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December 2, 12:00 PMCosts: Individual tickets, $100; Tables available The Board of Directors and staff of the Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture invite you to join us for our Annual Jazzy Holiday Luncheon on Thursday, December 2, 2010. Your support of this community-wide event allows us to strengthen our efforts in …
Nationwide (BlackNews.com) — The most compelling biographies are the ones that don’t just recount the events in life of it’s subject, but allows the reader to truly escape into their world and actually live the emotions that come with that person’s trials and triumphs. Basketball Slave: The Andy Johnson Harlem Globetrotter/NBA Story is filled to …
I am a photographer, film-maker, photo illustrator and a playwright. As a photographer, I have photographed over 11,000 images. A number of my images have been exhibited at the African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) and Community College in Philadelphia.. I have taken a number of photography and film classes at various schools and workshops …
History, culture, ritual, spirituality… these are some common adjectives used to describe African masks. These African masks almost always have a spiritual meaning that may not be readily apparent to the Western society. The unorthodox edges and odd caricatures of certain masks may appear frightening to the Westerner not familiar with their significance. Most African …
SIMONE LINO August 10th, 1978, on a sunny afternoon in Minas Gerais, a Brazilian artist was born. Simone Lino: dancer, singer, painter… Lino took dance classes from the age of 7 and at 10 learned how to samba like a true Brazilian native and at 13 started to perform professionally at the Carnaval. Lino’s parents …
Davis was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Thelma vanPutten Langhorn, a nurse, and Toussaint L’Ouverture Davis, a Baptist minister.[1] He was raised in Mastic, New York. Clifton starred as barber Clifton Curtis in the mid 1970’s television show That’s My Mama with Theresa Merritt, Theodore Wilson and Ted Lange (who subsequently became a …
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October 8, 2010 – January 23, 2011 Deborah Willis and Hank Willis Thomas — mother and son — collaborate with Fo Wilson and her son Dayo Harewood for Progeny Two which opens to Gantt Center members & donors on Friday, October 8 at 6:00 pm and to the public on Saturday, October 9. This exhibition …
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Presented by The Dayton Art Institute Saturday, November 6, 2010 – Sunday, January 30, 2011 100 Years of African-American Art presents works from the Arthur Primas collection. This significant collection of African-American art includes paintings, sculptures, works on paper, graphics and documents. The exhibition presents 69 works from the collection, representing 34 artists. These artists …
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October 24, 2010 — Coral Gables — The University of Miami Lowe Art Museum’s fall/winter exhibition will feature selections from one of the premier collections of African American art. The Harmon and Harriet Kelley Collection of African American Art: Works on Paper will provide a rare opportunity for the public to view master graphics spanning …
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Sargent Johnson Gallery (Sargent Johnson Gallery)Thu, Aug 26 — Sun, Jan 2Gallery Hours: Tues – Sat 12 Noon – 5 p.m. “Rhapsody in Blue” features some of Nannette Harris’s beloved and popular works like: James Brown, Carlos Santana, and Tina Turner. She will also unveil her new creations like: Jimi Hendrix, Marolyn Monroe, and the …
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A collection of more than 100 items of African art is now on display at the Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, the first stop in a U.S. tour of rare art works from Nigeria’s Ife region. The exhibition is called Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria and features many objects that museum …
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (Located inside Central Park on 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues) Originating from the first harvest celebrations on the African continent, Kwanzaa is celebrated in December and honors the principles of family, community and culture. Join the Museum for African Art and the Central Park Conservancy for a festive …
Fifty years ago, 17 African countries won their independence from European colonial rule. Ever since that time, 1960 has been known as the Year of African Independence. With political independence came new struggles, like the struggles for economic justice, gender justice, cultural renewal and peace. African filmmakers and the African film industry have played a …
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Michele Foster-Lucas is a Folk Artist that speaks of people and culture through her existing and creative artwork. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Michele soon moved to southern New Jersey after high school years, she later attended Burlington County College where she earned an Associate Degree in Science. Michele has always had the spirit of an …