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The Jewish Museum will present Ezra Jack Keats: A Creative Response, on Thursday, October 17 at 11:30 am. In this lecture, Caldecott Award-winning illustrator Jerry Pinkney shares his reflections on …
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The 20/21 British Art Fair at the Royal College of Art opens the new sales season after a summer of discontent. At 5pm tomorrow, Anthony Horowitz, the novelist best known …
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Back in 1955, the travelogue series, “Guided Tour,” came to Richmond to film an episode about the city. The short film, shot in black and white, explains that Richmond is …
Maria Rosario Jackson, Ph.D., senior research associate at the Urban Institute and director of its Culture, Creativity and Communities Program, is the featured keynote speaker for “Community and Creativity” the …
Carnegie Museum of Art launches its much-anticipated exhibition of the photography of the late Charles “Teenie” Harris, an endeavor that is as much about American culture and Pittsburgh history — …
It would be putting it lightly to say the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art’s mission, “to emphasize works by and about women of the African Diaspora,” is unique. “There’s …
September marks the beginning of “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A. 1945-1980,” a collaboration of more than 60 cultural institutions across Southern California, including San Diego, Santa Barbara and Palm …
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“Posing Beauty in African American Culture,” presented by the USC Fisher Museum of Art, delivers a visual feast of stunning photographs attempting to discuss what it has meant to be …
The new SCAD Museum of Art is a significantly expanded and re-imagined contemporary art and design museum conceived and designed expressly to enrich the educational milieu for SCAD students, professors, …
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When the Mint Museum opens its major retrospective of work by noted collage artist Romare Bearden in September, Raleigh and Thelmetia Bynum plan to be among the opening night visitors. …
On August 28, 1963, the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech during the March on Washington. On Sunday August 28, 2011, exactly 48 …
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The “Collard Greens” Circuit: An Alternative Model for the Distribution and Exhibition of African-American Independent Cinema All too often in the African-American community our conformist tendencies and moral conservatism leads …
The lifelong passion of a man has found a new home in Tuscaloosa. The Paul R. Jones Gallery of Art, located at 2308 Sixth St., is currently housing a 1,700-piece …
The Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts dedicates a special night to the military community every year. The free open house, held Aug. 18, honored active duty, Reserve, Guard, retirees and …
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Save the date for the, “15th Annual Baltimore County African American Cultural Festival” on Saturday, September 17th from 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. at Towson Courts Patriot Plaza, 400 Washington …
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