Avid Speaker and children’s author, Cleous Young is a man with a dedicated vision. Born in St. Thomas, Jamaica, Young is a former school teacher who became inspired to embrace his literary gift and desire to educate by founding the Non-Profit Organiz ...
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Calvin's lifelong love of art was first nurtured in a home filled with creativity flowing from his grandparents, parents and siblings. It grew immensely with his introduction of arts and crafts projects in the Philadelphia Public School system. As a ...
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Save Our African American Treasures: A National Collections Initiative of Discovery and Preservation, is a collaboration among cultural institutions, community leaders, and the public to preserve and collect African American material culture.
The ...
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Coming soon from NMAAHC — a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Harlem's famed Apollo Theater. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment will feature photographs and artifacts tracing the rich history ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 1:53PM
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How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Entertainment
To celebrate the 75th anniversary of Harlem's Apollo Theater NMAAHC is developing a multi-media exhibition called Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing: How the Apollo Theater Shaped American Enter ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 1:49PM
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By Brandon Sheats | Published: April 5, 2010
In his essay “Repetition and Differentiation – Lorna Simpson’s Iconography of the Racial Sublime,” Okwui Enwezor addressed the complicated relationship between the issue of aesthetics/art history and th ...
Posted Tuesday, April 13th 2010 at 1:42PM
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By KATE TAYLOR
The Smithsonian Institution has named Claudine Brown as its first director of education. Ms. Brown, 60, who since 1995 has been the director of the arts and culture program at the Nathan Cummings Foundation, will oversee the National ...
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*Please Feel Free To View and spread, I appreciate the blessing... http://www.myabbais1.com/8.html
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Jill Scott was born on April 4, 1972 in The City of Brotherly Love where she was raised by her mother, Joyce, and her maternal grandmother. A naturally-gifted child, Jill was speaking at 8 months and learned to read by the age of 4. She credits her m ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 9:37PM
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Lithograph
Open Edition
Image size= 15"h x 20"w
$45.00
Ed Lester Bio
This self taught artist from Philadelphia has been well accepted in the art community in his first year. Expressing his acceptance in Christ and some political issues has t ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 6:14PM
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Lithograph
Open Edition
24 x 36
$45.00
Ed Lester Bio
This self taught artist from Philadelphia has been well accepted in the art community in his first year. Expressing his acceptance in Christ and some political issues has taken many by sur ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 6:10PM
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As an artist Jon suggest that black art is expressive in conversation, and has a position in creativity that is personally educational and observative. It's color and content is a presentation of awareness of life and topics of knowledge. His painti ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 3:16PM
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Augusta Savage (1892–1962) was born on February 29, 1892 in Green Cove Springs, Florida. Augusta knew at an early age that she wanted to become a sculptor. In 1921, Augusta Savage moved to New York believing that the North would provide her with the ...
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My family and friends have dubbed me the “Collecting Queen,” a title that I admit is well deserved. I have been amassing collections of whatnots since I was a young girl, from everything resembling a butterfly to stamps from around the world. As an ...
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Dr. Mary Schmidt Campbell, former Executive Director of the Studio Museum in Harlem, has stated “...to give an object a home.” (-) “At the most private and personal level, that is the goal of the serious collector. Exercising taste, judgement, an int ...
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African American art moves beyond black and white; collectors, curators and galleries are embracing a greater diversity of genres and styles in African American art while other artists move toward a `post-black’ art which cannot be defined in terms o ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 8:39AM
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I am an avid collector of all types of Black dolls—from vintage to modern––in all sizes, mediums and categories. The Black dolls that I collect are all positive reflections of Black beauty. However, a few Black dolls collected early on serve as rem ...
Posted Monday, April 12th 2010 at 8:33AM
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October Gallery presents
Signature Collector’s
Art Auction Series
Sunday, May 23, 2010
12:30 until 5:30PM
6353 Greene Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19144
Original art and investment quality limited editions by
significant past and pr ...
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