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by Claire We’re almost 5 months into 2012, and we’ve yet to have a Breaking into Fashion interview! Well, I decided to end the drought by profiling celebrity stylist Becca …
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The Organization of Black Designers (OBD) is pleased to announce DesigNation8: DesignPower! which will be held in Cincinnati, Ohio October 25-28, 2012. DesigNation8: DesignPower! will bring together some of the …
Saharan Landscape 18” diameter bamboo bowl Wall hanging is painted in four sections to denote sky, air, sand and underground. Sculpted clay spiral pieces adorn the air, and textured clay …
My work is based on ideas related to beauty, self-image, cultural diversity, race, sexuality and the influence of media. It is intriguing to me that these issues affect how women …
Book Description Publication Date: March 16, 2012 Be a quilt artist + author! If you know how to use Microsoft Word, have Internet access, and a dozen or more images …
The Art Institute of Chicago’s collection of African American art provides a rich introduction to over 100 years of noted achievements in painting, sculpture, and printmaking. Ranging chronologically from the …
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Cousin-on-Friday, 1935 Maple 6 ¾ x 5 ¾ x 9 ¼ inches Gift of the Honorable and Mrs. Alexander W. Weddell, 44.2.1 I’ve always felt like I needed to use …
Pair of busts: Booker T. Washington, 1928, and Paul Laurence Dunbar, 1928 Painted plaster 20 x 8 1/4 x 9 5/8 and 18 x 7 3/4 x 9 Lent by a Private …
Greene Street, 1946 Oil on canvas 16 x 20 inches The J. Harwood and Louise B. Cochrane Fund for American Art, 2010.104 As a youngster, I was always doing something with …
Guitarist, ca. 1959 Charcoal and gouache on illustration board 44 x 38 inches Gift of the Fabergé Society of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and Museum Purchase, The National …
a3 blackface #59, 2003 Acrylic on paper 50 x 38 inches Museum purchase, with funds contributed by Dr. and Mrs. Lindley T. Smith, 2004.6 Back in 1997, I read an article …
This is impossible to determine, as there were many folk artists and artisans brought to the new world on slave ships. Joshua Johnston (1765-1830), Otto Reinhold Jacobi (1812-1901), Patrick Reason …
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Black Designers Still Fight For A Seat At The Table–Are They Finding Success? Malene b is a Brooklyn-based carpet designer with a multi-disciplinary background in textile arts, painting and illustration …
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April 19 – September 2, 2012 The California African American Museum This exhibition showcases 73 of the 600 works of art covering 150 years in the personal collection of Arthur …
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By CARYN ROUSSEAU 04/16/12 01:28 PM ET CHICAGO — For more than a decade, contemporary artist Rashid Johnson has worked almost under the radar, turning out work presented at museums …
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