Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence and Lois Mailou Jones Featured in Weschler’s February 26th African American Art Auction

Posted on February 9, 2016 by october
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(ArtfixDaily.com)  Weschler’s Auctioneers is pleased to offer a compelling selection of African American Art featuring the Collection of Reverend Douglas E. Moore and Dr. Doris Hughes-Moore on February 26th, 2016. …

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Augusta Savage Visual artist

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    Artist, activist, educator. Born Augusta Christine Fells on February 29, 1892, in Green Cove Springs, Florida. An important African-American artist, Savage began making art as a child, using …

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Faith Ringgold Artist

Posted on February 8, 2016February 8, 2016 by october
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Faith Ringgold, painter, writer, speaker, mixed media sculptor and performance artist lives and works in Englewood, New Jersey. Ms Ringgold is professor emeritus at the University of California, San Diego …

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Varnette P. Honeywood Artist

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Born in Los Angeles, California on December 27, 1950, Varnette P. Honeywood’s close-knit family greatly influenced her life and work. Her parents, Lovie and Stepney Honeywood, were elementary school teachers …

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Faces of a Movement: Meet 3 Atlanta women of Black Lives Matter

Posted on February 8, 2016 by october

Mary-Pat Hector (left) and La’Die Mansfield Photograph by Sheila Pree Bright The movement is producing leaders, most of whom are not preachers or politicians—or even men February 8, 2016   …

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African-American artists ‘REMIX’ culture, identity in new exhibit

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By Kelly Petty on February 7, 2016   ColaDaily.com is your source for free news and information in Columbia and the Midlands. Pop singer Beyoncé and English band Coldplay’s music collaboration “Hymn for A …

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Patrisse Cullors-Brignac | Co-Founder of Black Lives Matter

Posted on February 8, 2016 by october

Photo:COURTESY OF PATRISSE CULLORS-BRIGNAC Patrisse Cullors-Brignac is one of the three co-founders of one of the most powerful and demanding movements today: Black Lives Matters. Inspired by the acts of Harriet …

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