• BACK IN ROTATION: ART | library deco

  • Event: Attend the Art Institute of Chicago Block Party

    Art Institute Block Party Saturday, July 21, 2018, 10:30 a.m.–10:30 p.m. In and around the entire museum Free for members, $10 general admission for Illinois residents with advance registration by midnight on Friday, July 20 Buy Tickets Celebrate the deep and lasting impact of Chicago art and design on American culture with a day of…

  • Online Event: Black Perspectives Presents | Remembering Sandra Bland – Online Forum

    From Black Perspectives: Black Perspectives, the award-winning blog of the African American Intellectual History Society (AAIHS), is hosting an online forum on Sandra Bland (1987-2015), Black women, and police violence to commemorate her life and to recognize the three-year anniversary of her death (July 13, 2018). The forum centers Sandra Bland’s life and death through…

  • CALL FOR PAPERS: 2019 “Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art”

    From University of Delaware, Center for Material Culture Studies CALL FOR PAPERS “Black Bibliographia: Print/Culture/Art” April 26-27, 2019 University of Delaware A symposium hosted by the Center for Material Culture Studies in collaboration with UD Library, Museums & Press and the College of Arts & Sciences’ Paul R. Jones Initiative Keynote Speakers: Jacqueline Goldsby (Yale University)…

  • Free Virtual Conference: Diversifying Your Book Club by Selection and Membership, Indiana State Library

    Diversifying Your Book Club by Selection and Membership Event Details Date: September 11, 2018 Time: 10:00 AM EST About Virtual Conference Diversifying Your Book Club by Selection and Membership Are you tired of reading the same books for your book clubs? Are you hoping to reach new audiences? Join Tiffani Carter, the manager of the…

  • Exhibit: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow, at the New-York Historical Society

    From The New-York Historical Society: Black Citizenship in the Age of Jim Crow explores the struggle for full citizenship and racial equality that unfolded in the 50 years after the Civil War. When slavery ended in 1865, a period of Reconstruction began, leading to such achievements as the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments to the Constitution. By…

  • Art: View Octavia Butlers’ Google Doodle in Celebration of the Writer’s 71st Birthday

    Octavia Butler’s Author Profile: Birth Name: Octavia Estelle Butler Born: June 22nd, 1947 | Birthplace: Pasadena, CA Died: February 24th, 2006 Location of death: Lake Forest Park, WA Cause of death: Accident – Fall Remains: Buried, Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, CA Gender: Female Race or Ethnicity: Black Occupation: Novalist Nationality: United States Father: Laurice Butler Mother: Octavia M. “Guy” Butler Education: AA, Pasadena City College (1968), Cal State Los…

  • The Buffalo Soldiers National Museum Presents: MILITARY INSPIRED ART 2018

    From the Buffalo Soldiers National Museum: For over 100 years African Americans have made contributions to the defense of the United States of America, for centuries African’s have made a lasting impression on the World of Art. There is no doubt that times of war had and still has a major influence on Art. What…

  • RestorationART Choreoquest Afro Pas De Deux Festival by RestorationART

    Event DESCRIPTION Join RestorationART presents 2018 Choreoquest choreographers Germaul Barnes, Angel Chinn, Davalois Fearon, Rosamond S. King, Sekou McMiller, Johnnie Mercer, Nathan Trice and Edisa Weeks exploring the complex and artificial binaries of gender, sexuality, nationality and more. Also, Sat midday Discussion & Master Classes with Sekou McMiller (Afro-Latin Jazz) and Nathan Trice (Contemporary Modern).…

  • New Artist Residency for Artists Engaged with Social Change by the Metropolitian Museum

    From The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Press Release (New York, June 5, 2018)—The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today an initiative that provides support and partnerships for artists working and living in communities across New York City’s five boroughs. The initiative’s leading component is the Civic Practice Partnership, a collaborative residency program for New York…