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The Smithsonian Institution will see a $1.8 million cut in its 2011 budget under the spending deal approved by Congress. Details of the budget released Monday include a $759.6 million appropriation from Congress, down from $761.4 million last year. Most Smithsonian funding remains intact with a small reduction for salaries and expenses. Last year, Republican …
Black in Latin America, a new four–part series on the influence of African descent on Latin America, is the 11th and latest documentary film from renowned Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr. presenter and writer of the acclaimed PBS series African American Lives (2006), Oprah’s Roots (2007), African American Lives 2 (2008), Looking for Lincoln …
Text by Peter Allison, Adam Lindemann and interviews with David Adjaye, with principal photography by Robert Polidori and Lyndon Douglas. David Adjaye: A House for an Art Collector reads more like architectural plans than a book, a result that was most likely exactly what the progressive architect and the writers Adam Lindemann and Peter Allison …
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Preservationists from all over the country will experience a half-day’s worth of Buffalo’s rich African-American history when they convene here for a conference in the fall. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has approved a joint submission from two local groups that will be included on the group’s official conference agenda in October. “This is …
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The Ball State University Museum of Art has achieved accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM), the highest national recognition for a museum. Accreditation signifies that the museum operates on all levels according to the highest and most current professional standards and practices, managing its collections responsibly and providing quality service to the public, …
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The Pan-African Studies Department held its annual Research-in-Progress Presentations on April 12. This event served as a platform for eight students enrolled in the capstone course, to present their works-in-progress and receive suggestions as well as feedback. Professor of History and African-American/African Studies Lillie Edwards said that the presentations served as “a tribute to the …
Houston Public Library’s African American Library at the Gregory School is honored to present Dr. Alvia Wardlaw, Director of the University Museum at Texas Southern University as guest speaker for its “Lunch with a Legacy” series, as part of “The Whole World Was Watching” Library program. The community is invited to hear Dr. Wardlaw’s discusses …
7th Annual BLACK HISTORY S H O W C A S E Featuring: Real People * Real Artifacts * Real Stories Take this journey through history April 23th & 24th, 2011 Pennsylvania Convention Center Philadelphia, PA, 13th & Arch Streets • 11am – 7pm For more info: http://www.blackhistoryshowcase.org/
David Adjaye is the most famous black architect in the world. In fact, he may be the only famous black architect in the world. The tall, slim, ebony-handsome Londoner shrugs off his celebrity status and prefers to talk about his work. But big wins create big stars. Adjaye teamed up with New York firm Davis …
Ralph Cook will become chairman of the board of directors of The Birmingham Museum of Art in September, the first African-American to hold that post in the museum’s 60-year history. Cook, an attorney and former associate justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, will serve a three-year term, succeeding Thomas L. Hamby. “I am personally excited …
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As the founder of Celebrate Your History, social scientist Bianka Emerson has worked diligently — and quietly — to organize a yearly award ceremony and soul-food dinner that recognize Denver’s forgotten heroes. The spotlight was turned, though, when the Denver section of the National Council of Negro Women included Emerson as one of the seven …
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During a Saturday panel discussion at Art X Detroit, cultural critic Vince Carducci, a recipient of a no-strings, $25,000 Kresge fellowship, reminded everyone just how extraordinary the cash and marching orders were that the Troy foundation gave to three dozen local artists: “Here’s a check, go do something cool.” Mission accomplished. The results were the …
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When Louis Hawkins met revered art collector Arthur Primas at the Flint Institute of Arts (FIA) in February, he heard something he’ll never forget. “He said, ‘I’m not really an expert in art.’ But that he was drawn to pieces and would go home and research the artist and that time period and that’s how …
Dr. Walter O. Evans shares collection with a Frederick Douglass descendant, a British film crew and a leading American scholar The Frederick Douglass papers of Savannah art collector Dr. Walter O. Evans will come to life tonight as the great-great-great grandson of the famed abolitionist reads from them during a National Geographic Channel special that …
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