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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 …
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1st floor West, American Art Museum April 27, 2012 – September 3, 2012 at the Smithsonian American Art Museum African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond presents …
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A preview of the Langston Hughes African American Film Festival, which returns to the newly remodeled Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center after two years of wandering. Highlights of 2012 include …
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The George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art is an institution that collects, interprets and preserves the visual aesthetic of people of African descent in North America and …
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As a part of the University’s 175 year anniversary celebration, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania has partnered with the National Black College Alumni Hall of Fame Foundation to host the HBCU …
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About Sisters’ Sanctuary™ Sisters’ Sanctuary is a movement that celebrates the mental, physical, and emotional well being of womanhood to reclaim ownership of their families and to take holistic responsibility …
With her back toward the viewer and her right arm outstretched, a woman wearing a wheat-colored ballerina dress cups a billowy cloud edged with a crimson ribbon. Facing a desert …
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By Jose de la Isla Posted April 11, 2012 at 4:38 p.m. MEXICO CITY — Elizabeth Catlett died April 2 at age 96 in Cuernavaca, 80 miles south of this …
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Tracie Reddick St. Petersburg African-American Issues Examiner When Friday the 13th creeps on the calendar this month, it will mark a lucky day for black cinema. Why? Because five – …
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Reading , Pennsylvania — 10 April 2012 (ArtfixDaily.com) Two works by noted African-American sculptor, Selma Burke, are on display in the Reading Public Museum’s newly renovated and expanded Cohen Gallery …
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It’s been popular for ages in African-American communities. But now that nail art has gone high-fashion, everyone’s suddenly discovered it. Fashion’s “it” things inspire obsessions and frantic longings in consumers. …
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Pioneering entrepreneur and publisher John Harold Johnson received one of the U.S. Postal Service’s highest honors on Jan. 31 when he was commemorated with this year’s Black Heritage Forever …
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SOURCE U.S. Postal Service African-American Artist Honored on Forever Stamp BALTIMORE, April 10, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The following is being released by the U.S. Postal Service: What: First-Day-of-Issue dedication ceremony of …
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In assembling his art collection, Barnes outsmarted the world. In crafting his foundation, Barnes outsmarted himself. Albert Coombs Barnes was a brilliant man. As a student, Barnes emerged from one …
September 16, 2011|By Stephan Salisbury, Inquirer Culture Writer The Barnes Foundation museum on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway will officially open May 19, becoming only the second home of the remarkable …
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