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Art x Music: Art World Embraces Kanye West, Afrika Bambaataa and Drake
— THE INTERSECTION OF ART AND MUSIC is increasingly ever present. Several new examples emerged over the past week. A cartoon-like action figure of Pharrell Williams entitled “Happy” was presented at the Perrotin Gallery booth at Art Basel Hong Kong (March 15-17). According to ARTnews, the small-scale sculpture by Japanese artist Mr. was issued in…
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Benny Andrews: The People’s Painter
— AN EXPRESSIVE COLLAGE TECHNIQUE introduces both tactile and narrative dimensions to Benny Andrews‘s (1930-2006) canvases. Evoking a tangible sense of pride, strength and strife, his textural paintings articulate remembrances from his childhood in the segregated South and the socio-political issues about which he was passionate throughout his career in New York. The first comprehensive…
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Eighth Annual Forum on Women in Leadership Then and Now: Women in Civil Rights Leadership
— Streamed live on Mar 26, 2015 From the early days of the Civil Rights movement, African American women have worked and served in numerous and influential leadership roles. What are their experiences and what changes have taken place in their opportunities, expectations, responsibilities, and obstacles? A panel discusses their personal journeys and the advice…
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Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims
Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims Location: MSU Musuem, Entry Hall Now Through – April 30th “Movies and Messages: The Movie Posters of Art Sims” features the work of graphic designer and Michigan State University Alumnus Art Sims. Sims attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, earning a scholarship to study art…
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PROJECT SERIES 50: Brenna Youngblood
PROJECT SERIES 50: Brenna Youngblood Now Through – May 17, 2015 POMONA COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART 330 North College Avenue Claremont, CA Brenna Youngblood creates evocative and moody abstract paintings and sculptures that subtly examine representation and the multiplicity of meaning. By combining materials such as canvas, found papers, panel, faux wood, and acrylic paint with…
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The Unknown Notebooks of Jean-Michel Basquiat
From The New York Times: The Unknown Notebooks of Jean-Michel Basquiat Graffitist, painter, actor, poet: The late artist’s rarely seen personal writings and sketches are expressions of 1980s downtown New York, and, perhaps, of his truest vision. Full Story: http://tmagazine.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/03/05/jean-michel-basquiat-notebooks/?ref=t-magazine Art Exhibit: “Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks,” opens on April 3. April 3–August 23, 2015, Brooklyn Museum,…
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Interventions in Printmaking: Three Generations of African American Women
Interventions in Printmaking: Three Generations of African-American Women Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley — This exhibition features artists from throughout the United States and the African diaspora who have brokered new technologies and approaches to printmaking while addressing issues pertaining to history, identity, and politics. In works ranging from the representational to the…
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Professor Farah Griffin Examines Three Pioneering Women Artists in 1940s Harlem
— When Farah Griffin asked her mother what she remembered about World War II, her response was, “All the handsome soldiers who drove the buses in Philadelphia.” Griffin, the William B. Ransford Professor of English, Comparative Literature and African American Studies, was perplexed. Then she thought, of course, she was a teenager, she remembers handsome…
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Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints at the Sheldon Museum of Art
—- Gee’s Bend: From Quilts to Prints Date(s): Now through May 17, 2015 In 2002 the widely acclaimed touring exhibition The Quilts of Gee’s Bend brought to the attention of the art world the bold, improvisational quilts made by generations of women from the rural community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama. Less well known are a series…
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WOMENARTS | Women Artist Directories
— WomenArts is a worldwide community of artists and allies that works for empowerment, opportunity, and visibility for women artists. We provide a variety of free online networking, fundraising and advocacy services, and we organize Support Women Artists Now Day (SWAN Day), an annual international holiday celebrating women’s creativity in all its forms. We believe…
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