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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A Moment of Silence: Diahann Carroll
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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Art Talk: Conversations with Contemporary Artists at the George Washington Carver Museum
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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Open Archive: Regina Andrews and Jean Black Well Hutson
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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WHM19: Marian Michaels -aka- Butterfly, The First African-American Superheroine
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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deco_Art | Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon: Feminism and the Arts
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…
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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