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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ALL HAIL TO HALE HOMECOMING | THE HALE WOODRUFF FAMILY COLLECTION
— From Black Art In America: ALL HAIL TO HALE HOMECOMING THE HALE WOODRUFF FAMILY COLLECTION This dynamic exhibition showcases the private family art collection along with personal items from the artist. As an added plus to the Homecoming exhibition celebration and in the tradition of the Changing Gallery’s renowned reputation we have invited artists to…
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MEMO: Pardon The Interruption | Life Happens, Still Standing
As the publisher of ART | library deco, I want to personally apologize to our supporters, readers, and followers for the brief weeks that we have not been able to publish content. My mother and aunt died within a span of three months this summer. I just returned from my aunt’s funeral, a week after…
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Can Tumblr Preserve Black Contemporary Art?
From The Creative Project: Not all art makes it into art history textbooks. Kimberly Drew, the founder of Black Contemporary Art, a Tumblr that archives images of art made by black artists, learned this while interning at the Studio Museum in Harlem. “The three-month, paid internship had a profound impact on my career and opened…
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Download Free Album | NINA REVISTED… A Tribute to Nina Simone
From NPR First Listen: The forthcoming Nina Revisited… A Tribute To Nina Simone compilation album offers modern interpretations of beloved Nina Simone songs. Download a copy of the album for free via Google Play Listen to the album via NPR First Listen online
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The Art of Tennis, Dominated By A Black Girl | Serena Williams
From Wikipedia: Serena Jameka Williams is the 2015 Wimbledon Champion. Artistically: Since 2004, Serene Wiliams has also been running her own line of designer apparel called “Aneres”—her first name spelled backward. In 2009 she launched a signature collection of handbags and jewelry. The collection, called Signature Statement, is sold mainly on the Home Shopping Network (HSN). In…
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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