Studio Visit: Jared McGriff

Above: Selfie 3 by Jared McGriff. Social media is a beautiful thing. The various platforms like Facebook, Behance, and Instagram create spaces for burgeoning artists to share and sell work without the need of a gallery. For Jared McGriff, Instagram is the platform of choice and is where I first saw his complex faces of...

Art

July 20, 2017

Rashid Johnson on view at Milwaukee Art Museum

Above: Fly Away by Rashid Johnson Hail We Now Sing Joy, on view at the Milwaukee Art Museum shows new paintings and sculptures from Chicago-born artist Rashid Johnson. The exhibition features 14 large-scale works that will fill the Museum’s entire feature exhibition space. Using his signature materials of white ceramic tile, red oak flooring, shea...

Art

July 18, 2017

Sundance Film Festival: Now Accepting Feature Film, Short Film, Episodic and Virtual Reality

With exactly six months until Day One of the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, Sundance Institute today detailed a standalone Episodic section, the return of ‘The New Climate’ strand of environmental work and a new award. Feature film, short film, episodic and Virtual Reality submissions are now being accepted via Withoutabox, with early deadlines beginning August...

Film

Call for Films Sundance Sundance Film Festival

July 18, 2017

Howard University and Spellman College Students Participate in Sundance Institute’s Theatre Lab

Above: Antoinette Nwandu Tuvalu, author of the Saddest Song. Sundance Institute’s Theatre Lab kicks off today with the announcement of this year’s participating acting company and creative advisors. The Lab, which runs through July 30 at the Sundance Resort in Utah, is supervised by Artistic Director Philip Himberg and Producing Director Christopher Hibma, and is...

Literature Performance

Howard University Spellman College Sundance Theatre

July 17, 2017

Delou Africa Honors Baba Chuck Davis at DanceAfrica Miami

Delou African Dance Ensemble presents DanceAfrica Miami 2017: the 8th annual African Diaspora Dance & Drum Festival. This unique festival showcases dance, music, fashion, intercultural workshops and performances. August 4th, 5th & 6th, 2017 at the Little Haiti Cultural Complex, 212-260 NE 59th Street, Miami, FL, 33137. Tickets range from $15 – $35. Click here...

Performance

African Dance Chuck Davis Dance Africa Dance Africa Miami Delou Africa Knight Foundation Miami

July 13, 2017

Two Exhibits That You Don’t Want to Miss in Los Angeles

Above:Gary Simmons, Ghost Reels, 2016 For non-California natives, the California African-American Museum caught the eye of viewers of Issa Rae Misadventures of an Awkward Black Girl. This city staple features phenominal shows and here are two that open with the month of July. Artist Gary Simmons—who recently returned to Los Angeles, where in 1990 he...

Art

California African-American Museum Los Angeles

July 12, 2017

Opinion: Harlem on my Mind, 50 years later would Reginald Gammon still be protesting the American art establishment?

Above: Freedom Now by Reginald Gammon With the highly anticipated Tate Modern exhibition Soul of a Nation and the current political climate in the United States, we are experiencing a renewed look at the culture of Black Power. When studying the contributions of the black arts community to the political advancement demanded by African-Americans, there...

Art Sugarcane Mag

Art Reginald Gammon Spiral

July 11, 2017

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Announces Participating Galleries

Above:Sockhna #3 Collage on silver print 28 x 28 cm 2015 © Vincent Michéa at Galerie Cécile Fakhoury Abidjan — Ivory Coast Striving to promote a diverse set of African perspectives from around the world, 1:54 has carefully selected 41 leading galleries specializing in contemporary African art from 18 countries across Europe, Africa, the Middle...

Art

1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair Frieze London

July 7, 2017

Artist Spotlight: Najee Dorsey

I was introduced to Najee Dorsey in 2011 when he visited South Florida galleries and art fairs during Art Basel Miami Beach. However, we didn’t officially meet until 2016 but his artwork spoke to me before he did. Mr. Dorsey’s body of work reminds me of my southern roots: images of black life in the...

Art

Atlanta Georgia Black Art in America Najee Dorsey

July 6, 2017

Intimate Apparel Opens July 22 as a Part of Shakespeare and Company’s 40th Season

Shakespeare & Company is pleased to announce the production of Intimate Apparel by award-winning playwright Lynn Nottage and directed by Daniela Varon Opening on July 22, 2017.From Dramatist Play Service “Esther, a black seamstress lives in a boarding house for women and sews intimate apparel for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes....