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Celebrating the arts and innovation in the Black community
This issue dedicated to Coretta Scott King -- wife of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr -- who's passing on January 31, 2006 leaves behind legacy of the everlasting pursuit of justice
* BBC Story
* Reuters story
* The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project is continually updated at Stanford University.
* The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta
is an extraordinary exhibition that examines the diversity, dynamism, and global influence of Africa's peoples and cultures over time in the realms of family, work, community, and the natural environment. From the Smithsonian, so you know it's good! www.mnh.si.edu/africanvoices/
The Smithsonian also shows this spectacular presentation on African "Mud Cloth"
This wonderful essay By Michael D. Harris, Ph.D. surveys art for the people ... [Quote] Murals are public-access stained-glass windows. They sanctify the community like the Stations of the Cross sanctify the church.[End Quote] Nelson Stevens. See the whole essay at: umass.edu/~afriart/
"Art draws us into history and diversity. Art keeps us honest about social conditions. Art opens our eyes to the truth about historical events." spoken by Robin Chandler (professor in the Department of African American Studies at Northeastern University
Perceptions of Black
African American Art and the Visual Arts Movement - University of Virginia. Visit the gallery- learn about African American aesthetes- see the events using the timeline virginia.edu
This collection of African American art provides a rich introduction to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. give information about the artists in the collection African American Art from the Art Institute of Chicago (www.artic.edu)
African Americans in the Visual Arts - Here's an extensive website including the following topics: Introduction, African Influences, the Harlem Renaissance, and more. Brief biographies on many artists (no images). Presented by Long Island University, New York.
By Diane Heilenman, The Courier-Journal... The conventional take on Kentucky folk art is that the majority of it is made by white artisans living in Appalachia. This exhibit at the Kentucky Art and Craft Gallery in Louisville offers another dimension. "African-American Folk Art in Kentucky" is one of the first exhibitions to scrutinize the works of black artisans seriously. African-American folk art in Kentucky
The University of Delaware shows a collection of works from noted African American artists including Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Selma Burke and others.
At the National Gallery of Art, this Gallery's collection of American art includes some 154 works by African American artists, from Romare Bearden, Willie Cole, Sam Gilliam, Barkley Leonnard Hendricks, Joshua Johnson, Jacob Lawrence, Edward L. Loper, Joseph Norman, Horace Pippin, Martin Puryear, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Alma Thomas, Bob Thompson, James Wells, and Charles Wilbert White. Bookmark: www.nga.gov
In 2005 Black Arts Alliance was be 20 years old! The longest surviving network of Black artists representing the arts and culture drawn from ancestral heritages of South Asia, Africa, South America, and the Caribbean and, in more recent times, due to global conflict, our newly arrived compatriots known collectively as refugees. -- www.blackartists.org.uk
Take a look at just a few of their members'
works like:
* Caroline Jariwala
* Robert Taylor
* Sundar Kanta Walker
* Valerie Mason-John M.A. (aka Queenie)
* Faith Beggington
American Masters: Alfred Stieglitz presents an essay, timeline, video clips, and interviews examining this photographer, artist, and art impresario. Stieglitz was a powerful force in the arts of the early 20th century and an important interpreter of emerging modern culture. This web site is a companion to first full-length film biography of the photographer, "Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye." WNET, supported by National Endowment for the Humanities
The Online Academy highlights artifacts, scholars, collectors, and preservers of African American history. Features include the inventor of the multiple effect vacuum process for producing sugar, the first identified African American toolmaker, the autobiography of an African American cowboy, and Zora Neale Hurston's first novel. (Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture, supported by Smithsonian Institution)
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