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BY BRIDGET O’SHEA | boshea@pioneerlocal.com Updated: February 28, 2013 5:00AM LAKE ZURICH — Local art historian Jeff Mishur shared his deep knowledge and appreciation for African American art and history …
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By JESSICAH PETERS Two women with diverse religious backgrounds combined their God-given talents in honor of African-American History Month. Sister Pamela Smith and The Reverend Gwendolyn Green discovered a commonality …
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Photo by Moses Robinson Fine Art + Fashion Mark your calendars now for the 7th Annual Fine Art + Fashion: A Neiman Marcus presentation to benefit NBAF, Thursday evening, March …
By andrea kirsh April 13, 2012 As recent national news has made painfully clear, ours is not a post-racial society, and much as I’d rather not see African American artists …
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When I turned eighteen years old, my grandfather stressed the importance of voting by taking me to a tree where he was told that African-Americans were lynched by their neckties …
Charles Bibbs Contemporary Visual Artist Entrepreneur and Philanthropist Internationally acclaimed artist Charles Bibbs, whose work is featured in museums, galleries, organizations, and homes …
What is art and how does it enhance our lives by October Gallery Staff Art is a presentation of the imagination of the Human mind. Whatever the mind imagines it …
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“Dr. Driskell’s legacy extends through several students who have built impressive careers as artists, teachers, and scholars in their own right. Artistic Reflections celebrates that legacy by featuring Dr. Driskell’s …
An interview with the artist Sam Gilliam Sam Gilliam grew up in Tupelo, Mississippi, and studied art in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1962 he moved to Washington, D.C., and created abstract …
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An interview with artist Kerry James Marshall at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Kerry James Marshall is one of the leading contemporary painters of his generation. Over the past twenty-five …