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ART Quote | The Genius of Carrie Mae Weems
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music, or pop in a film; you want to escape reality, and if you thinking deeply, you want to engage in art in a complex way. Art allows us to navigate the more complicated…
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ART Women | Women’s History Month 2021: The Soul of Black Folk Artist, Clementine Hunter
The Soul of Clementine Hunter Clementine Hunter was born in December 1886 into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill Plantation near Cloutierville, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The African American self-taught folk artist lived on the Melrose Plantation the majority of her life. She never learned how to read or write. The artist began collecting brushes and paints left…
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ART Rewind | IT’S OKAY TO BE BLACK
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ART Talk | What Signs Say Part Two: Nostalgia and Activism on the Streets
From the Brooklyn Public Library | Center for Brooklyn History The second of this two-part series, moderated by “Untapped New York” founder Michelle Young, looks at how our streetscapes carry us forward and backwards, through activism and nostalgia. Young leads this discussion with linguist Shonna Trinch and cultural anthropologist Edward Snajdr, who co-authored the book…
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ART Quote | The Genius of Betty Saar
“It is my goal as an artist to create works that expose injustice and reveal beauty. The rainbow is literally a spectrum of color while spiritually a symbol of hope and promise.” — Betty Saar Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art | Artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; Photo Richard Saar
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