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ART EDUCTION | Integrating Black Art: Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art
Teaching Black History, Thought, and Culture Through Art By Tanya Brown MerrimanFebruary 18, 2022 Exploring the vast and brilliant contributions of African American artists is especially significant in February, when educators are looking for creative ways to recognize Black History Month, but it’s also work that can happen anytime during the school year. As a…
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ART SPACE | A REMIX OF PROGRESS: CHARLES ALSTON
Charles Alston, 1935 Charles Alston, 1958 Charles Alston, 1949 Charles Alston, 1934 “I don’t believe there’s a such a thing as ‘black art,’ though there’s certainly been a black experience. I’ve lived it. But it’s also an American experience.” – Charles Alston, African American Painter From COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK: Charles Henry…
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ART ARCHIVE | SAVE THE DATE for DOUGLASS DAY 2023, FEATURING THE PAPERS OF MARY ANN SHADD CARY
What is Douglass Day? Douglass Day is a collective act of radical love for Black history. Douglass Day is an annual program that marks the birth of Frederick Douglass. Each year, we gather thousands of people to transcribe an online collection of Black history and culture. We frequently focus on important Black women’s archives, such as…
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ART VINTAGE | PUBLIC DOMAIN: Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen, By Carl Van Vetchen
INSIDE THE PUBLIC DOMAIN In 1938, Waters met artist Luigi Lucioni through their mutual friend, Carl Van Vechten. Image Description: Date: April 30, 1934 Medium silver and photographic gelatin on photographic paper Dimensions H x W: 9 1/2 × 6 5/16 in. (24.1 × 16 cm) Type black-and-white photograph portraits A black-and-white photograph of Ethel Waters…
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ART INVEST | BECOME AN ART LIBRARY PATRON
We Are More than a website Become an ART library deco patron. Your investment in the only African American art library, gallery, and repository online helps keep the maintenance and content, available free of charge for students, scholars, and life-long learners. ART | library deco patrons receive the following mementos for their reoccurring investment at…
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ART Exhibition | NOW ON VIEW, “African Cosmologies:Redux” & SAMUEL FOSSO – The Menil Collection
History About Exhibition: African Cosmologies: Photography, Time, and the Other, and features the 33 artists in the exhibition. The artists, from Africa, or of African origins create works that challenge traditional notions of Blackness and transnational histories in relation to concepts of liberty, rights, and representation. – From Fotofest CATALOGUE 101 FOTOFEST Published by FotoFest and…
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ART TRILL | LIBRARY CONGRESS: LIZZO PLAYS JAMES MADISON’S CRYSTAL FLUTE
Read Full Article LIZZO From the Library of Congress: “Lizzo reverently took Madison’s crystal flute in hand and blew a few notes. This isn’t easy, as the instrument is more than 200 years old. She blew a few more when she was in the Great Hall and Main Reading Room. Then, reaching for a more…
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ART READ | In Concrete Rose: Jammie Holmes’ “What We Talking About”
Read Article Featured in Concrete Rose about Jamie Holmes, “…In What We Talking About at Marianne Boesky Gallery — the artist’s debut exhibition in New York.” About the Artist: Jammie Holmes is a self-taught painter from Thibodaux, Louisiana, whose work tells the story of contemporary life for many black families in the Deep South. Through portraiture…
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ART ARCHIVST | OCTOBER IS AMERICAN ARCHIVES MONTH, REGISTER FOR “ASK ME ANYTHING”
Image History & Reference:Palmer, Alfred T, photographer. Operating a hand drill at Vultee-Nashville, woman is working on a “Vengeance” dive bomber, Tennessee. Tennessee United States Nashville, 1943. Feb. Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2017878540/.
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ART Archives | New York Archives Week 2022: Submit In-Person & Virtual Events
WORK 01 NEW YORK ARCHIVES WEEK 2022 From the Archivists Round Table: The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York is pleased to announce New York Archives Week 2022, which will take place from Monday, October 24th, through Friday, October 28th. Archivists and institutions throughout the city are invited to share virtual and in-person events, collection tours, and community conversations on the A.R.T. Archives Week calendar via…
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