Gallery helps create epicenter for art
The lifelong passion of a man has found a new home in Tuscaloosa. The Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, located at 2308 Sixth St., is currently housing a 1,700-piece …
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts honors military with open house
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts dedicates a special night to the military community every year. The free open house, held Aug. 18, honored active duty, Reserve, Guard, retirees and …
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Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival
Save the date for the, “15th Annual Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival” on Saturday, September 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Towson Courts Patriot Plaza, 400 Washington …
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An absence of tributes to black leaders
The Martin Luther King Jr. National Memorial, to be dedicated Sunday, is the first monument to a black leader on the National Mall, a landscape devoted to American cultural and …
Motown songwriter Nick Ashford dies
Nick Ashford, who along with wife Valerie Simpson helped set the gold standard for R&B duets, both as songwriters and performers, died of throat cancer Monday in a New Yorkhospital. …
‘Porgy & Bess:’ Tweaking A Classic For The 21st Century
“Summertime,” one of the most recorded songs in music history, has been reinterpreted by everyone from Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong, to Brian Wilson and Janis Joplin. But the lullaby …
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You Must Remember This
Kevin Jerome Everson’s short films about ordinary African-American life are completely unordinary. Yet despite their frequent appearance in film festivals and on museum film programs, they have yet to sink …
‘Runway’ designer right at home on ‘Porgy and Bess’ set
Emilio Sosa is making it work. The 45-year-old “Project Runway”-finalist landed the plum role of costumer for “The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess,” which opened last night at American Repertory Theater …
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African-American art in Savannah, fests, more in store
Savannah steals a little thunder this fall with the opening of a major showcase for African-American art, but Atlanta doesn’t lack for big cultural events of its own. Here’s a …
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Ohr museum tickets free on holiday
All Mississippi residents with proper identification will be admitted free to the Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art on Labor Day, Sept. 5. Come and visit Phase I of the Frank Gehry-designed …
Whiff of African heritage in capital’s artscape
The historic stone art of Tengenenge, a region located in northern Zimbabwe, may be barely 40 years old but it is breaching high-end ethnic boutique art and home accessories bastions …
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‘Material Girls’: 8 African American artists update a tradition
They collect discarded objects, such as tiny glass medicine bottles. One dyes tissue paper and creates floats of color. One goes to a quarry and uses volcanic rock to make …
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Lake Wales Arts Council presents unique show
The Lake Wales Arts Council presents Against All Odds: The Art of the Highwaymen, an exhibit organized by the Orange County Regional History Center in Orlando, opening on Sept. 1 …
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26th Annual Philadelphia International OCTOBER GALLERY ART EXPO
Three Day Weekend of Art, Music & Great Food in Downtown Mt Airy, Philadelphia, PA 19119 October 14, 15 & 16, 2011 26th Annual Philadelphia International Art Expo is a …
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U.S. Postal Service to honor 20th Century artist Romare Bearden
Romare Bearden, the 20th Century master of collages capturing the African American experience, has long been a popular artist. Now everyone can have a tiny bit of his expressive art …
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