Black Expo Summer Celebration
Ecumenical Service Light of the World Christian Church, 4646 Michigan Road. Speaker: The Rev. Dr. Kevin Cosby, senior pastor of St. Stephen Baptist Church. Host pastor: Bishop T. Garrott Benjamin …
Visual arts to dominate National Black Arts Festival’s opening weekend
The National Black Arts Festival officially launches July 7, but most of the performances fall over the closing July 15-17 weekend at Centennial Olympic Park, other downtown sites and at …
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Notre Dame Culture Center Approved
The South Bend Redevelopment Commission has approved a plan to turn the Hansel Center on the city’s west side into the University of Notre Dame Center for Arts and Culture. …
Sol Sax at The Why Emcee Ay!
Right now, through the end of June, the Bedford YMCA is not just a place to work out and stretch your body. Now, the Y is featuring an art exhibit …
Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art plans a ‘jazzy’ summer
Bye-bye, Andy Warhol. Sayonara, Jun Kaneko. Farewell, Richmond Barthé and Helene Fielder. The Ohr-O’Keefe Museum of Art (www.georgeohr.org) set the bar awfully high with its opening exhibits, which until recently …
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High begins exhibit from Atlanta-based artist
Atlanta-based artist Radcliffe Bailey will be exhibiting 37 works including paintings, sculptures, mixed media, photos on metal and others at the High Museum of Art through September 11. Bailey is …
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MODERN SLAVE
JD Dragan has been photographing men of color for more than 30 years. This Friday, June 24, his new exhibition “Modern Slave” opens at Philly’s AxD Gallery with an artist’s …
August Wilson Center shifting focus to local artists
By Sara Bauknecht, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The August Wilson Center for African American Culture will shift from focusing on presenting out-of-town artists to producing more of its own programming next season …
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Dayton Art Institute Director Janice Driesbach to Retire, Interim Director Appointed
The Dayton Art Institute’s (DAI) Director and CEO, Janice Driesbach, announced that she will retire at the end of July. Driesbach, who was hired in November 2007 and began her …
Prolific East-side teen has an eye for art
East-sider Jama Clayton has found that painting and drawing human portraits brings her joy and helps her explore her African-American heritage. Jama, 17, lives with her mother, Vicki Clayton. The …
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Explore the quintessence of American contemporary art from New York Dada to pop art and postmodernism at “The American Art: Masterpie
By Kwon Mee-yoo Explore the quintessence of American contemporary art from New York Dada to pop art and postmodernism at “The American Art: Masterpieces of Everyday Life from the Whitney …
Todd Bridges, Sugar Ray to Attend Leimert Village Park Book Fair
*The fifth annual Leimert Park Village Book Fair (LPVBF) will take place in Los Angeles on Saturday, June 25, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in Leimert Park on the …
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Montclair Art Museum publications win graphic design awards
Last month, Graphic Design USA, a monthly news and information magazine for and about the professional design community, honored the Montclair Art Museum with American Inhouse Design Awards for excellence …
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Borrowed works of art
Art is meant to be enjoyed, not stored away. That was the thinking behind Electrolux and Fifth Third Bank’s decision to loan nearly 140 works by Carolinas artists to area …
33rd Annual Museum Mile Festival Offers Free Museum Admission and Outdoor Art Activites
Now celebrating its 33rd year, the annual Museum Mile Festival takes place rain or shine on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Over 1.5 million people …