MAYA ANGELOU – US Stamp

Author, poet, actress, and champion of civil rights Dr. Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was one of the most dynamic voices in all of 20th-century American literature. The book I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, an autobiographical account of her childhood, gained wide acclaim for its vivid depiction of African-American life in the South. The stamp showcases …

Chestnut Hill space spotlights decades of Philly’s black artists

BY DAN GERINGER, Staff Writer POSTED: January 05, 2016 CLIFFORD WARD, a Center City artist whose sculptures draw heavily on the African diaspora, said the exhibit “We Speak: Black Artists of Philadelphia, 1920s-1970s” at the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill will open a lot of eyes – including his. Ward, who has spent several years …

TMA spotlights African-American art

Home / Life / Discover / TMA spotlights African-American art with ‘Embracing Diverse Voices’ TMA spotlights African-American art with ‘Embracing Diverse Voices’ Published on Saturday, 9 January 2016 19:16 – Written by JON PERRY, Special to the Tyler Paper Celebrating its 45th anniversary, the Tyler Museum of Art casts the spotlight on our nation’s diversity for its first major exhibition of …

80-Year-Old Black Artist Leo Twiggs

80-Year-Old Black Artist Leo Twiggs Uses Confederate Flag To Create Art   |  By BY SUSANNE M. SCHAFER Posted: 10/08/2014 10:44 pm EDT Updated: 10/08/2014 10:59 pm EDT ORANGEBURG, S.C. (AP) — Leo Twiggs’ paintings of shadowy Confederate flags and faceless men with bulls-eyes on their backs are a few of the haunting images he has developed living as …

With Powerful Murals, Hale Woodruff Paved The Way For African-American Artists

Artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff was commissioned to paint the Amistad Murals in 1938. Peter Harholdt/Copyright Talladega College Most Americans know little about the painter Hale Woodruff, but he had a profound influence on 20th century American art. Like many black artists in the 1920s, Woodruff left the country for Paris. He later studied in Mexico with Diego …

Exhibition featuring African American art from 3 Michigan museums on display

 The Community Art project area allows anyone especially children to draw and paint and have their works posted on the board as part of the COMMON GROUND exhibition at the Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon, Mich., on December 30, 2015. By Brandon Champion on January 03, 2016 at 10:50 AM, updated January 03, 2016 at 10:52 AM …

A Show of African American Artists Resonates in Racially Divided Detroit

by Sarah Rose Sharp on January 7, 2016 DETROIT — Can an exhibition be informed by the place it visits? 30 Americans, a survey of works by African American artists in the Rubell Family Collection, which debuted in Miami, and has since visited places including the Milwaukee Art Museum, stands on its own as a remarkable assortment of contemporary …

An Eye For Art – Learning to View and Appreciate Art

An Eye For Art – Learning to View and Appreciate Art Here is a checklist with some key components for An Eye For Art. . Describe the Work of Art. Try to determine what you see. Is this a portrait, landscape, abstraction? What is the subject matter? Look at the artist’s work of art and …

Tradition Redefined: The Larry and Brenda Thompson Collection of African American Art

Published on Nov 2, 2012 Larry and Brenda Thompson have amassed a remarkable collection of art by African Americans from around the nation. In 2009, the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland organized this exhibition from the Thompsons’ collection. In 2011, it helped open the remodeled and expanded Georgia Museum of Art, …

Queen Portrait Defaced: Westminster Abbey Painting By Ralph Heimans Has Been Vandalized

A portrait of Queen Elizabeth II was defaced with spray paint Thursday at London’s Westminster Abbey, and police arrested a man at the church on suspicion of vandalism. Fathers 4 Justice, a protest group that campaigns on behalf of fathers denied contact with their children, said the arrested man was a member. It said he …

Gustave Courbet Birthday: Rebellious French Painter Turns 194

In honor of Gustave Courbet’s birthday, we are revisiting a post originally published last year honoring the artist’s life and work. We can think of few artists who embody the spirit of unbridled liberty and personal conviction better than Gustave Courbet. The rugged, bohemian painter would turn 194 if he were miraculously still with us …

Willi Sitte Dead: East German Artist Dies At 92

Willi Sitte, one of East Germany’s most eminent artists and a key representative of Communism’s preferred socialist realism painting style, has died at 92. The head of the Willi Sitte Foundation, Hans-Hubert Werner, told German news agency dpa that Sitte died on Saturday morning after a long illness. Sitte’s paintings depicted factory workers or farmers …