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Exhibition: Sankofa
From Watts Towers Art Center: Our last two exhibitions, “Fifty Years And I Still Can’t Breath, Remembering the 50th Anniversary of the 1965 Watts Rebellion and Now” and “NEXT: The Power of Love and It’s All About the Bass”, documented our 50 + year history of economic deprivation, continuous police brutality and disrespect for Black…
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Event: BAM Black Comix Expo
From BAM: In conjunction with Fight The Power: Black Superheroes on Film Co-presented by BAM and The Black Comics Collective On February 11, 2018, BAM and the Black Comics Collective present a free day-long expo celebrating comics of color. The showcase features comic exhibitors, a panel discussion, a children’s art workshop, and a superhero cosplay showcase…
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Exhibit: Jefferson Pinder | “Lazarus” at Yale University Art Gallery
From Yale University Art Gallery: Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist Jefferson Pinder creates performances, videos, and objects that challenge viewers to think critically about historical and contemporary social issues in America. His dynamic, experimental videos feature minimalist performances that convey narrative through movement, with music often advancing the story line. Part of the series Inertia Cycle, in which…
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Exhibit: Southeast Debut of New Work by Deborah Roberts at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art Opens January 2018
From the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art: Deborah Roberts creates visually arresting collages that encourage important conversations about girlhood, vulnerability, body image, popular culture, self-image, and the dysfunctional legacy of colorism. Combining found photographs, painting, and drawing, she examines the weight that society places on Black girls. “Deborah Roberts: The Evolution of Mimi,” an…
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Research: Free African American Genealogy Resources, Webinars, and Events in 2018
From ART | library deco: The editorial team decided to put together a quick listing of resources for you to reboot your genealogy searches this year. We have found two excellent FREE archived webinars available for viewing and to add to your resource archive. In like manner, we have more resources available that you might…
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Symposium » Soul of a Nation: Artists in Conversation at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art
From the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art: Date: Saturday, February 3, 2018 from 10 am – 5:30 pm Celebrate the opening of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power. This symposium features exhibition artists and curators who will join us for an insightful round of conversation reflecting on art, politics, music, and…
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Free Art Education: Black Matters | Introduction to Black Studies at MIT OpenCourseWare
From MIT OpenCourseWare: Course Description: Black Matters: Introduction to Black Studies This class is an interdisciplinary survey that explores the experiences of people of African descent through the overlapping approaches of history, literature, anthropology, legal studies, media studies, performance, linguistics, and creative writing. It connects the experiences of African Americans and of other American minorities,…
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Exhibit: Derrick Adams: Sanctuary at the Museum of Arts and Design
From the Museum of Arts and Design: The Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) announces the opening of Derrick Adams: Sanctuary, the artist’s first major museum exhibition in New York. Presented in an installation designed by the artist, the exhibition comprises fifty works of mixed-media collage, assemblage on wood panels, and large-scale sculpture that reimagine safe destinations…
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2018 CALL FOR PROPOSALS: The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) Annual Conference
From The Association of African American Museums (AAAM): The Association of African American Museums (AAAM) has reached a milestone: 40 years of gathering the black museums field together for advocacy, professional development, and collaboration. Hosted by the Hampton University Museum, marking its 150thanniversary, the 40th annual conference of AAAM will be held in Hampton, Virginia, August 8-11, 2018. The conference will…
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Read Archive: “The Studio Museum in Harlem, a home for the evolving black esthetic”
From ARTNEWS (ARCHIVE): “The Studio Museum in Harlem, a home for the evolving black esthetic” By Jean Bergantino Grillo October 1973 Paralleling the growth of black identity in the arts throughout the late 1960s, the Studio Museum in Harlem was established in September, 1968, pledged to give the newly discovered—and in some cases rediscovered—poets, painters…
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