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Art & Sound : Oral History, Adger Cowans by Carrie Mae Weems
From BOMB — Artists in Conversation: BOMB’s Oral History Project documents the life stories of New York City’s African American artists. Interview Excerpt: Adger Cowans is a renowned fine arts photographer and painter whose works have been shown by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, International Museum of Photography, Museum of Modern Art, The Studio Museum…
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EXHIBITION | MY COLLECTION: A BENEFIT AUCTION & EXHIBITION
From MOCADA: MY COLLECTION: A Benefit Auction & Exhibition May 12, 2017 – June 4, 2017 Opening Reception: Friday, November 18, 2016 | 6-9PM Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts On view from Friday, May 12th to June 4th, this exhibition will highlight both emerging and established artist of the African Diaspora, many of which…
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#freebooks: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 5 (January, 1969)
Read & Download | The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, v. 27, no. 5 (January, 1969) Artists: Bearden, Romare, Wilson Burch, Frank Conroy, Sam Gilliam, Jr., Richard Hunt, Jean Blackwell Hutson, Jacob Lawrence, Tom Lloyd, Barry N. Schwartz, Jane Schwarz, Priscilla Tucker, William Williams, and Hale Woodruff (1969). Table of Content: “The Black Artist in America:…
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Exhibition: ROBERT HODGE, Rhythm for the Suffering
From Freight+Volume: Robert Hodge: Rhythm for the Suffering Now – July 2nd, 2017 | View Preview Freight+Volume is very excited to announce Robert Hodge’s first major solo exhibition in NYC, Rhythm for the Suffering. Following a two-month residency at San Antonio’s Artpace, as well as a winter project at Arts+Leisure, the artist presents a new body of allusive…
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Call for Proposals – New York Archives Week Symposium
From The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, INC. The Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, Inc. (A.R.T.) is announcing a Call for Proposals for the 2017 New York Archives Week Symposium. The full-day symposium on Archives and Local History will be held on Thursday, October 19, 2017 in New York City. The…
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Free: Documentary Screening & Black Poetry Book Club Launch
From Black Archives of Midwest: Director Harold Smith’s documentary The Gospel According to Glenn North explores 18th and Vine Poet Laureate Glenn North’s unique poetic blend of jazz, blues, spirituality, Black history and social commentary. The film also delves into North’s work as the Director of Public Programs at The Black Archives of Mid-America. The screening will…
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Free Webinar: Take Me Back to Where I Belong: Transportation Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau
From Legacy Family Tree Webinars Take Me Back to Where I Belong: Transportation Records of the Freedmen’s Bureau The Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands are full of data reflecting newly freed slaves and their adapting to life after the Civil War. Among the lesser known records are those reflecting the movement of families…
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Digital Download: Resting Place is a Digital illustration by Matt Biemans
From africandigitalart.com Created by digital artist Mart Biemans, Resting Place is a digital illustration that is available to download as a desktop wallpaper. Hopefully his creative process may inspire you. View more illustrations below this post. Download Here
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Exhibition: Black Power!
From The New York Public Library Open now. Ends December 30th, 2017. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture The concept of Black Power was introduced by Stokely Carmichael and fellow Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) worker Willie Ricks in June 1966. Like no other ideology before, the multiform and ideologically diverse movement shaped black…
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