From the beginning, Jerry Butler wanted to be not just an artist for Black people but also ‘a Black artist for all people’, writes Giridhar Khasnis
Written, illustrated and designed by African American artist Jerry Butler, A Drawing in the Sand (Z ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 9:32PM
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Paul R. Jones, a collector of African-American art who donated troves of works to universities in Delaware and Alabama, has died. He was 81.
Jones died in Atlanta on Tuesday after a brief illness, said University of Alabama spokeswoman Angie Estes ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 7:09PM
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In the early 1950’s through the 1980’s a group of twenty-six African-American artists known as the "Florida Highwaymen" used vivid and bright colors to display the beautiful untouched Florida landscape. The Florida Highwaymen painted wind-bent palm ...
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An extraordinary quilting bee takes place Saturday mornings at the Young Men and Women's African Heritage Association on the North Side. In a sunlit room, women from Burundi who came here as refugees seeking asylum are learning the craft of African-A ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 7:03PM
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By Peter Rainer, Film critic / April 9, 2010
No less an eminence than Henri Matisse once commented that The Barnes Foundation is "the only sane place to see art in America." Established in 1922 by the millionaire Dr. Albert C. Barnes, the private ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 7:01PM
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African-American artist to hold talks in region
By Dorothy Shinn
Art and architecture critic
Published on Thursday, Apr 15, 2010
The iron, a longtime symbol of domestic drudgery and an unofficial American caste system, has become a t ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 6:57PM
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Lucille Clifton began writing poetry when she was about ten years old. She had developed an interest in poetry because of her mother, Thelma Sayles. Her mother was also a poet although her poems were never published. As a child Lucille would sit on h ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 6:55PM
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Thursday, April 15, 2010
Howard to host conference on African American art
The Porter Colloquium, a conference on African American art, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at the Howard University Gallery of Art, 2455 6th St. NW in the Distr ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 6:53PM
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Joan Myers Brown, a trailblazer for African American dancers, has a mountain of achievements. On top will now rest the Philadelphia Award.
By Stephan Salisbury
Inquirer Culture Writer
Joan Myers Brown, whose determination to open up the world ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 6:50PM
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We must protect our littles girls by schooling on what going on in the world. Let them them know they are more than conquerers and not idolize what they see on videos and movies. They are our future ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 11:30AM
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It has now been well over a year since the near collapse of our entire financial system that cost the nation more than 8 million jobs. To this day, hard-working families struggle to make ends meet.
We've made strides -- businesses are starting to ...
Posted Saturday, April 17th 2010 at 10:20AM
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Available At These Locations:
October Gallery
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October Gallery Mini Art Mart at
Divinity Salon
7201 Germantown Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19119
October Gallery Mini Art Mart at
Philadelphia Hair Co ...
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Hollywood Comes to D.C. to Push the Case for Arts Funding: It's all About Jobs
By HUMA KHAN
Congressional funding for the arts is almost always a subject of controversy in Washington, but proponents hope this time to tailor their message to sho ...
Posted Friday, April 16th 2010 at 1:47PM
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"When not used as meat canon, child soldiers are deminers spies, porters, sex slaves, custodians holdings of oil or diamonds, financing rebellions in Africa. According to United Nations estimates, the world has nearly 300 000 child soldiers under 18 ...
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