Togo profile
Provides overview, key facts and events, timelines and leader profiles along with current news about Togo
University of Delaware Art Conservationists Restore Historic African-American Mural
From outside the deserted Wilmington building, passersby would have no idea that an authentic, nearly 70-year-old Aaron Douglas painting dominates the living room inside. Douglas, the forefather of African-American art …
DeSouza essay ‘in response to’ Art Speak
Paying homage seems so reasonable, so modest, such an honorable thing to do. But like the long-winded toast that becomes an aria to me, me, me, or the oversized introduction …
Tanzania country profile
Provides an overview of Tanzania, including key facts and events as well as news
Telling the History of Black Percussion Through Art and Dance
Step Afrika! Hit the Mark When the drum was banned during slavery in the United States, it was seen as a weapon, a powerful instrument that could send messages to …
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Black Expo Summer Celebration
Ecumenical Service Light of the World Christian Church, 4646 Michigan Road. Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Kevin Cosby, senior pastor of St. Stephen Baptist Church. Host pastor: Bishop T. Garrott Benjamin …
Visual arts to dominate National Black Arts Festival’s opening weekend
The National Black Arts Festival officially launches July 7, but most of the performances fall over the closing July 15-17 weekend at Centennial Olympic Park, other downtown sites and at …
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Notre Dame Culture Center Approved
The South Bend Redevelopment Commission has approved a plan to turn the Hansel Center on the city’s west side into the University of Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture. …
Sol Sax at The Why Emcee Ay!
Right now, through the end of June, the Bedford YMCA is not just a place to work out and stretch your body. Now, the Y is featuring an art exhibit …
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art plans a ‘jazzy’ summer
Bye-bye, Andy Warhol. Sayonara, Jun Kaneko. Farewell, Richmond Barthé and Helene Fielder. The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art (www.georgeohr.org) set the bar awfully high with its opening exhibits, which until recently …
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High begins exhibit from Atlanta-based artist
Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey will be exhibiting 37 works including paintings, sculptures, mixed media, photos on metal and others at the High Museum of Art through September 11. Bailey is …
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Namibia profile
Provides an overview of Namibia, including key events and facts about this sparsely populated but stable country on Africa’s south-west coast.
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 …