Co-op High School showcases African-American arts for Black History Month celebration

Shakira Mclain, 16, a Cooperative Arts and Humanities High School junior, takes a walk through the student-curated art exhibit Thursday. Peter Hvizdak — New Haven Register By Brian Zahn, New Haven Register …

Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power

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Susan E. Cahan, associate dean for the arts at Yale College (Duke University Press) Prior to 1967 fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions had featured the work of African-American artists. And …

Art, dance and more for Black History Month in Seattle

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“Sharecropper,” a linocut by Elizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), is part of the exhibit of works from the Harmon and Harriet Kelley exhibition at the Northwest African American Museum. Many of Catlett’s …