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The Clotilda: The last known United States slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to the U. S
From Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History: July 8, 1860 The Clotilda, the last known United States slave ship to bring enslaved Africans to the U. S., entered the Mississippi Sound and anchored off Point-of-Pines in Grand Bay, Alabama with 110 African captives. The United States had banned the importation of enslaved people January…
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Full text of “African-American artists of Los Angeles oral history transcript, 1990 : Noah Purifoy”
Take a look at the full transcript of Noah Purifoy’s interview for UCLA’s oral history project highlighting African-American artists available on the Internet Archive. On View | Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art through September 27.
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Dread Scott: Radical Conscience
From Black Artist News Dread Scott: Radical Conscience Text | A.M. Weaver Excerpt: Dread Scott’s edict is make “revolutionary” art — to propel history forward.” Since the early 1990s, after graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and completing the Whitney Museum of American Art’s Independent Study Program, Scott has joined the…
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Let’s Talk Black Images: An Interview with Adama Delphine Fawundu by Faron Manuel
Excerpt, From Black Art In America: Interview with Adama Delphine Question: Throughout your career you’ve documented a diverse range of individuals & personalities that so happen to be classified as black. I must ask, what are you trying to communicate, or expose through you work? Answer: My main goal is to document and create art…
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The Vibe | AFROPUNK Fest 2015
AFROPUNK 2015 is coming Join us in Atlanta’s Central Park in the Old Fourth Ward for a weekend of live music, vibrant art and good vibes on Saturday, October 3rd and Sunday, October 4th. To say thanks for the support, we’re offering exclusive access to Early Bird tickets to members of the AFROPUNK community. To access…
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Tune In & Listen to 101.1FM Dallas’ JAZZ AT FAIR PARK
Tune in Sunday Evenings 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm NEW…ONLY ON WRR…JAZZ AT FAIR PARK Jazz at Fair Park is a new, weekly program produced by WRR-FM (101.1), Dallas’ station for classical music and the arts. Produced and broadcast from the historic WRR studios in Fair Park, the program airs Sunday evening from 7 to 8…
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Public Panel and Reception: Poetry and Its Futures
Poetry and Its Futures An opening panel of distinguised poets and literary scholars will forecast probable trajectories for poetry in the 21st century. Panelists include Kevin Young (Emory University), Frank X Walker (University of Kentucky), Lauri Ramey (California State University), Megan Kaminski (KU English), Stephanie Fitzgerald (KU English) and moderator Joanne Gabbin (James madison University).…
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New Episode: Juneteenth Jamboree | Texas’ African American Heritage
From PBS.org: “Dressed to kill from head to feet. Baskets full of food to eat. You can’t get this on your TV: The Juneteenth Jamboree!” -Gladys Bentley In the United States, the institution of slavery ended at different times in different places. The states of Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York had constitutional bans against slavery in place before the…
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Black Male Artists Pay Tribute to Unarmed Black Men and Youth in America
From Culturetype: OVER THE PAST YEAR, visual artists have responded to the steady clip of national news stories about unarmed black men and youth being killed by police. Titus Kaphur painted the Ferguson, Mo., protestors for Time magazine; Dred Scott wrote an essay titled “Illegitimate” for the Walker Art Center on the killing of Michael…
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Tina Dunkley Retires From Clark Atlanta University Galleries Ending 35 Year Tenure as Director
From Black Art in America: “Tina Dunkley thank you for the years of service at Clark Atlanta University Art Galleries. You’ve been an example of what it means to be a steward of culture and now its time for you. I pray this institution is blessed to find someone else with your vision and dedication.” – Najee…
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