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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ART & Movement | RSVP! An Elders’ Gathering & African Dance Circle: The History & Humble Beginnings of Afrofuturism from a Sankofa Lens
On May 2, 2025, join the Hemispheric Institute’s free Elders’ Gathering & African Dance Circle in Brooklyn, featuring a panel discussion and interactive movement workshop.
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ART Trip | “Chief Library Curator Chronicles: Attending the 4th Annual John L. Nau, III Conference on Texas History”
The Texas Black Archivists presented at a conference in San Antonio, exploring autoethnography and archives, while experiencing the city’s vibrant culture and art.
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ART Expressionism | African AMerican Artists, Benny Andrews, (1969)
The 1969 artwork symbolizes defiance and suppressed voices, featuring a man in a fighting stance before the US flag.
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ART Research | Join the ACRL Arts Publications & Research Committee’s two-part Spring Program, “Exploring and Expanding Research in Arts Librarianship”
The ACRL Arts Publications & Research Committee will host a two-part program on arts librarianship research, featuring six panelists from various institutions.
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ART Poetry | Dressing the Body, By Brittany Rogers
Read a poem by Brittany Rogers, “Dressing the Body,” in celebration of National Poetry Month. Brittany Rogers, a Detroit poet and educator, recently released her first poetry collection, “Good Dress,” which has been nominated for a NAACP Image Award for outstanding literary work in poetry.
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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