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Archived 2016 | ART TALKS
From The Arts At Page Library Online Exhibition Space ART TALKS is a cultural arts discussion series, presented by The Arts At Page Library. The discussion series features work by artists of color from the past and present. Held monthly, a multimedia presentation is introduced to art library patrons about the artist of the month…
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2017 | About Face
From Creative Alliance: Amy Sherald, the first woman to win the National Portrait Gallery’s prestigious Outwin Boochever Award (2016), an artist who is currently featured in the National Museum of African American Art and Culture, and on the cover of Smithsonian Magazine, is the center of the upcoming Creative Alliance exhibition About Face, opening Saturday,…
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2017 | Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady?
From The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA): MOCA presents Mickalene Thomas: Do I Look Like a Lady?, an exhibition of new and recent work by New York–based artist Mickalene Thomas. For this exhibition, Thomas has created a group of silkscreened portraits to be featured alongside an installation inspired by 1970s domestic interiors, and a two-channel…
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2017 | Black Bodies in Propaganda
From The Northwest African American Museum: This exhibition presents 33 posters, most illustrating Africans and African-American civilians in times of war. It is curated by Tukufu Zuberi, the Lasry Family Professor of Race Relations, and Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at the University of Pennsylvania and organized by the Northwest African American Museum. The…
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Rewind 2016 | PART I: ACTS WITH SEATED EXPERIENCE ONLINE ART EXHIBITION
From The Arts At Page Library Online Exhibition Space Rewind & View | PART I: ACTS WITH SEATED EXPERIENCE ONLINE ART EXHIBITION Join The Arts At Page Library for an exclusive look at artwork by artists that participated in the Federal Art Project, the visual arm of the Great Depression-era The Works Progress Administration that lasted…
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Ongoing | Expanded Digital Archive | Now Dig This!: Art and Black Los Angeles 1960-1980
From Hammer Museum The exhibition Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960–1980 chronicled the vital legacy of the city’s African American artists. The work of these practitioners was animated to an extent by the civil rights and Black Power movements, reflecting the changing sense of what constituted African American identity and American culture.…
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September 2016 | Black Lives Matter, The Smithsonian Magazine
From ART_library deco The Smithsonian magazine is dedicating its September 2016 Issue to all things that deal with Blackness in America. Check out the current issue online and read articles by Isabel Wilkerson, Toure, and Richard Grant. The magazine also highlights the historic opening of the African American Museum of History & Culture, opening on…
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Theaster Gates will give two public talks during Emory University visit
From Emory Libraries The Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory University will bring artist and social activist Theaster Gates to campus in September to participate in a series of talks on art and activism. Gates, an award-winning Chicago potter and artist who blends art installation with social practice, is best…
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Art Exhibit: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Harlem School of The Arts Presents Hip Hop Fine Art: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Opening Reception: Friday September 23, 2016 6-9pm ( FREE EVENT ) Will you be the next hashtag? Hashtags represent a connection and a community of voices that demand to be heard and recognized. The digital revolution has allowed artist…
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THE HOUSTON MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURE (HMAAC) ANNOUNCES NEW CEO
From The HMAAC The Houston Museum of African American Culture’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Kheli R. Willetts as Chief Executive Officer effective September 1, 2016. The Board’s action comes with the fullest confidence that Willetts will be an excellent steward of HMAAC’s mission and a leader and advocate for…
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