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ART Events | A Dramatic Point Weekly Writing Series
Free Virtual Weekly Writing Series A Dramatic Point Weekly Writing Series is a 6-week summer virtual creative writing workshop organized for women of color, hosted by ART | library deco. Writing prompts are provided for each 45-minute session and participants are free to bring their own ideas. Vintage jazz will accompany each event and an artistic visual…
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ART Rewind: Inside the Archives, Collective Experiences; Photographs & Folklife
Image Credit: License: CC0 Public Domain: Bob Williams has released this “African Art” image under Public Domain license
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ART Transition: A Moment of Silence…
Images are courtesy of the public domain.
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ART Verses: Badu vs. Scott
SOUL VERZUZ ON A SATURDAY NIGHT IN MAY The latest episode of VERZUZ created by Timbaland and Swizz Beatz., featuring Erykah Badu vs. Jill Scott the day before Mother’s Day 2020 will go down in history as the best of the best from their catalog of archived material. The series is based on one major…
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ART Domain|Genealogy: Photograph of a girl wearing a pleated dress
From the Public ART Domain: A black-and-white cabinet card portrait of a girl wearing a dark colored, pleated dress with embroidery on both sides of the pleated area. A metal clasp is at her neck and she is wearing earrings. Written on the back is “Mau[…?]. PHOTOGRAPH BY Unidentified SUBJECT OF Unidentified Woman or Women…
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ART News | N REAL TIME: A Collective of Experiences
From ART | library deco: N Real Time: A Collective of Experiences…The COVID-19 INDEX is a digital archive created for people of color to share their experiences during the COVID-19 – Coronavirus Pandemic. Selected data, stories, images, audio and videos will be published via an online African American digital art library. These works will be…
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ART View: “The Will to Adorn,” a community-centered research and public presentation project
From Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage & the Library of Congress: What is African American about African American dress? “The will to adorn is the second most notable characteristic in Negro expression. Perhaps his idea of ornament does not attempt to meet conventional standards, but it satisfies the soul of its creator.”—Zora Neal…
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#freebooks: Coloring Pages by Ruth E. Carter
From ART | library deco: The Academy Museum partnered with Academy Award®–winning costume designer Ruth E. Carter to debut her coloring illustrations. You are in a for a free treat! The pages are published weekly via the Academy Museum’s website and are free to download at your leisure. Download the first set released this week…
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#freebooks: The Crisis, Vol.16, Nov. 3. July, 1918
Archived Issue: Jul 191848 pagesVol. 16, No. 3ISSN 0011-1422 Subject: The Education Number Published by The Crisis Publishing Company, Inc. The Crisis, founded by W.E.B. Du Bois as the official publication of the NAACP, is a journal of civil rights, history, politics, and culture and seeks to educate and challenge its readers about issues that…
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ART View: Black College Life in the New Deal, US National Archives
Visit Online Exhibition, Black College Life in the New Deal: A Google Cultural Institute Exhibit Read Press Release Credit: Academic class, Roger Williams University, Nashville, 1899 Courtesy Library of Congress (00651765)
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