Category: United States
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LIBERATING AUNT JEMINA
Who’s Afraid of Aunt Jemima? This is Ringgold’s first story quilt and the first quilt project she made by herself, without the help of her mother, who died the previous year. Squares along the borders depict African American women of varying ages from all walks of life, and the…
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MFA launches new ‘Banner Project’
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), unveils a new installation by Robert Pruitt (born 1975), inaugurating a new series of annual commissions that engages artists to create large-scale banners to be hung from the glass ceiling of the I. M. Pei-designed Linde Family Wing for Contemporary Art. Born in…
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COURAGEOUS WOMAN
In November, Harriet Tubman will be in the spotlight across the country. Below is some information on this Courageous Woman that you many or may not know. Her admirers called her “Moses” or “General Tubman,” but she was born Araminta Ross. It’s unclear exactly when the woman who would be…
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JAMES BALDWIN IS BACK — THANK GOD
Born in 1924 in New York City, James Baldwin published the 1953 novel Go Tell It on the Mountain, going on to garner acclaim for his insights on race, spirituality and humanity. Other novels included Giovanni’s Room, Another Country and Just Above My Head as well as essay works like…
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MICHELLE OBAMA’S NOD TO GEES BEND QUILTS
The colorful pattern speaks to the uniquely Obama-esque blend of patriotism and activism, tradition and modernity. Quilting is the essence of Americana; specifically, the pattern evokes the strikingly modernist quilts created by the isolated African-American community of Gee’s Bend, Alabama, beginning in the late nineteenth century. Created from recycled…
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BLACK PANTHER PREMIERES
FILM SYNOPSIS After the death of his father, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda to take his rightful place as king. When a powerful enemy suddenly reappears, T’Challa’s mettle as king — and as Black Panther — gets tested when he’s drawn into a conflict that puts…
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COMMUNITY SCREENING OF ELLIS DIRECTED BY JR
The Executive Director of the West Harlem Art Fund in collaboration with WBAI FM Radio will host a community screening of the short film Ellis directed by the artist JR and starring Robert DeNiro on Friday, November 13th in Brooklyn. The evening will begin with the permanent launch of the show, “State…
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LINE UP FOR LIGHTING INTERVENTION UNDER THE VIADUCT
SATURDAY’S LINEUP May 10, 2014 Artists Cynthia Beth Rudin D. Carlton Bright Dennis Hlynsky Dianne Smith Eduardo DiFarnecio Eileen Cohen Erik Sanner Eva Olsson Henry Gwiazda Jonas Nilsson Julian Bozeman Kathleena Howie Peter Rogina Rupert Nesbitt Steve Pavlovsky Harlem Biospace Guest Curator Linda Griggs
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Regional & International Artists are joining Repurpose
The West Harlem Art Fund is so pleased to have regional artists Dennis Hlynsky and Dr. Henry Gwiazda joining our lighting intervention series as well as husband and wife team Jonas Nilsson and Eva Olsson from Sweden. Their participation is showing that West Harlem is budding a real art scene…
