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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ONLINE DOCUMENTARY | All Me: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert
In “ALL ME: The Life and Times of Winfred Rembert,” we see firsthand the depiction of the day-to-day existence of African Americans in the segregated South. The artist relives his turbulent life, abundantly visualized by his extensive paintings and, in a series of intimate reminiscences, shows us how even the most painful memories can be…
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It’s a Black Thing…Collecting African American Memorabilia
The African American Library at the Gregory School Presents: It’s a Black Thing…Collecting African American Memorabilia Now through March 1, 2014 Black memorabilia not only signifies the legacy of African Americans, but the American tradition as a whole. This exhibit chronicles four local collections with objects that span from the turn of the century…
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A stunning copy of BLACK GRAPHICS INTERNATIONAL [1969]
Probable innaugural issue (un-numbered) of this superb Black Arts journal, a monograph of Detroit artist Aaron Pori Pitts’ work. Pitts studied art at Los Angeles City College and the Odis Art Institute prior to moving back to Detroit. In 1969 he founded Black Graphics International, a local press dedicated to publishing his own and others’…
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ART | library deco SWEET AS THE MOMENT WHEN THE ART WENT “POP” http://www.artlibrarydeco.wordpress.com What: Google Hangout ART Viewing – Learn why, how, and when this African American Online ART Journal was created and its future endeavors in the art world. Find out how to get your work reviewed and published in ART | library…
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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