NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
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Exhibition: DOX THRASH, BLACK LIFE, AND THE CARBORUNDUM MEZZOTINT
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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Exhibition: Sankofa
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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Event: BAM Black Comix Expo
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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Exhibit: Jefferson Pinder | “Lazarus” at Yale University Art Gallery
From Yale University Art Gallery: Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist Jefferson Pinder creates performances, videos, and objects that challenge viewers to think critically about historical and contemporary social issues in America. His dynamic, experimental videos feature minimalist performances that convey narrative through movement, with music often advancing the story line. Part of the series Inertia Cycle, in which…
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Exhibit: Southeast Debut of New Work by Deborah Roberts at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Opens January 2018
From the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art: Deborah Roberts creates visually arresting collages that encourage important conversations about girlhood, vulnerability, body image, popular culture, self-image, and the dysfunctional legacy of colorism. Combining found photographs, painting, and drawing, she examines the weight that society places on Black girls. “Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi,” an…
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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