Best of the Arts Center in Dallas TX
South Dallas Cultural Center, located at 3400 S. Fitzhugh in Dallas TX has been North Texas’ best kept fine arts secret for nearly 25 years – an African American art …
The Montclair Art Museum Wins Two National Graphic Design Awards
Apr 29, 2011 – Graphic Design USA, a monthly news and information magazine for and about the professional design community, has honored the Montclair Art Museum (MAM) with American Inhouse …
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Jim Crow exhibit delves into racist, hateful things
Seventeen people sat in a room in the Art Center of Battle Creek on Wednesday, intently watching the flickering image of a man in blackface dance in a loose-limbed, foolish …
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Community mourns death of noted textile artist Magee
Celebrated textile artist Gwendolyn Magee died Wednesday night following an illness. Magee,67, of Jackson turned a traditional art form into profound contemporary art centered around African-American life and history She …
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Alabama Folk Art at Vulcan Park
At Vulcan Park through August 26 in the Linn-Henley Gallery, The Music Lives On: Folk Song Traditions Told by Alabama Artists celebrates the Year of Alabama Music, a campaign launched …
Ziger/Snead to lead $24 million Baltimore Museum of Art renovation project
The Baltimore Museum of Art has chosen architectural firm of Ziger/Snead to lead a $24 million renovation of the neoclassical museum building. The museum is located adjacent to the Johns …
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Oree’s ‘Never Back Down’ jazz opera explores 1851 Christiana
Despite a keen interest in African American history, Warren Oree had never heard of the violent standoff that came to be known as the Christiana riot. Then Oree came upon …
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Quince Orchard art on display this week
Quince Orchard High School art students in the Creative Self Expression national art competition have their work on display through Tuesday at The Great Frame Up, 810 Muddy Branch Road, …
Herbert Temple, 1919-2011
When Herbert Temple decided to pursue a career in commercial art in the 1950s, few positions were available for African-American men in corporate America, his daughter said. But Mr. Temple …
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Around a hundred students and fans gathered in the African American Culture Center in the University of Connecticut’s Student Union Monday night to hear hip-hop artist Prodigy of the duo …
Weekend movies and outsider art
Community Day at the Gibbes Museum of Art includes art-making activities and special performances by the Three Dudes and Mt. Pleasant Presbyterian Children’s Choir. Join in on the Great American …
“America I AM: The African American
On April 16, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed the D.C. Compensated Emancipation Act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. The Act, which passed nine months before the Emancipation Proclamation, …
Birmingham Museum of Art to hire curators for growing African-American collection
The Birmingham Museum of Art says it will use a $300,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to hire curators for its growing collection of African-American art. Museum director …
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EXHIBITS SHOW THE EMOTIONS OF THE AFRICAN AND AFRICAN-AMERICAN STORY
By SHEILA WICKOUSKIFOR THE FREE LANCE-STAR A statue of Haitian leader Touissaint Louverture stands at the entrance of the National Museum of African Art’s “African Mosaic: Celebrating a Decade of …
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A Love Affair with an Historic Home in New Orleans
My love affair with the S.W. Green house is, perhaps, my fondest memory of New Orleans. Discovering this architectural gem was the crowning achievement of my college years. I discovered …
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