Varnette Honeywood

  Varnette Honeywood is a nationally recognized artist who has successfully owned and managed a mail order art business “Black Lifestyles” for 15 years, marketing her paintings, limited and open edition prints and note cards and several other African American artists. She has illustrated several books and provided artwork for book covers. Her work has …

The Art of Joyce Owens

  Artist Statement I believe in hard work and play! Specifically transforming unlikely materials and art media to produce my art, and employing a variety of techniques including assemblage that requires basic wood working, jewelry making, printing and stamping, collage, sgraffito, etc., makes every new work a new investigation and puzzles I have to solve. …

Artist Booker T. Williams, Jr.

Born on March 3, 1949 in Seattle, Washington, Booker T. Williams, Jr. displayed his artistic talent at a very early age,…. sketching and drawing virtually anything and everything. However at around age 13, Booker became smitten with the saxophone bug and his artwork became a secondary consideration. After attending Washington State University and the University …

African American Art аnd іts Effects оn thе African American Community

African American Art аnd іts Effects оn thе African American Community The African American art wоrld hаs hаd а profound, уеt sоmеtіmеs аn overlooked еffесt оn thе American community thrоughоut history. African American artists hаvе chronicled thе struggles аnd thе achievements оf African Americans thrоughоut thе раst sеvеrаl hundrеd years. Тhе University оf Southern California …

Original Art Paintings fоr Modern Consumers

Original Art Paintings fоr Modern Consumers When уоu wаnt tо display уоur personal sense оf style оnе wау іs wіth thе clothes thаt уоu choose tо wear. Аnоthеr wау thаt уоu саn mаkе а real style statement іs wіth original art paintings thаt аrе displayed іn уоur hоmе оr office. You mау prefer edgy modern …

High Museum of Art names artist Rashid Johnson as 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize

  ATLANTA, GA.- The High Museum of Art has named artist Rashid Johnson as the 2012 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize. Named after the renowned african american artist and art scholar, the Driskell Prize is an annual award that recognizes a scholar or artist in the beginning or middle of his or her …

Romare Bearden Art Quotes

Romare Bearden Art Quotes – (6 quotes)                   About the Artwork  African-American artist Romare Bearden’s “Jammin’ at the Savoy” is an impassioned celebration of jazz’s revolutionary style. The work’s innovative spatial composition and spontaneous bursts of color, harmonies and dissonances replicate the music’s improvisational rhythms. Bearden (1911 …

William Henry Johnson (American, 1901-1970), Self-Portrait

                        William H. JohnsonIn many respects it can be said that William Henry Johnson had a tragic life. An artist whose subjects ranged from scenes of daily life in New York City to the rural South, his work did not receive widespread recognition until …