MODERN SLAVE
JD Dragan has been photographing men of color for more than 30 years. This Friday, June 24, his new exhibition “Modern Slave” opens at Philly’s AxD Gallery with an artist’s …
August Wilson Center shifting focus to local artists
By Sara Bauknecht, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The August Wilson Center for African American Culture will shift from focusing on presenting out-of-town artists to producing more of its own programming next season …
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Dayton Art Institute Director Janice Driesbach to Retire, Interim Director Appointed
The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) Director and CEO, Janice Driesbach, announced that she will retire at the end of July. Driesbach, who was hired in November 2007 and began her …
Prolific East-side teen has an eye for art
East-sider Jama Clayton has found that painting and drawing human portraits brings her joy and helps her explore her African-American heritage. Jama, 17, lives with her mother, Vicki Clayton. The …
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Explore the quintessence of American contemporary art from New York Dada to pop art and postmodernism at “The American Art: Masterpie
By Kwon Mee-yoo Explore the quintessence of American contemporary art from New York Dada to pop art and postmodernism at “The American Art: Masterpieces of Everyday Life from the Whitney …
Todd Bridges, Sugar Ray to Attend Leimert Village Park Book Fair
*The fifth annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair (LPVBF) will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Leimert Park on the …
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Montclair Art Museum publications win graphic design awards
Last month, Graphic Design USA, a monthly news and information magazine for and about the professional design community, honored the Montclair Art Museum with American Inhouse Design Awards for excellence …
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Borrowed works of art
Art is meant to be enjoyed, not stored away. That was the thinking behind Electrolux and Fifth Third Bank’s decision to loan nearly 140 works by Carolinas artists to area …
33rd Annual Museum Mile Festival Offers Free Museum Admission and Outdoor Art Activites
Now celebrating its 33rd year, the annual Museum Mile Festival takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Over 1.5 million people …
Never still for long
Bettye Stull can’t seem to stay retired. She has tried twice, yet she remains a fixture at the King Arts Complex and on the Columbus arts scene in general. Stull, …
The 20 Best Movies About Money
Money, even for those who don’t work in finance, is still a part of everyday life. Every time we buy food, pay bills or go to work, we deal with …
A Celebration of African American Theatre With Reading of Trouble in Mind by Alice Childress
The Ensemble Theatre is one of seventeen African American theatres to participate in a national benefit staged play reading of Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind, Monday, June 20, 2011. “This …
Coming full circle with the Highwaymen
Fifty years ago the idea of a white art gallery owner flying down from Atlanta to meet a group of black artists in Fort Pierce would have seemed preposterous. First …
The Black Heart of a Betrayed Daughter, Louise Bourgeois
Review by Kremena Nikolova-Fontaine. More than enough articles have been written about the famous French-American artist Louise Bourgeois (b.1911– d. 2010, aged 98), who boasts a prolific career of more …
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Making it New (Again)
In the beginning of Yellow Back Radio Broke-Down, Ishmael Reed’s hilarious parody of the dime store Western, Loop Garoo Kid offers his view of the novel as an art form: …