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Spring 2024
Art In May; Haiku
Cracking spring in may
Help me with better input
whilst watching the art
by atlas brown
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#freebooks | The Red Record By Ida B. Wells
From The Arts At Page Library Download a free ebook this month entitled, The Red Record Tabulated Statistics and Alleged Causes of Lynching in the United States by Ida B. Wells. Annotation (Digital History.uh.edu): After the Civil War, many black men were lynched in the South. In 1892, Ida B. Wells, a black journalist in Memphis…
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Black History 2017: African American Arts Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Honored by Google Doodle
From Google Doodle Edmonia Lewis wasn’t afraid to reshape convention. As the first woman of African American and Native American heritage to achieve international fame as a sculptor, Lewis is known for incorporating African American and Native American cultural themes into her Neoclassical style sculpture. Born in New York in 1844 to a father of…
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Rita Dove, Poet Discusses the Arts, Words, and Literature in the age of Trump
From Salon.com | Article By David Masciotra Earlier this week, I interviewed Rita Dove about the power of poetry and the necessity of the arts, especially in times of political trouble and terror. You once said that poetry deals with the “unremarked upon.” Could you please elaborate on that to begin our conversation? Poetry pulls us…
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Exhibition: Constructing Identity Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art
From Portland Art Museum In 21st-century America, questions of race and identity are being explored as never before. This exploration has prompted many artists of color to investigate what constitutes identity, community, and the idea of a so-called post-racial society. Constructing Identity: Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African-American Art brings together paintings, sculpture, prints, and…
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The Obamas, African American Art, and Legacy
From Art | library deco Back in December 2016, the Obamas were documented in a cover story by Architectural Digest about their art collection housed in the White House during their tenure in the oval office. Their collection was loaned from different artistic institutions within the United States. Glenn Ligon is the youngest artist chosen…
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