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JORDAN E. BROOKS“I’m so attracted to different ends of art, that some what influence my not yet defined style of art. Just so much is out there that people have no clue about, that would rock your socks off! I try to learn, not preach, and enjoy not categorize the weak. I strive to not …
Leimert Park Village Book Fair Announces 2010 Lineup Of Authors The Leimert Park Village Book Fair will feature booksignings, writing workshops, panel discussions, poetry readings, stage performances, musical entertainment and a variety of activities for the whole family. An Actor and a Gentleman by Louis Gossett Jr. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRLog (Press Release) – May …
Introducing Collector Hub, A New Name For A Trusted Online Community Formerly known as BlackshearOnline, Collector Hub continues the same great service of offering collectors and enthusiasts the latest and greatest works of internationally renowned artist, Thomas Blackshear. Ripon, CA (BlackNews.com) — Blackshear Online, the premier online community of Thomas Blackshear enthusiasts, is changing its …
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Sunday, August 1, 2010 12:30 to 5:30 PM6353 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144267-297-0188 View Art Up for Bid This is a premiere collectors art AUCTION series featuring some of the following artist…. Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Elizabeth Catlett, Charles White, Lois Jones, Ernie Barnes, John Biggers, William Tolliver, Ben Britt, Selma Burke, Andrew Turner, Benny …
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Black Art will always be relevant to me. As a Baby Boomer I saw Jim Crow and racial troubles and Black Art helps me to connect with my roots. I love Black Art.
If a major American city wants to be taken seriously as a cultural center, it needs a world-class art museum. Such institutions are a ubiquitous presence everywhere from New York City to Birmingham, Alabama, usually housed in imposing structures that contain thousands of works drawn seemingly from every conceivable era and culture, displayed in precise, …
By Kola TubosunMarch 6, 2010 03:27PM Theatre seems always justified by catharsis, as there is nothing as innately fulfilling as the wonderful sense of exhilaration that comes from seeing a wonderful performance of moving art pieces on the live stage. There must also be something close to this in the pleasure of penning said stage …
By Mark BermanSunday,March 7, 2010 Sunday’s 82nd annual Academy Awards should offer a dazzling combination of excitement (look, a famous person!) and sheer boredom (the front-runners in all the major categories seem so far ahead that the only surprise would be if they use their trophies in a duel to the death). But there’s also …
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A fair number of the guards at the Metropolitan Museum of Art are artists themselves, yearning for a little exposure. Now they are stepping into the spotlight with a new art journal called Sw!pe Magazine: Guards’ Matter, and an accompanying exhibition, which runs through March 7 at 25CPW, a gallery at 62nd Street and Central …
On the eve of the 20th anniversary of the theft of masterpieces from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, the FBI is resubmitting evidence taken from the crime scene for DNA analysis in hope of gaining a long-sought break in the case. Because of advances in DNA analysis since the 1990 robbery, the lead agent in …
Two institutions, several miles apart – one newly formed and the other 70 years old – held celebrations last week, and both offer greater promise for African-Americans and the broad society.The University of Illinois and the South Side Community Art Center share an import historic link to the African-American community through the arts and medicine.On …
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The following exhibitions open next week. “In the Realm of the Buddha,” opening March 13 at the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, celebrates the sacred arts of Tibetan Buddhism with two exhibitions: “Lama, Patron, Artist: The Great Situ Panchen” focuses on an 18th-century Tibetan painter, while “The Tibetan Shrine From the Alice S. Kandell Collection” is …
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Art dealers, blue chip collectors, artists, art press, art hangers-on and lots of people decked out in totally bizarre outfits have all descended on Manhattan for the annual extravaganza of art shopping known as Armory Week. There are more than a dozen fairs that run through the weekend — including Pulse, Scope and Volta — …
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Every ceramic artist begins with inspiration, sometimes that inspiration is directly in the field in which the artist works, other times it is seemingly unrelated, but deeply inspired. From early childhood I’ve dreamed of having black images (faces that look like me) on kitchen ceramics. Therefore, my ceramics and artwork reflect that dream. The images …