NATIONAL POETRY MONTH 2024
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Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints at the Sheldon Museum of Art
—- Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints Date(s): Now through May 17, 2015 In 2002 the widely acclaimed touring exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend brought to the attention of the art world the bold, improvisational quilts made by generations of women from the rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Less well known are a series…
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WOMENARTS | Women Artist Directories
— WomenArts is a worldwide community of artists and allies that works for empowerment, opportunity, and visibility for women artists. We provide a variety of free online networking, fundraising and advocacy services, and we organize Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day), an annual international holiday celebrating women’s creativity in all its forms. We believe…
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Independent Lens at 2015 SXSW |World Premier: T-Rex
—- T-Rex is an intimate story about a new kind of American heroine. For the first time, women’s boxing is included in the 2012 Olympics. Fighting for gold is 17-year-old Claressa “T-Rex” Shields. From the streets of Flint, Michigan, Claressa is undefeated and utterly confident. Her fierceness extends beyond the ring. She desperately wants to…
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Remembering: Elizabeth Catlett, Sculptor With Eye on Social Issues
Read this awesome portrayal, about the great Elizabeth Catlett: Elizabeth Catlett, Sculptor With Eye on Social Issues, Is Dead at 96 By KAREN ROSENBERG, APRIL 3, 2012 — Published By, The New York Times : Section: Art Design, April 2012 | © 2015 The New York Times Company
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Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power
Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tales of Slavery and Power Now Through – May 29, 2015 Exhibit: THE DAVID C. DRISKELL CENTER GALLERY — From David C. Driskell Center press release: The David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland is proud to present Emancipating the Past: Kara Walker’s Tale of Slavery and Power. The exhibition…
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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