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Who Is James E. Murphy, Jr. ? James, a native of Baltimore, developed a special interest in art while in his fourth year of grade school. It was then that he decided to be an artist. James was blessed with having the opportunity to nurture his talent through participation in various community art …
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Texting While Painting Mark Bradford Propelled Beyond The Hegemonic Gaze Text | Christopher Michino Photo |Â Tyler Hubby Excerpt: I ask Bradford if this is one of his reasons for resisting the pressure to make his body a subject of performance when he was at CalArts. “Absolutely! I just would not do it,” he tells me …
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Polychromasia March 30–April 24, 2013 Opening Reception: April 5, 2013 ARTSPACE 50 Orange Street (corner of Orange & Crown) New Haven, CT ArtSpace is delighted to present Ficre Ghebreyesus: Polychromasia. Opening on March 30, 2013, this retrospective exhibition will celebrate the work and life of the late Eritrean-born artist. While his paintings and photographs …
Traces of Humanity March – April 2013 Artist Appearance: Saturday, March 23, 2013, 1 to 5pm, (RSVP at 904-810-0460) BRILLIANCE IN COLOR FINE ART GALLERY 25 King Street St. Augustine, FL Brilliance In Color Fine Art Gallery will host a month long exhibition of over 70 original watercolors, oils, acrylics and sketches, documenting the …
A Fantastic Journey March 21 – July 21, 2013 NASHER MUSEUM OF ART AT DUKE UNIVERSITY 2001 Campus Drive Durham, NC The Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University has organized Wangechi Mutu’s first survey in the United States, the most comprehensive and innovative show yet for this internationally renowned, multidisciplinary artist. The touring …
The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art March 22 – June 16, 2013 KNOXVILLE MUSEUM OF ART 1050 World’s Fair Park Knoxville, TN Larry and Brenda Thompson have amassed a remarkable collection of art by African Americans from around the nation. The strength of the Thompson’s collecting process lies in their …
PARIS — Tom Selldorff was 6 years old when he saw his grandfather’s prized art collection for the last time in 1930s Vienna, before it fell into Nazi hands. Now, he’s 84 – and in a ceremony in Paris on Tuesday, the American was finally given back a piece of his late grandfather’s memory: France …
by Monte Zucker Introduction There is probably no question in portraiture that is more confusing to beginning photographers than how to photograph people with black skin. What exposure to use? Should you open up the lens? Should you stop down? What about lighting? Years back, for many photographers it was hard to pose these …
by Thomas Allen Harris Please consider supporting Through A Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People, a PBS documentary that explores how African Americans have used photography as a tool for social change. Since the birth of photography in 1840s, African Americans rejected what they saw about themselves in the dominant culture …
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Joe Satran On a recent afternoon at Julius Lowy Frame and Restoration Co., a three-by-four frame sat on a work table, shining with freshly-applied gold leaf. The craftsmen at Lowy, as it’s known, still apply gold leaf by hand, a painstaking process that starts with coating a wood frame with successive layers of gesso, yellow …
The Huffington Post  | By Julee Wilson We’ve been patiently waiting for Angela Simmons to launch her clothing line and now we have the first sneak peek at the signature collection. The 25-year-old star, who studied at the Fashion Institute of Technology, announced the debut of her signature collection, Angela by Angela Simmons, on her …
ORLANDO, Fla. — A former lead singer of the soul music group “The Spinners” has died in Orlando. A statement released Monday by the manager of the rhythm and blues group said Bobbie Smith passed away Saturday morning due to complications from pneumonia and influenza. He was 76. The statement says Smith had been diagnosed …
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Nearly twenty five years after one of the world’s most expensive art heists the FBI has announced that they have identified the individuals who stole $500 million worth of masterpieces. The historic theft took place at Boston’s Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, when two thieves posed as Boston Police, duping security guards and making …
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Southwest Michigan Second Wave  | By Zinta Aistars This article originally appeared in Southwest Michigan Second Wave. A kid who would give up recess to make time for another lesson? Never happen. At Woods Lake Elementary at 3215 Oakland Drive, in the Kids in Tune program, however, that is precisely what did happen. And not …
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