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 Legacy Family Tree: Beyond the usual databases for census and vital records, this session will outline critical collections to find African American families. Using resources from the Schomburg research center to the Smithsonian, this session will explore the unknown and lesser known resources for documenting African American families. Instructor: Angela Walton-Raji Details: Friday, May…
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From PBS.org: PBS is proud to celebrate Black History this February and all year round! In 2018, watch a new slate of programs and join timely and important conversations about race in America with independent documentaries, and more! Explore. Watch. Connect. Visit pbs.org/blackhistory for a full lineup of programs. All films are available to watch online one…
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From Fold3: Throughout U.S. History, African Americans have played an integral part in the development and achievement of this country. Fold3 is now revealing a side of the African American story that few have seen before. View more than a million rare photos and documents. In recognition of Black History Month, Fold3 is making the records in…
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From ART | library deco: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power “Soul of a Nation: Artists in Conversation” SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 10 AM TO 5:00 PM Celebrate the opening of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. This symposium features exhibition artists and curators who will…
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From ART | library deco: Like to color? Need to release some stress? Want to think about your ancestors while sipping on tea or coffee? The Colors of Black History: Coloring Book | features African American politicians, writers, educators, and activists as visual conceptions to creatively take you into moments of solitude. Anyone that is…
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From ART | library deco: Description Contemporary Black Canvas celebrates the depth and breadth of the Black artistic and intellectual traditions from across the African Diaspora and Africa. Through conversations with leading writers, musicians, filmmakers, visual artists, dancers, radical gardeners, and institution builders, we examine the Black imagination as a vital, vibrant, and dynamic force…
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From Hyperallergic: Jack Whitten, who died this past weekend at age 78, cut across a lot of lines in his art and in his life. He was born in Bessemer, Alabama, in 1939, when Jim Crow laws were used to enforce segregation. He heard Martin Luther King Jr. speak in a church in Alabama in…
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From the Palmer Museum of Art: Philadelphia-based artist Dox Thrash (1893–1965) was both a pioneering printmaker and a noted participant in the “New Negro” movement of the 1930s and ’40s. A veteran of World War I as well as the minstrel stage, he trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago before making his way to…
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From Watts Towers Art Center: Our last two exhibitions, “Fifty Years And I Still Can’t Breath, Remembering the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Watts Rebellion and Now” and “NEXT: The Power of Love and It’s All About the Bass”, documented our 50 + year history of economic deprivation, continuous police brutality and disrespect for Black…
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From BAM: In conjunction with Fight The Power: Black Superheroes on Film Co-presented by BAM and The Black Comics Collective On February 11, 2018, BAM and the Black Comics Collective present a free day-long expo celebrating comics of color. The showcase features comic exhibitors, a panel discussion, a children’s art workshop, and a superhero cosplay showcase…
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