Category: Art Education

By Tim Rutten The artworks by famed black artists Charles Alston and Hale Woodruff should stay here, not be sold to the Smithsonian. The Golden State Mutual Life Insurance building on West Adams Boulevard is one of Los Angeles’ too-often-overlooked historical and cultural treasures. It was designed in the late 1940s to house what was …

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By: Michener Art Museum DOYLESTOWN, PA– Join Dr. Michael Ezra for an illustrated lecture on the story of Muhammad Ali, a now iconic figure in the hearts and minds of people around the globe, at the James A. Michener Art Museum, March 20, 3 to 4 pm. Ezra is guest curator of Muhammad Ali: The …

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By Jane Durrell Now in the middle of its first fund-raising campaign under the new name ArtsWave, the organization formerly known as the Fine Arts Fund wants to pioneer a new approach to valuing the role of the arts in our community. But with that might come controversy. Some worry that in trying to broaden …

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by: Joseph McMillan LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB Fox 41) — Dozens gathered in Central High School’s auditorium today to celebrate African American history. Art and music filled the room for the first ever African American History, Heritage and Family Celebration. The ceremony was highlighted by several dance, drum and musical performances, as well as poetry and …

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By Virginia N. Sherry STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. – NEW BRIGHTON – Lucky third-graders at PS 31, along with some children from fourth- and fifth-grade classes at the New Brighton school, embarked on an exciting exploration of African art, crafts, and music last October – thanks to the creativity and enthusiasm of Emily Ellison, a West …

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by: Daily Press Authors to lecture at Jamestown Settlement – “From Africa to Virginia” Theme Month. 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 27. Linda M. Heywood, professor of history and director of the African American Studies Program at Boston University and author of “Contested Power in Angola,” will speak on “Queen Njinga: Legacy, Memory, and Nation in …

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By Adam Lindemann In 2003, artist David Hammons presented “Which Mike Would You Like to Be Like,” three vintage microphones standing alone in a room, representing three Michaels: Jackson, Tyson and Jordan. It was an ironic commentary on role models for African-Americans, a funny play on words, a great pun, all of the above; that’s …

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By Charlie Patton Art that’s loved American artist Edmund William Greacen painted the oil on canvas “Brooklyn Bridge, East River” in 1916, This view of the Brooklyn Bridge was probably painted from the roof of Greacen’s building on East 18th Street, the first apartment building erected in all of New York. Born in 1877, Greacen …

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by: Roberto Rodriquez African/Caribbean/American music, Rodriguez, composer/percussionist and one of today’s most versatile performers and intriguing composers, brings his Mulato Insurgency Quintet including Roberto (drums), Igor Arias (congos, vocals), Matt Munisteri (banjo), Bernie Minoso (bass), and Andy Ezrin (organs) to the Puffin to perform selections from his multi-media work-in-progress “Manos Piadosas/Devout Hands.” Set to poetry …

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by: Yaella Biro Our first stop is New York where the Metropolitan Museum of Art is the new home for creative re-imaginings of the African mask. The exhibition, “Reconfiguring the African Icon: Odes to the mask by Modern and Contemporary Artists from Three Continents,” is a collaboration between the Museum’s departments of Nineteenth-Century, Modern, and …

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by: DC Moore DC Moore’s new exhibition, Series and Sequences, explores the idea of variations on a theme in the work of four twentieth-century artists who used related imagery or returned to similar imagery over time. Through a select group of paintings and drawings, the exhibit reveals some of the many ways in which artists …

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By Steve Gilliam GREENSBORO, N.C. –“The Art of Public Memory,” an international conference that will explore interactions between the arts, memory and history, will be held at UNCG, Thursday through Sunday, April 7-10. “The conference will focus on the ways that the arts participate in the creation and rethinking of public, or collective, memory,” said …

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By Michael Brown More than 150 people didn’t let the pouring rain put a damper on an evening to celebrate the “Black Expressions through Art” program, sponsored by the Cerritos College Black Student Union as part of its commemoration of Black History Month. The Feb. 25 event, held in the campus’ Student Center, featured dozens …

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by Gary Norris Gray CALIFORNIA–Inland African countries like Northern Benin, Niger, Western Nigeria, Ivory Coast, and Western Chad, treated their disabled children like kings and queens. It was a sign from the Gods that these individuals were special and that they should be given respect. African communities thought the heavens, the Gods, blessed them with …

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