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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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FINDING YOUR ROOTS: The Stories We Tell
From PBS.org/FINDING YOUR ROOTS FINDING YOUR ROOTS The Stories We Tell Preview: Kara Walker View Online Here: http://www.pbs.org/video/2365637418/ Watch a clip from Finding Your Roots: season three, episode one with Kara Walker. Rating: NR
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Still Tickin’: Betye Saar
From Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art: Betye Saar: Still Tickin’ | Exhibition: Jan 30 – May 1, 2016 Description There is a touch of alchemy to Betye Saar’s artwork: transforming the simple and mundane into powerful art. Since the 1960s, her compelling, astute and expressive works reflect on African- American identity, spirituality and the interconnectedness between…
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Mickalene Thomas Photographs and Publication at Aperture, January
From aperture: Opening reception: Wednesday, January 27, 7:00–8:30 p.m. Aperture Gallery hours: Monday–Saturday: 10:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. Thursday: 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m. Closed Sunday The accompanying Aperture publication, Muse: Mickalene Thomas Photographs, is the first to gather together her various approaches to photography, including portraits, collages, Polaroids, and other processes. The idea of communities of inspiration will…
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Watch: The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution
From PBS.org/Independent Lens: INDEPENDENT LENS | The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolution (Theatrical) View Film Here: http://www.pbs.org/video/2365528595/ 2:31 | Aired: 07/20/15 | Rating: NR New film by acclaimed documentarian Stanley Nelson about the rise and fall of the Black Panther Party.
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Black Artists and the March into the Museum
From The New York Times: By RANDY KENNEDY, NOV. 28, 2015 The painter Norman Lewis rarely complained in public about the singular struggles of being a black artist in America. But in 1979, dying of cancer, he made a prediction to his family. “He said to us, ‘I think it’s going to take about 30…
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