NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
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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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Typographic Poster: ‘And Still I Rise’
From Katherine-Kelly.com: ‘And Still I Rise’ Typographic Poster Poem by Maya Angelou This poster is an exploration in typographic voice. I was prompted with a body of text and was asked to choose and convey a voice for that piece of writing. After many rounds of exploration, I chose a Paula Sher inspired treatment. I…
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News: Pamela J. Joyner Joins J. Paul Getty Trust Board
From J. Paul Getty Trust The Board of Trustees of the J. Paul Getty Trust announced today that Pamela J. Joyner has joined the Getty’s Board of Trustees effective immediately. “We are so happy that Pamela J. Joyner is to join the Getty Board of Trustees,” said Maria Hummer-Tuttle, Board chair. “Her leadership in the…
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Open Call 4 Audio Submissions: Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter
Open Call for Audio Submissions The next intervention of BWA for BLM will take place at Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas opening March 24 and closing June 4. As part of Simone Leigh’s PRH residency, Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter will create site specific, multimedia art installations within all 7 houses. These…
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Watch: Librarian of Congress Hosts Women’s History Month Event Featuring Leaders in the Arts
From Library of Congress: Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden on March 22 will host a discussion with three dynamic leaders in the arts in celebration of Women’s History Month at the Library of Congress. “In Conversation with the Librarian of Congress: Leaders in the Arts, a Celebration of Women’s History Month” will feature Marin Alsop,…
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#freebooks: The Underground Railroad, by Colson Whitehead
From BBC Radio Book at Bedtime Series: Clarke Peters (The Wire, Treme) reads The Underground Railroad, the new novel by Colson Whitehead. As part of its Book at Bedtime series, the radio station is streaming audio of the novel, which imagines the titular railroad as a literal railway with tunnels and tracks beneath the soil…
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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