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On May 1, 2011, the Thomas Cole National Historic Site opens Robert S. Duncanson: The Spiritual Striving of the Freedman’s Son, the first exhibition featuring the work of the nineteenth-century …
Liverpool tourism officials have claimed that African American civil rights leader Martin Luther King’s ‘I have a dream’ speech was written at a city centre hotel. The claim has been …
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It has been said by artists and historians alike that art serves as a time-capsule for history. The Jubilee Theatre in downtown Fort Worth, TX proved just that with their …
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Navigating the twice-a-year Brentwood “Art” Show is a jovial experience for the most part. Baby strollers compete for space with dogs, but the most dangerous area is always the congregation …
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One of Detroit’s most protean and recognizable artists, McGee remains active in his 80s. His works are on permanent display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright …
Sunday, April 3 · 10:00am – 5:00pm 6353 Greene Street, Phila, PA 19144 Live Painting Demonstration…Meet the artist … See their new art work … Art, music, fellowship, network and …
The 1st & Last Sunday of every month Price: $10 for Guests & $7.00 for Poets REGISTER NOW!!! Dinner will be served for an add’l $10.00 for Guests & Performing …
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Live Painting Demonstration…Meet the artist … See their new art work … Art, music, fellowship, network and relax. Brunch Served NOW ONLY $6 with coupon Hours 11am – 4pm VISIT …
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The North Carolina Museum of Art is opening an exhibit of 75 works by many of the most significant contemporary African-American artists of the last three decades. The exhibit is …
“Tales Through Time: A Storytelling Event” will take place from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Gaston County Museum of Art & History. The free program, sponsored by a …
Romare Bearden (1911-88) spent more than 30 years striving to be a great artist, and in the early 1960s, when he took up collage in earnest, he became one. A …
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When Debora Oden paints, she often listens to music by Erykah Badu or Ella Fitzgerald, finding creative inspiration that takes her own art to a higher level of expression. “Often, …
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by Marichal Brown Sacramento, CA– Every first Saturday, the Sacramento African-American Art Collective (SAAAC) hosts a self-guided art tour exhibiting the works of established and emerging African-American artists. In addition, …
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By ROGER CATLIN It’s the season of David C. Driskell in Connecticut museums. In New Haven, a student-chosen exhibit “Embodied: Black Identities in American Art from the Yale University Art …
By David Greisman The obvious, cliched route in starting off an article about a gallery exhibit featuring artwork and poetry alongside each other would be to begin with the familiar …
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