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ART Quote | The Genius of Carrie Mae Weems
“Art is the one place we all turn to for solace. We turn to it constantly, whether you are listening to music, or pop in a film; you want to escape reality, and if you thinking deeply, you want to engage in art in a complex way. Art allows us to navigate the more complicated…
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ART Women | Women’s History Month 2021: The Soul of Black Folk Artist, Clementine Hunter
The Soul of Clementine Hunter Clementine Hunter was born in December 1886 into a Louisiana Creole family at Hidden Hill Plantation near Cloutierville, in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana. The African American self-taught folk artist lived on the Melrose Plantation the majority of her life. She never learned how to read or write. The artist began collecting brushes and paints left…
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ART Rewind | IT’S OKAY TO BE BLACK
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ART Talk | What Signs Say Part Two: Nostalgia and Activism on the Streets
From the Brooklyn Public Library | Center for Brooklyn History The second of this two-part series, moderated by “Untapped New York” founder Michelle Young, looks at how our streetscapes carry us forward and backwards, through activism and nostalgia. Young leads this discussion with linguist Shonna Trinch and cultural anthropologist Edward Snajdr, who co-authored the book…
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ART Quote | The Genius of Betty Saar
“It is my goal as an artist to create works that expose injustice and reveal beauty. The rainbow is literally a spectrum of color while spiritually a symbol of hope and promise.” — Betty Saar Image courtesy of the National Gallery of Art | Artist and Roberts Projects, Los Angeles, California; Photo Richard Saar
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ART Study | CAAPP Black Study 2.0 | Black Is…Black Ain’t
CAAPP Black Study 2.0 | Black Is…Black Ain’t From the Center for African American Poetry and Poetics presents is 2.0 Black Study to virtual screens near you. Building on their last Black Study series, this series is intentionally African diasporic and in conversation with the range of Indigenous and displaced peoples of color. In this Study,…
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ART Coloring | Now Available for Download: Interstate Musée Abstract Coloring Book
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ART REWIND | NOW ARCHIVED
LATEST POSTS Artwork: Romare Bearden, The Block Detail,1971, Fair Use
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ART Presentation | Video Slides: Channel Islands, California State University, Black Scholars on Black Lives Lecture: Curating Black Art and History
Channel Islands, California State UniversityFebruary 2021: Black Scholars on Black Lives Lecture SeriesThis inaugural series is presented by the John Spoor Broome Library, at Cal State Channel Islands, in Partnership with the Center for Multicultural Engagement and supported through Instructionally Related Activities funding. Lecture 2 | Part 1: By kYmberly Keeton, M.L.S., C.A.Title: Collective Relevance: Curating…
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ART Quote | 2021 BLACK THOUGHTS, By Eli Reed
Photo Image: USA. New York City. 1987. Harlem street scene. Child playing in an unfed car. © Eli Reed/Magnum Photos
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