Posts Tagged ‘black artists’
The Incredible Story of Edmonia Lewis, America’s First Black and Indigenous International Art Star
A traveling exhibit seven years in the making shows off the work of an unlikely artist who forged her own path.
Read MoreBehind a hidden door, the riches of west African art
Art trading remains popular through and beyond Africa as the art from around the continent is desired by local and international collectors.
Read MoreTrailblazing Black and Indigenous sculptor left her mark on Boston
A new exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum pays tribute to Edmonia Lewis, a Black and indigenous sculptor who spent most of her time in Italy.
Read MoreIn Chicago, Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. Is Remembered as a Giant Who Expanded the Meaning of Power
While Jackson’s moral leadership in the civil rights movement is widely known, speakers and attendees throughout the week emphasized another part of his legacy.
Read MoreCity of Huntsville celebrates black artists at African American Art Festival
Black artists were able to show off their artwork at Huntsville Art Festival as part of the Black history month celebration.
Read MoreOscar Nominations: ‘Sinners’ Breaks Record With 16
Sinners,’ a 1930’s era horror fantasia grounded in Black culture, earned a record‑breaking 16 Academy Award nominations
Read MoreMemory of Activation: Community Workshop with Milwaukee Repertory Theater
This two-hour event invites the community to engage with themes of family, legacy, and memory in connection with Milwaukee Rep’s production of The Piano Lesson. The CR8TV HOUSE team will lead a Memory Activation Workshop using participants’ own artifacts and archival photos. Participants will be introduced to how to document and preserve their own personal and family histories, as well as to artistic practices that honor lived experience.
Read MoreABHM at “Picturing Black History”
Join the Fond du Lac Public Library for a virtual conversation with Damarius Johnson on Picturing Black History: Photographs and Stories that Changed the World, featuring insights from America’s Black Holocaust Museum on the role of photography in documenting Wisconsin’s fair housing and civil rights movements.
Read More‘It doesn’t look African’ – challenging stereotypes at Tate Modern
Modern works by artists at Tate Modern show that Africa art exists beyond the stereotypes of masks, and one tour guide is here to showcase it.
Read MoreIn historic move, MFA Boston returns works by 19th-century enslaved artist David Drake to his heirs
The family has sold one of the pieces of pottery to the museum and will allow MFA Boston to continue to show the other for at least two years.
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