan. 27, 2019. Division of Continuing Education…

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  • Art News: The Association of African American Museums is excited to announce plans for its 41st Annual Conference

    From AAAM: The Association of African American Museums is excited to announce plans for its 41st Annual Conference, August 7-10, 2019 in Jackson, Mississippi. The theme of the Conference, Roots of Revolution: Reaching Back | Pushing Forward, signifies a chance to usefully look to our shared past to inform and empower the crafting of our futures amid challenging times. As…

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  • Opportunity: Academic Research, Digital Humanities, and Creative Study 2019 Fellowships Annouced

    From The HistoryMakers: The HistoryMakers – the nation’s largest African American video oral history archive – invites applications for one of three sets of fellowships – Academic Research, Digital Humanities, and Creative Study – created from funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, for the period of Summer 2019 (April–September 2019). Applicant’s work must come out of their use of, and/or be…

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  • Another Year, African American Art 365

    ART | library deco has an exciting year ahead and gladly would like for you to continue following our digital library, African American art platform. We look forward to our journey with you in 2019! Respectfully, ART | library deco, “sweet as the moment, went art went “pop” Become an ART library patron today!

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  • Transition: Roy Anthony Hargrove, Jazz Trumpeter (1968-2018)

    The ART | library deco editorial team is saddened by the news that the great jazz trumpeter, Roy Hargrove transitioned on November 2, 2018. He was 49 years old. Obituary: Roy Hargrove was born on October 16, 1969 in Waco, Texas. Hargrove was the bandleader of the progressive group The RH Factor, which combined elements of jazz,…

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  • ArtNews: VMFA Announces New Internship Funded by Souls Grown Deep Foundation

    From the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts: Fall/Winter 2018 New grant program supports undergraduate students of color Richmond, Virginia – The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts is one of three U.S. art museums to participate in a new grant program supported by the Atlanta-based Souls Grown Deep Foundation. The program provides paid internships to undergraduate…

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  • Opportunity: Smithsonian Institution: Interpreting African American History & Culture Workshop

    From The National Museum of African American History and Culture: The application process for the 2019 Smithsonian Institution: Interpreting African American History & Culture Workshop is now open. Applications are due by 11:59 PM on Friday, November 16, 2018. To learn more about the NMAAHC Interpretation Workshop, you can download the 2019 Workshop Announcement and…

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  • Transition: Ntozake Shange (1948-2018)

    From ART | library deco: Over the weekend, the editorial team had to mentally process the transition of Ntozake Shange: Writer, Poet, Novelist and Scholar. View, bookmark and experience the curated-creative magic by Shange, one of the most prolific literary artists to take creative writing to a new level – her own way, her story,…

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