Jacob Lawrence
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Black Textile Art
Established as a way to promote textile awareness and encourage creativity, New York Textile Week celebrates its seventh edition this fall. According to Lidewij Edelkoort, founder of New York Textile Month “the world of art and design is confronted with a debilitating lack of knowledge concerning textiles. Architects, artists and industrial designers as well…
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Remembering Charles Alston
This coming Friday, West Harlem Art Fund will moderate a panel discussion on Mexican Muralism and its impact on American art. If you are familiar with the subject, you know that the movement was immortalized by Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Siqueiros. But their reach crossed North America too with several artists of…
Academy of Arts and Letters, American illustrator, American muralist, American painter, American sculptor, Augusta Savage, Charles Alston, Charles White, City College, City University of New York, David Siqueiros, Diego Rivera, Elba Lightfoot, Elizabeth Catlett, Federal Art Project, Georgiette Seabrook, Harlem Community Art Center, Harlem Hospital Murals, Jacob Lawrence, Jose Clemente Orozco, Mexican Muralism Movement, Norman Lewis, Romare Bearden, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, WPA
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JACOB LAWRENCE TURNS 100
My belief is that it is most important for an artist to develop an approach and philosophy about life – if he has developed this philosophy, he does not put paint on canvas, he puts himself on canvas. Jacob Lawrence In honor of the centennial of…
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