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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ART EDUCTION | Integrating Black Art: Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art
Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art By Tanya Brown MerrimanFebruary 18, 2022 Exploring the vast and brilliant contributions of African American artists is especially significant in February, when educators are looking for creative ways to recognize Black History Month, but it’s also work that can happen anytime during the school year. As a…
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ART SPACE | A REMIX OF PROGRESS: CHARLES ALSTON
Charles Alston, 1935 Charles Alston, 1958 Charles Alston, 1949 Charles Alston, 1934 “I don’t believe there’s a such a thing as ‘black art,’ though there’s certainly been a black experience. I’ve lived it. But it’s also an American experience.” – Charles Alston, African American Painter From COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: Charles Henry…
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ART ARCHIVE | SAVE THE DATE for DOUGLASS DAY 2023, FEATURING THE PAPERS OF MARY ANN SHADD CARY
What is Douglass Day? Douglass Day is a collective act of radical love for Black history. Douglass Day is an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass. Each year, we gather thousands of people to transcribe an online collection of Black history and culture. We frequently focus on important Black women’s archives, such as…
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ART VINTAGE | PUBLIC DOMAIN: Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen, By Carl Van Vetchen
INSIDE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN In 1938, Waters met artist Luigi Lucioni through their mutual friend, Carl Van Vechten. Image Description: Date: April 30, 1934 Medium silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper Dimensions H x W: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm) Type black-and-white photograph portraits A black-and-white photograph of Ethel Waters…
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ART INVEST | BECOME AN ART LIBRARY PATRON
We Are More than a website Become an ART library deco patron. Your investment in the only African American art library, gallery, and repository online helps keep the maintenance and content, available free of charge for students, scholars, and life-long learners. ART | library deco patrons receive the following mementos for their reoccurring investment at…
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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