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by Yasmine Regester Carolina Peacemaker In 1991, nine local artists opened an African American art gallery in downtown Greensboro. 20 years later, it is still going strong. The African American …
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By:Meg Nola By 1929, Archibald Motley had begun to develop a reputation as an artist, attracting critical praise along with patrons actually willing to purchase his work. Born in New …
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Artist: Jimmie Lee Sudduth Folk Art is usually described in one of two ways: as an artistic tradition passed down through generations, or as works of art created by individuals …
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By Kinshasha Holman Conwill The US art world is abuzz over the White House campaign to bring a greater diversity to its art collection—including more works by African American artists …
by: Wilfred Stroud A musician, storyteller/oral historian, the traditional Griot was the product, or rather the embodiment of West African oral traditions. A native of Macon, Georgia, Wilfred R. Stroud …
By Richard J. Powell Many artists whose careers extended back to the 1930s and 1940s resurfaced with a renewed sense of racial solidarity and political insurgency during the Black Arts …
By Steve Rosen CityBeat On Friday, the main Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton (800 Vine St., Downtown) gets its 2011 exhibition season underway with My Castle on the Nile: …
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By Adams Susan, Hanging in Robert Johnson’s den is an oil from the 1930s by an African-American artist named Palmer Hayden. The painting depicts a black American businessman getting his …
by Lingxi ChenyangAudiences won’t know whether to laugh or cringe during experimental playwright Young Jean Lee’s “The Shipment,” a hilarious and irreverent play that will challenge audience members’ stereotypes of …
Amazing Grace” by Winfred Rembert. DELAWARE, OH – Three Ohio Wesleyan University graduates are gifting the school’s Richard M. Ross Art Museum with six original artworks by African American folk …
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Contributed By: Emily Baute This January, the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County will honor the life and the dream of America’s greatest champion of racial justice, Dr. Martin …
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Horace Pippin, a self-made creative artist, was born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, in the year of 1888. His early boyhood was spent in Goshen, New York, where his father was …
The GREAT DEPRESSION OF 1929 brought to the ARTS a slow demise of artistic backings such as the HARMON FOUNDATION. Even though the FOUNDATION ended its support in 1967, the …
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A man whose resume reads: former Air Force Test Pilot, America’s first African American Astronaut Candidate, Computer Systems Engineer, Aviation Consultant, restauranteur, real estate developer, and construction entrepreneur can best …
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I respect the artists involved in abstract art, but personally, I prefer topresent life without distortion,” says Alan Dean. “Along with aesthetics, Iwould rather have a message, too.” Alan Dean …
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