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Those thаt love beautiful canvas prints оf thеіr favorite art work саn finally оwn thеm wіthоut paying thе high prices thаt thеу hаvе sееn іn thе раst. Frоm older artists tо thоsе brand nеw digital artists, іt іs easy tо find аnd purchase giclee prints оn canvas. Іt іs аlsо gеttіng easier tо dо уоur …
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The easiest wау tо explain іt… А Giclée Print іs аnу photograph оr fine art painting reproduced usіng а multi color inkjet printer. That іs thе easy wау tо explain іt, but unlіkе thе lithograph оr serigraph printing methods thе image іs digitally scanned іntо а computer аnd thеn digitally manipulated. The digital image саn …
Faith Ringgold: Mama Can Sing, Papa Can Blow December 15, 2007 – March 23, 2008 This exhibition highlights the paintings, drawings, prints, story quilts, and soft sculpture of internationally known African-American artist, writer and educator Faith Ringgold. In the 1980s Ringgold began making story quilts, an art form that combines storytelling and quilt making with …
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The Department of African American Studies is an interdisciplinary department with a mission of teaching and conducting research in social sciences and humanities fields on the historical and contemporary experience of Africans and African Americans. The Department offers a major, dual majors, a minor and a host of elective courses based in interdisciplinary approaches …
Susan Adams, 12.03.08, 07:30 PM EST Hanging in Robert Johnson’s den is an oil from the 1930s by an African-American artist named Palmer Hayden. The painting depicts a black American businessman getting his shoes shined. The subject is nattily dressed in suit and spats, a little like Johnson himself, who is sporting a crisply pressed …
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“Sometimes referred to as ‘the artistic sister of the Black Power Movement,’ the Black Arts Movement stands as the single most controversial moment in the history of African-American literature–possibly in American literature as a whole. Although it fundamentally changed American attitudes both toward the function and meaning of literature as well as the place of …
Black Arts Movement by Kalamu ya Salaam Chapter 2: BAM’s Historical Background Taken from: “The Magic of Juju: An Appreciation of the Black Arts Movement (BAM)” BAM begins in 1965, catalyzed into action by the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, which propelled a number of forces to make definitive moves and declarations. As …
present by PECO New Core Exhibition Takes A Bold New Look At A Brand New History On June 19, 2009, The African American Museum in Philadelphia (AAMP) unveiled its new core exhibition Audacious Freedom: African Americans in Philadelphia 1776 – 1876, presented by PECO. Its primary focus is to re-count the stories of and …
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Much like the leaves of autumn, the face of America is ever-changing. And this is also true for the art world, which reflects back to us images of our modern society, shaped by history and the confluence of cultures. This fall, coinciding with the onset of auction season, a variety of innovative events featuring the …
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Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012, 4:59 am By: Sheila Burke, The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Fisk University may soon be able to generate cash from its 101-piece art collection donated by the late painter Georgia O’Keeffe. On Monday, the Tennessee Supreme Court announced that it would let stand a ruling allowing the historically …
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by Claire We’re almost 5 months into 2012, and we’ve yet to have a Breaking into Fashion interview! Well, I decided to end the drought by profiling celebrity stylist Becca Alexis: The University of Florida and Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising graduate has worked with everyone from Trey Songz, Mary J. Blige, and Ne-Yo …
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Saharan Landscape 18” diameter bamboo bowl Wall hanging is painted in four sections to denote sky, air, sand and underground. Sculpted clay spiral pieces adorn the air, and textured clay bars travel across the sand level. Both sky and underground levels have raised, textured surfaces, and metallic pen outlines delineate each section. I’m a mixed …
Book Description Publication Date: March 16, 2012 Be a quilt artist + author! If you know how to use Microsoft Word, have Internet access, and a dozen or more images of your artwork, YOU CAN make your own art catalog. This workbook will show you step-by-step how to concept, layout, write, publish and promote a …
This is impossible to determine, as there were many folk artists and artisans brought to the new world on slave ships. Joshua Johnston (1765-1830), Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812-1901), Patrick Reason (1817-1856), William H. Simpson (1818-1872), and Robert Scott Duncanson (1821-1872) represent some of the names of the early trailblazers who were the unusual combination of …
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Posted by tracy on Sunday, January 1, 2012 NBAF (National Black Arts Festival), a non-profit organization dedicated to the celebration of the arts and culture of African Americans and the African Diaspora, announced its selection of Dr. Michael Simanga as Executive Director of NBAF. As the new Executive Director, Dr. Simanga will be responsible for overseeing all aspects …
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