African American Art - KOLUMN Magazine

Celebrating The Lives of People of Color

Amy Sherald, nationally acclaimed artist with Columbus roots, returning home as lecturer | Ledger Enquirer

September 28, 2017African American Art, KOLUMN ...

“The only reason that I wanted to do this is because I want to change people’s expectations as to what they may see when they walk into an institution that tells them what is valuable and to validate peoples’ existence in so many ways.”

5 Reasons Why You Need To Experience Sweet Honey In The Rock | Affinity

September 28, 2017September 28, 2017African American Art, African American Entertainment ...

The ensemble is an a cappella group, rooted in African American culture with songs concerning the ideas of freedom, love, and protection of the earth and of each other.

Watch: Reri Grist’s voice took her from the projects to the world’s most famous opera stages | Timeline

September 27, 2017African American Art, African American Entertainment ...

A soprano who got her start on ‘West Side Story’

Melina Matsoukas to adapt ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ for Amazon — book on race, class & politics in Jamaica | Shadow & Act

September 26, 2017African American Art, African American Film ...

She’s direct videos for Beyonce and Rihanna, Issa Rae’s Insecure — and now she’s heading up a much needed-to-be-told story for Amazon Studios.

Banksy Strikes Again, With Nod to Basquiat | The New York Times

September 25, 2017African American Art, Black Art ...

The artworks are perhaps a homage. Basquiat, who died of a suspected drug overdose at 27, in 1988, began his career as a graffiti artist before going on to become a celebrated art-world figure, acclaimed for his primitive, boldly colored figures, textual fragments and raw imagery that often referred to African history, slavery and colonialism.

For the first time in 30 years, a book celebrates black women photographers | Quartz

September 21, 2017September 21, 2017African American Art, African American News ...

I’m doing my small part to add to this conversation by creating this document. But it is the gatekeepers, the editors, and curators, who really need to do examine their processes of inclusion.

Opening a window on Worcester’s past | The Boston Globe

September 21, 2017African American Art, African American News ...

WORCESTER – On a winter day around 1904, Raymond Schuyler perched on a sled with his wee daughter between his knees and posed with his children for a portrait. The only boy, standing behind his father, wears a big knit cap.