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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FREE RECORDING of Railroad Ties – a documentary about the Underground Railroad – sponsored by Ancestry
From Railroad Ties: “Six descendants of fugitive slaves and abolitionists come together in Brooklyn to discover more about their lineage. Documenting each person learning about their ancestors, and featuring renowned historian, Henry Louis Gates Jr., the film interweaves powerful personal moments with contextual historical anecdotes. The very human story of the Underground Railroad unfolds through…
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View: Sarah Mapps Douglass’ Paintings on Letters
From Voices from the Gaps: About: Sarah Mapps Douglass (September 9, 1806 – September 8, 1882) was an African-American educator, abolitionist, writer, and public lecturer. Her painted images on her written letters may be the first or earliest surviving examples of signed paintings by an African-American woman. These paintings are contained within the Cassey Dickerson…
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Rewind: Art Lies, Volume 15, Summer 1997
From The Portal to Texas History: History The first issue of Art Lies was published in 1994. Originally a quarterly journal covering the Houston arts community, Art Lies soon expanded to include statewide coverage and beyond, placing Texas artists, curators, scholars and critics in dialogue with their peers across the globe. Founded and rooted in…
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Archive: Sojourner Truth’s, Google Doodle 2019
From Google: Google Doodle by Philadelphia-based guest artist Loveis Wise kicks off Black History Month by celebrating Sojourner Truth, a powerful advocate for justice and equality in the United States of America during the 19th century who paved the way for future generations. Born an enslaved person in Ulster County, New York around 1797, Isabella…
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Exhibition: Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem
From the Museum of the African Diaspora: Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) presents Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum in Harlem On View thru April 14, 2019 (San Francisco, CA)— The Museum of the African Diaspora (MoAD) in San Francisco will be the inaugural venue for Black Refractions: Highlights from The Studio Museum…
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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