Park Ave Summer Art fest opens
Park Ave Summer Art fest opens View works from more than 300 artisans at the Chrysler Park Avenue Summer Art Fest. The event also features entertainment, food and activities from …
Women’s Civic Improvement Club celebrating 75 years as anchor in Oak Park Share
Framed by African American art, 18 local poets celebrated women at the Women’s Civic Improvement Club in Oak Park. The “Poetry and Spoken Word Explosion” on Wednesday night was a …
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Art world on Heidelberg
Michael H. Hodges/ Detroit News Arts Writer “Tyree Guyton is a talented artist — an environmental sculptor. We have at least one piece of his hanging in our galleries right …
Germantown High School Students Touch Love Park, New Orleans
Afterschool stained glass art program with First United Methodist Church of Germantown featured in Center City before landing down the Bayou. This summer, Love Park, Independence Mall andGermantown High School …
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Fifth Ward Culture Camp taps into children’s creativity
“With the recent financial cutbacks in education, the first disciplines to go are the arts,” said Frank Liu, “yet there’s a proven relationship between the ability of children to learn …
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Art Dealer Charged With Smuggling Ivory Into U.S.
Some of the hundreds of carved ivory tusks a Philadelphia art dealer is charged with smuggling into the country through Kennedy International Airport. Of the millions of tons of stuff …
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Center for African American Art and History to host literacy program
By Staff reports The Holland Sentinel Beginning Aug. 4, parents can enroll their child in the Center for African American Art and History’s after-school literacy program. The program is designed …
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Katulwende reignites negritude ‘Fires at the Core’
IF you thought you had missed out on the independence-era euphoria of black conscious espoused in memoirs of African luminaries such as Nkrumah, Nyerere, Kaunda and literary critics like Wole …
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Film Captures Essence of Newark Black Film Festival
“On the Shoulders of Giants” may very well be the quintessential Newark Black Film Festival movie. Mixing music, history, sports and the artistry of filmmaking, this documentary pulls together elements …
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Art museum rediscovers ‘spectacular’ instrument collection
It was a secret known to few Cincinnatians and to virtually no one outside of the Cincinnati Art Museum. For decades, a spectacular trove of more than 800 antique musical …
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Chicago’s DuSable Museum offers a wealth of inspiration
Visitors to Chicago’s DuSable Museum of African American History will be inspired by the stories and artistic experiences they find. The artistic emphasis found in much of the museum is …
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A Forgotten Black Conservative: A Closer Look at George S. Schuyler
Over the years, The John Birch Society — the organization of which The New American is an organ — has been besmirched by its ideological rivals for all manner of …
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Quilt de la Renaissannce
“Sunshine” Joe Mallard participates in an exciting arts/education project that is about to take place at the Louisville Central Community Centers, Inc.. Kids Art Academy afterschool arts program. The project …
African American Civil War Museum gets new home
With a fife and drum band playing Yankee Doodle and civil war re-enactors sweltering in the summer sun, a museum honoring the contribution of African Americans in the US Civil …
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It’s the Mother of All Black Arts Festivals
From the recognizable sounds of the O’Jays to the lesser-known art of Thornton Dial, the National Black Arts Festival in Atlanta offers a little bit of everything. There is a …
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