NEWARK: Fatimah Tuggar
In/Visible Seams February 6 – May 12, 2013 Artist Talk: March 5, 2013, 5pm UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE MECHANICAL HALL GALLERY 30 North College Avenue Newark, DE In/Visible Seams brings …
Bobby Womack
Soul music legend hits a High “C” wearing eye sculptures by Cyrus Kabiru PHOTOGRAPHS | RORY VAN MILLINGEN FOR CLASH MAGAZINE Appointed fellow of TEDGlobal 2012, Cyrus Kabiru is a …
Tonjua Lyles – Visual Artist
Mission/Artist statement An old adage says that if you want to be successful,you must follow your dreams. As a child, I’ve always enjoyed drawing in pencils and markers for my …
At Baha Mar, Planning for an Art Renaissance
by Kara Cutruzzula It would be easy to revel in the Dionysian pleasures the Bahamas have on offer (conch fritters and rum concoctions are only a few), but as …
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Harry Belafonte: Black Artists Must Do More
Legendary actor and singer Harry Belafonte has never met a social cause he couldn’t fight or a question he wouldn’t answer. After decades of fighting social injustices around the world, …
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Fair Park Museum Dedicated To African-American Art, Culture, History
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – When the doors opened at 11 a.m. Wednesday morning, a group of seniors from Dallas’ Kiest Park Senior Center were hopping off a DART bus, heading for …
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HOMECOMING: African American Family History in Georgia
February 3 – April 28, 2013 On Loan from the Auburn Avenue Research Library This exhibition documents and pays homage to an incredible achievement – the survival of kinship ties …
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‘The Eve Of Jackie’: Chester Gregory Opens Up On New Jackie Wilson Show
After stepping foot on the music scene in the late 1950s as a solo artist, Jackie Wilson forever changed the face of Pop Culture. The late music icon, known for …
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Eric Holder: Voting Rights Act Can’t Be Called Unnecessary Yet
This print shows when, in 1965, hundreds of civil rights marchers started on a peace march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. Their …
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Rosa Parks: First Statue of African-American Female to Grace Capitol
By JILIAN FAMA | ABC OTUS News – Wed, Feb 27, 2013 Rosa Parks, the civil rights pioneer, made history again today by becoming the first African American woman to have her …
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2012 Henry Taylor – African American Artist Profile – W Magazine & New York Times
Henry Taylor, who lives in Los Angeles, paints fast, loose and sensuously on canvases great and small. Portraiture is his work’s center of gravity. His subjects include friends, relatives, acquaintances …
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NEW YORK: Shinique Smith
Bold As Love February 15, 2013 – March 24, 2013 Press Preview: Friday, Feb 15, 10:00AM Opening Reception: Friday, Feb 15, 6-8PM Artist Talk: Saturday, Feb 16, 12:30-1:30PM JAMES COHAN …
SAN FRANCISCO: Kehinde Wiley
February 14–May 27, 2013 CONTEMPORARY JEWISH MUSEUM 736 Mission Street (Between 3rd and 4th Streets) San Francisco, CA The first major exhibition in San Francisco featuring this nationally–known African American …
Berry, Diana, Smokey and More! Go Inside the Sleek ’60s Photo Shoot for Motown: The Musical
The stars of Motown: The Musical are getting ready to go dancing in the streets when the Broadway-bound production bows this spring. In a behind the scenes video from a …
Rio de Janeiro: Corcovado, Christ the Redeemer statue
About the Christ Redeemer Statue Towering over Rio de Janeiro, the Christ Redeemer statue is 125 feet (38 m) tall, including the pedestal. The pedestal contains a chapel large enough …
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