NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
Take a moment to rewind and catch up on the latest updates in the art library – now archived.
Get a free Official National Poetry Month Poster. Featuring artwork by Jack Wong, and lines from “blessing the boats” by Lucille Clifton.
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REWIND: ONE WORLD IDEAS & ACTION TA-NEHISI COATES AND HEATHER MCGHEE
From Apollo Theater: REWIND | Thursday, April 16 | 8PM ET Apollo Theater’s Master Artist-in-Residence Ta-Nehisi Coates joined Heather McGhee, one of our leading thinkers on economic and social policy, for an evening of conversation. Ta-Nehisi Coates is the author of several bestselling books, including the modern classic Between the World and Me and, most recently, the #1 bestselling novel The…
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ART Archive: Mary Church Terrell Transcribe-A-Thon
From ART | library deco: Register for the Mary Church Terrell Transcribe-A-Thon! Participate in a teach and learn tutorial, then begin transcribing African American history from the Terrell collection housed at the Library of Congress. The event is free and limited to forty (40) virtual seats. The event is sponsored by the ART | library…
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NOW Available: COVID-19 Artist Resources
From ART | library deco: Visit this comprehensive listing of resources for artists in various disciplines. Feel free to suggest a link to be added to this list. CUE Art Foundation: http://cueartfoundation.org/covid19-artist-resources National Endowment for the Arts: https://www.arts.gov/covid-19-resources-for-artists-and-arts-organizations Americans for the Arts: https://www.americansforthearts.org/by-topic/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus-covid-19-resource-and-response-center Grant Station: https://grantstation.com/covid-19-related-funding Arts And Science: https://www.artsandscience.org/ Society of American Archivists: https://www2.archivists.org/resources-for-response-to-covid-19-health-crisis…
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ART Submission: Document Your COVID-19 Experience
Featured Post Now Collecting Experiences Credit: Letter written by James Baldwin to his sister. Public Domain, Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of The Baldwin Family
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ART Archive: Sun Ra’s Lecture & Reading List | “The Black Man and the Cosmos”
From Open Culture: A pioneer of “Afrofuturism,” bandleader Sun Ra emerged from a traditional swing scene in Alabama, touring the country in his teens as a member of his high school biology teacher’s big band. While attending Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University, he had an out-of-body experience during which he was transported into outer space. As…
Cover Image Courtesy, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library. (1893). Phillis Wheatley Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47da-7329-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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