African American Art: Harlem Renaissance, Civil Rights Era, and Beyond

Posted on April 13, 2012April 13, 2012 by october

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 a selection of paintings, sculpture, prints, and photographs by forty-three black artists who explored the African American experience from the Harlem Renaissance through the Civil …

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Langston Hughes African American Film Festival returns home

Posted on April 13, 2012April 13, 2012 by october

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 “The Last Fall,” “Restless City” and “Dimanche a Brazzaville.” By Moira Macdonald Seattle Times movie critic After two years of wandering, the Langston Hughes African …

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The George & Leah McKenna Museum of African American Art

Posted on April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by october

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 beyond. Through innovative programs and exhibits that engage versatile audiences, the McKenna Museum seeks to make African Diasporan fine art accessible to visitors of all …

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Hoodies, Race & Education. Where do you stand?

Posted on April 12, 2012 by october

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 Legacy Lecture Series on its campus on Tuesday, April 17, 2012. The program will be held in the Dudley Theatre on the University’s historic quad. …

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Sisters’ Sanctuary – Lacey Clark

Posted on April 12, 2012April 12, 2012 by october

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 for the rearing and nurturing of our youth. My name is Lacey C. Clark! and I’d like to share with you the story of how …

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Artist Cynthia Tom’s journey to find her past

Posted on April 12, 2012 by october

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 landscape bordered with mountains, she gazes in the direction of three women, each connected to individual clouds via similar, scarlet-hued ribbons and positioned across the …

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De la Isla: Mexico nurtured U.S.-born artist Elizabeth Catlett

Posted on April 12, 2012 by october

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 capital city. Most accounts of the U.S.-born artist simply referred to her as an African-American who became a Mexican citizen. A few typecast her as …

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No Joke – Five African American Films Debut on the Big Screen in April

Posted on April 12, 2012 by october

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 – that’s right, five – films will hit theaters in April that were produced by, for or about African Americans. Bishop T.D. Jakes kicks things off …

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NOTED AFRICAN-AMERICAN SCULPTOR’S WORKS ON VIEW AT READING PUBLIC MUSEUM

Posted on April 11, 2012 by october

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 of Modern and Contemporary Art. The pieces — a marble bust of a young girl and a wooden mother and child — are on a …

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Why Everyone Suddenly Cares About Nail Art

Posted on April 11, 2012 by october

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. There was the “it” bag, which made way for the “it” shoe, which made way for the latest “it” thing: nail art. Pop stars are …

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John H. Johnson Honored with Black Heritage Forever Stamp

Posted on April 11, 2012 by october

  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 Stamp. Johnson, the founder of the Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet magazine, now joins the 34 other honorees in the Postal Service’s …

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Celebrating the Works of William H. Johnson

Posted on April 11, 2012 by october

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 William H. Johnson Forever stamp. Who: Ronald Stroman, deputy postmaster general, U.S. Postal Service Dr. David Wilson, president, Morgan State University Dr. Leslie King-Hammond, Graduate Dean …

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Outsmarting Albert Barnes

Posted on April 10, 2012 by october

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 of Philadelphia’s toughest neighborhoods, eventually earning a medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania and studying chemistry in Germany. As an entrepreneur, he made a …

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Barnes gallery to open in Philadelphia on May, 19, 2012

Posted on April 10, 2012 by october

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 collection of impressionist and early modernist art in the foundation’s 89-year history, Barnes officials announced at a news conference on the Parkway Thursday. The opening …

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Art by Claudia “Aziza” Gibson-Hunter

Posted on April 9, 2012April 9, 2012 by october

  Education 1985 Howard University, MFA Printmaking 1975 Temple University, BS Art Education Post Graduate 1999 Canadian School for Non Toxic Printmaking Workshop-Certificate Non- Toxic Printmaking Professional Honors, Fellowships, and Residencies 2010 Pyramid Atlantic, Silver Spring MD 2006 Artist Fellowship Program Grant, DC Commission of the Arts and Humanities 1999 Howard University Academic Excellence Grant …

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