ROMARE BEARDEN: COLLAGE
By Culturekiosque Staff NEW YORK, 27 MARCH 2011 — The American artist Romare Bearden’s oeuvre of more than 2,000 known works in many media reveals the diverse influences of earlier …
‘We Are the Ship’ art exhibit shows baseball’s segregated past
By Rodger Mullen Growing up, artist Kadir Nelson was not a big baseball fan. Considering that he has devoted much of his career to the sport, it’s a little ironic. …
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Kinsey family presentation: Where art, history and business intersect
by Andrea Sardone The College of William & Mary’s Mason School of Business in partnership with the Muscarelle Museum of Art hosts Bernard, Shirley and Khalil Kinsey at 5:30 p.m. …
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A New Take on “Primitivism”? Man Ray, African Art, and The Modernist Lens
By Holly Hunt Of all the images I encountered in Man Ray, African Art, and the Modernist Lens, which completed its North American tour this winter with a stay at …
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Black Film Fesitval kicks off
by Katelyn Hackett Wilmington– The North Carolina Black Film Festival kicked off on Thursday night. People filed into the Cameron Art Museum for the free reception. In its tenth year …
Brooklyn Museum Presents THE BROOKLYN ARTISTS BALL
The Brooklyn Museum will be partnering with Brooklyn artists to celebrate the Brooklyn Artists Ball, on Wednesday evening, April 27, 2011. This new twist on the Museum’s longstanding annual gala …
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Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria Tours World Museums
By: Gabriella Osamor Dynasty and Divinity: Ife Art in Ancient Nigeria presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from …
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Staten Island Museum to begin preparing its new home
By Michael J. Fressola STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Two years from now — roughly — after its $25 million city-funded retrofitting is finished, the 130-year-old Staten Island Museum hopes to …
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Thornton Township Black History Program Honors Dr. Margaret Burroughs
by:Margaret Burroughs Thornton Township paid tribute to the late Dr. Margaret Burroughs, artist, poet, teacher and co-founder of the DuSable Museum of African American History during their annual Black History …
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Technology and craft combine at the Milwaukee Art Museum
By Stanley A. Miller When technology and art meet, the fusion can make digital wizardry the star of the show or it can simply be a creative means to an …
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Reading gallery presents awards for student art
By Ed Terrell For the past 10 years the Reading School District has been taking part in an art contest sponsored by the African American Coalition of Reading (A.C.O.R.), a …
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Ford Foundation Gives a Major Contribution of $3 Million to African Art Museum
by:Elsie McCabe Thompson NEW YORK, N.Y.- Elsie McCabe Thompson, president, the Museum for African Art, announced that the Museum has received a major contribution of $3 million from the Ford …
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Florence Museum celebrates artist Johnson’s 110th birthday
By DWIGHT DANA FLORENCE N.C. — The trustees of the Florence Museum are holding a 110th birthday party for the late and noted artist William H. Johnson, a Florence native, …
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Resonate! Afternoon Series Explores Culture in African Diaspora
This April, Lincoln Center’s Meet the Artist joins New York University’s Institute of African American Affairs to present Resonate! African America in Sound and Story, four, FREE, Wednesday after-school programs …
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The Lewis Gallery says Goodbye, For Now
By Elana Pici For years, the Lewis Gallery has been a local go-to spot for custom framing and African-American inspired art. The gallery gave the community a chance to appreciate …