• ART TALK | Kim and Judy Davis Dean’s Lecture in the Social Sciences: Conversation with Ruth J. Simmons

  • ART FILM | Invisible Beauty

  • ART Integration | Educators Apply: The Arts for Learning Collaborative (ALC)

    Calling all Educators – Apply to join our 2023- 2024 Arts for Learning Collaborative Cohort. APPLY TODAY! The educator application deadline is Monday, October 16th. Educator Professional Training Dates: Saturday, Nov 4th and Dec 9th; 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM $300 stipend for completing professional development sessions and hosting a teaching artist in your classroom…

  • ART History | Private Walking Tour of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn

    Location:Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th St, Brooklyn, NY Date:October 21, 2023 11:45 AM, EDT Join the Archivists Round Table Metropolitan of New York for a private walking tour of Green-Wood, which will highlight the Cemetery’s history, New York history, monuments and buildings of significance, and the stories of their permanent residents. Green-Wood is 478 spectacular acres…

  • ART News | Resignation of ALA President, Tracie D. Hall

    Executive Director Tracie D. Hall to Depart from the American Library Association From (ALA) — The American Library Association (ALA) announced today that Tracie D. Hall will resign from her role as executive director following nearly four transformative years at the Association. Her last day of service, Friday, October 6. During her tenure, Hall brought…

  • ART Community | Participate in Community-Centered Archives Survey

    Featured Now open: Community-Centered Archives Survey: Sharing Your Content Online You are invited to participate in this survey as a representative of a community-centered archives (CCA). We define community-centered archives as organizations with collections of content or materials documenting the lives of underrepresented, marginalized, or disenfranchised people that typically reside outside of traditional academic and…

  • ART QUOTE | SONIA SANCHEZ

    “I shall become, I shall become a collector of me. And put meat on my soul.” Sonia Sanchez, Poet | Writer | Activist Reference: Sonia Sanchez, 1988. (n.d.). In Encyclopedia of Alabama. Alabama Humanities Alliance. https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/media/sonia-sanchez-1988/

  • ART EXHIBITION | DARK TESTAMENT: A CENTURY OF BLACK WRITERS ON JUSTICE

    About the Exhibition Immerse yourself in Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice and honor the significant contributions of Black writers to American literature and history. Explore and better understand racial injustice in America by examining the work of Black American writers from the end of the Civil War through the Civil Rights…

  • ART Podcast | Episode (Author Interviews) Listen to Poet, Nikki Finney on NPR

    POETRYVibe Listen to the opening of National Poetry Month 2023 with NPR’s Scott Detrow, featuring an interview with National Book Award Winner, Poet Nikki Finney. In this episode learn more about her awarding winning body of work: Head Off & Split. Image: Nikki Finney, CC BY-NC, By “SLOWKING” | Podcast Courtesy of NPR

  • ART Poetry | National Poetry Month 2023

    2023 National Poetry Month Poster | It features artwork by Marc Brown, the creator of the popular Arthur book and PBS television series and contains a line of poetry by U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. Download a Free Copy of the Poster! 2023 National Poetry Month Poster provided by the Academy of American Poets