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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Exhibit: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, at the New-York Historical Society
From The New-York Historical Society: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. When slavery ended in 1865, a period of Reconstruction began, leading to such achievements as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. By…
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Art: View Octavia Butlers’ Google Doodle in Celebration of the Writer’s 71st Birthday
Octavia Butler’s Author Profile: Birth Name: Octavia Estelle Butler Born: June 22nd, 1947 | Birthplace: Pasadena, CA Died: February 24th, 2006 Location of death: Lake Forest Park, WA Cause of death: Accident – Fall Remains: Buried, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, CA Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: Black Occupation: Novalist Nationality: United States Father: Laurice Butler Mother: Octavia M. “Guy” Butler Education: AA, Pasadena City College (1968), Cal State Los…
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The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Presents: MILITARY INSPIRED ART 2018
From the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum: For over 100 years African Americans have made contributions to the defense of the United States of America, for centuries African’s have made a lasting impression on the World of Art. There is no doubt that times of war had and still has a major influence on Art. What…
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RestorationART Choreoquest Afro Pas De Deux Festival by RestorationART
Event DESCRIPTION Join RestorationART presents 2018 Choreoquest choreographers Germaul Barnes, Angel Chinn, Davalois Fearon, Rosamond S. King, Sekou McMiller, Johnnie Mercer, Nathan Trice and Edisa Weeks exploring the complex and artificial binaries of gender, sexuality, nationality and more. Also, Sat midday Discussion & Master Classes with Sekou McMiller (Afro-Latin Jazz) and Nathan Trice (Contemporary Modern).…
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New Artist Residency for Artists Engaged with Social Change by the Metropolitian Museum
From The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Press Release (New York, June 5, 2018)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today an initiative that provides support and partnerships for artists working and living in communities across New York City’s five boroughs. The initiative’s leading component is the Civic Practice Partnership, a collaborative residency program for New York…
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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