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Exhibition: HENRY TAYLOR A PORTRAIT SHOW
From the Galerie Eva Presenhuber: Now on View through July 22, 2017 Galerie Eva Presenhuber is pleased to present a new body of work by Los Angeles-based artist Henry Taylor, in rendition of the classic portrait. This collection is a culmination of reimagined, real time, and futuristic introspection into the Black experience. These visceral renderings…
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Exhibition: Say It Loud: Art, History, Rebellion
From The Charles R. Wright Museum of African American History: Say It Loud: Art, History, Rebellion is a two-part exhibition that commemorates the 1960s rebellions, observes the 50th anniversary of the 1967 Detroit Rebellion, and compares the uprisings of the past to the upheavals that shocked our nation in the 21st century. The first part of Say…
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Read: Chicago Library Collects Racially Sensitive Art
From The Stony Island Arts Bank: The Stony Island Arts Bank is a hybrid gallery, media archive, library and community center – and a home for Rebuild’s archives and collections. Designed by William Gibbons Uffendell and built in 1923, the bank at 68th Street and Stony Island Avenue was once a vibrant community savings and…
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Read: July Edition of Transition Magazine and Explore Open Access Articles
From Transition Magazine: Born in Africa and bred in the diaspora, Transition is a unique forum for the freshest, most compelling ideas from and about the black world. Since its founding in Uganda in 1961, the magazine has kept apace of the rapid transformation of the African Diaspora and has remained a leading forum of intellectual debate.…
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JAZZ ON FILM: “Chasing Trane” at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston
From the Museum of Fine Arts Houston: This inspiring new documentary celebrates the life, work, and lasting cultural impact of jazz artist John Coltrane. Chasing Trane follows the saxophonist’s story from his childhood in the Jim Crow South to early music gigs; young marriage and fatherhood; struggles with drugs and alcohol; and, finally, to his…
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Tupac Shakur Archives on View at Clark Atlanta University this Summer
From Clark Atlanta University: Clark Atlanta University (CAU) celebrates the release of the new Tupac Shakur film, All Eyez On Me. The movie, set for nationwide release Friday, June 16 on what would have been his 46th birthday, depicts the life and legacy of Shakur from his younger years in New York City to becoming…
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Black Art Show: 8th Southwest Black Art Show at the African American Museum, Dallas
From The African American Museum, Dallas The Southwest Black Art Show was created to present an exemplary experience for artists, collectors, educators, fine art professionals, and admirers of black art. The SWBAS is committed to the exclusive presentation of original art produced by artists of African-American and African descent. Our goal is to make the…
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Exhibition: Sons, Seeing the Modern African American Male
From REGINALD F. LEWIS MUSEUM: Sons is more than a photographic study of the modern African American male. It is also an examination of how African American men are perceived. The exhibition asks visitors to compare their perceptions to reality, journeying through four parts of the gallery. Section one is a brief introduction, followed by “Perceptions,”…
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Open Call: DEVELOPING AND ADMINISTERING COLLECTIONS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES
From UCLA California Rare Book School (CAL-RBS): CalRBS OFFERS COURSE ON AFRICAN AMERICAN RESOURCES From August 7-11, 2017, California Rare Book School is offering a one-week, intensive course, “Developing & Administering Collections of African American Resources.” This course taught by Archives and Special Collections Consultant, Tamar Evangelestia-Dougherty examines the development of African American archival, manuscript, art…
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