Orijin Culture Fashion (Video)
Orijin’s identity in its fashion is Afrocentric in nature, but our Collections are universal. ALL MADE in AFRICA.
Kids In Tune, Kalamazoo Music Program, Changes Lives One Note At A Time
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? …
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Race In Brazil: Majority-Minority Nation Offers Lesson To U.S. By JENNY BARCHFIELD
By JENNY BARCHFIELD RIO DE JANEIRO — Many Brazilians cast their country as racial democracy where people of different groups long have intermarried, resulting in a large mixed-race population. But …
Chicago History Museum Ebony Fashion Fair ‘Inspiring Beauty’ Exhibit Opens Saturday (Video)
In their latest special exhibition, the Chicago History Museum is paying homage to the Ebony Fashion Fair. The traveling show began in 1958 and, thanks to the leadership of its …
A Maserati, a Saarinen Chair, and a Navy Tuxedo: 10 Things Eric McKissack Loves
The CEO of Channing Capital Management has great taste—and a sense of humor about his “impractical” Gold Coast gear. By Heiji Choy Black Eric McKissack, 59, is known for his …
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Studio in a School: A Teaching Moment
By Hilarie M. Sheets In 1976, New York philanthropist, art patron, and collector Agnes Gund read in The New York Times that art programs were being slashed from New York …
Celestine Wilson Hughes talks about becoming an artist – an artblog radio podcast
By libby and roberta Celestine Wilson Hughes began to feel like a real artist about the time she got a band saw and started cutting wood in the backyard for …
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Kara Walker – Visual Artist (Video)
Kara Walker (born November 26, 1969) is a contemporary African American artist who explores race, gender, sexuality, violence and identity in her work. She is best known for her room-size …
Kara Walker by Matthea Harvey
by Matthea Harvey BOMB 100/Summer 2007, ART I’ve been thinking about Kara Walker’s work for a long time. Two years ago, a bleeding barn from one of her watercolors appeared …
The Art of Kara Walker
“One of my earliest memories involves sitting on my dad’s lap in his studio in the garage of our house and watching him draw. I remember thinking: ‘I want to …
Women’s History Month Artists: Celebrating WHM With Kara Walker As The Seven Of Diamonds
HuffPost Arts&Culture is celebrating Women’s History Monthwith the help of our favorite artists — female artists, of course. Every day of March we’re rolling out a new key player …
Leon Keay – Visual Artist
„Im watching u“ by Leon Keay L.@.K.ART began whilst on my travels through Israel in 1999,although i attended art college in Leicester before this,i didnt really class myself as an …
A special issue of the International Review of African American Art
Vol. 24, No. 2 – A special issue of the International Review of African American Art on connections between mass media, pop culture, digital technologies and visual art. “Artists are …
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Understanding the New Pop Art
In production now for distribution in March 2013: a special issue on connections between visual art, mass media, popular culture and digital technologies. The contemporary pop art genre is heavily influenced …
Art Aѕ A Fоrm Of Investment
by October Gallery Staff Thе idea thаt human beings саn put оntо paper, images depicting, thе surroundings, animals аnd buildings hаѕ bееn in practice fоr mаnу centuries. Thе оnlу thing …