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Exhibition | Reclaiming the Gaze: African American Prints and Photographs, 1930 to Now
From the Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University: The Davison Art Center at Wesleyan University is pleased to present the exhibition Reclaiming the Gaze, a dynamic survey of African American prints and photographs from the 1930s to the present. These striking works range from the expressionist style of Hale Woodruff to the photographs of the…
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Exhibition | Romare Bearden: Storyteller
From the Emily Lowe Gallery: Romare Bearden: Storyteller @ Emily Lowe Gallery | Through August 17, 2018 The narrative themes of Romare Bearden’s work spanned historical, political, and religious topics. Through his innovative works of art, Bearden communicated his ideas and thoughts about everyday African-American life in 20th century America. The exhibition includes prints in a…
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Photo Exhibit | Tonika Lewis Johnson: Everyday Englewood
From Loyola University Museum of Art: Activist-artist Tonika Lewis Johnson’s visually stunning photographs document daily life in Englewood. Johnson tenderly challenges the sensationalized, damage-centered narrative of the Chicago South Side neighborhood in which she was raised. Her images celebrate the resilience of urban Black culture in Englewood by portraying levity, triumph, joy and normalcy. In…
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aRtbio | Gerard Sekoto, South African Artist
From NLA Designs and Visual Art Art is the spark, the illumination which is socially significant for it brings about understanding. – Gerard Sekoto Gerard Sekoto was born 9 September 1913 in Botshabelo, a German missionary station (Lutheran Church) for the Pedi community in Middleburg, Transvaal. He had a strict Christian upbringing and his family…
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Read/Listen: Slave Narratives
From “No More Auction Block” by Paul Robeson & The Library of Congress: About this Collection Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers’ Project, 1936-1938 contains more than 2,300 first-person accounts of slavery and 500 black-and-white photographs of former slaves. These narratives were collected in the 1930s as part of the Federal Writers’ Project…
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