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by: Kwame Opoku For many of us, the name Ekpo Eyo has come to stand for excellence and erudition. The first Director-General of the Nigerian Commission for Museums and Monuments, …
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By Laura Collins-Hughes At some point in his teen years, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins developed a fear of inviting people over. His parents’ decor, he’d noticed, tended to unsettle his guests. “They …
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by: J. Bennett Rylah George Bayard came up in a recent discussion surrounding the Christmas vandalism of various Uptown businesses. Curious as to why Bayard no longer called Uptown his …
By Dave Alexander MUSKEGON — As an artist, Kadir Nelson said he looks for beauty in negative situations. Such a philosophy created a Negro League Baseball book that is the …
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By Bruce Eggler The city will dedicate $3 million in federal Community Development Block Grant money to the museum, founded in the late 1990s. Landrieu is expected to say that …
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By: Jacqueline Goldsby Jacqueline Goldsby, an associate professor in the English Department at New York University, has long been known for her quest to fill in the gaps of African …
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by: Greater lafayette LAFAYETTE, Ind. (WLFI) – With Black History Month just around the corner, two organizations are coming together to help the community celebrate. The Art Museum of Great …
By: Scott Tady BEAVER FALLS — Vivian Hewitt was a librarian, and her husband, John, a freelance writer; not necessarily jobs one would associate with the pricey world of art …
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By Jon Schuppe MANHATTAN — A national showcase of African-American artists is returning to Harlem in February, a weeklong affair that will coincide with Black History Month. The second annual …
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The Danforth Museum of Art will present a free “Educator’s Evening” with Emmett G. Price III, Ph.D., one of the nation’s leading experts on African-American music and culture, on Thursday, …
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by: Virginia Linn, Pittsburgh post-gazette Vivian Hewitt turns 91 on Feb. 17, but she seemed unfazed last week about leaving her Upper West Side apartment in snow-buried New York City …
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by: Harriet Powers From its early origins in slave communities, through the end of the 20th century, African-American art has made a vital contribution to the art of the United …
BlackStream Renaissance Here is an excerpt from the October Gallery Art book “Connecting People with Art”See if you agree or disagree with this: Our national and international patrons and artists …
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Young David and his grandfather, on their daily trek to find medicine to treat his grandfather’s worsening illness, suddenly stumble upon a thriving, prosperous village one day. Filled with warm, …