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Giclee on Canvas Image size= 24″h x 32″w Synthia Saint James a self-taught artist and author was born in 1949 in Los Angeles. Saint James is an internationally recognized fine artist. You’ll find her work on over 50 books covers (which includes books by Alice Walker, Terry McMillan, Iyanla Vanzant and Julia Boyd), and …
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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 Alexis: The University of Florida and Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising graduate has worked with everyone from Trey Songz, Mary J. Blige, and Ne-Yo …
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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 world’s top designers to explore how the power of design impacts and influences the local, national and global economies. And to showcase their work. OBD …
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 bars travel across the sand level. Both sky and underground levels have raised, textured surfaces, and metallic pen outlines delineate each section. I’m a mixed …
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 view themselves and how society sees them. As an African American woman who grew up in New York City surrounded by multiculturalism I am fascinated …
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 of your artwork, YOU CAN make your own art catalog. This workbook will show you step-by-step how to concept, layout, write, publish and promote a …
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 Civil War era to the Harlem Renaissance and from the civil-rights struggles following World War II to the contemporary period, these works constitute a dynamic …
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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 my hands creatively. I started cutting human figures out of paper, but I felt like I needed to more substance and resistance, so I started …
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 Collector, L.59.2010, L.60.2010 I’m an Old Soul who has been an artist in this life and all my previous ones, too. When I was a …
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 my hands – modeling with the red Tennessee clay, drawing, copying pictures, or strumming my ukulele. As a teenager, I met Lloyd Branson, a local …
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 Endowment for the Arts Fund for American Art, 2001.10 I believe in the transcendent power of music. I studied the violin for about nine years. …
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 written by Joe Wood that introduced me to a group of Japanese youth called ganguro, who darkened their skin and paid top dollar to have …
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 (1817-1856), William H. Simpson (1818-1872), and Robert Scott Duncanson (1821-1872) represent some of the names of the early trailblazers who were the unusual combination of …
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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 from New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology. Her carpets are inspired by her international travels to places like Dakar, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur. Photo: Laurie …
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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 Primas. Included are paintings, sculptures and works on paper, with an early piece going back to 1802-03 and the Haitian Revolution. Other important work in …
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