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Six Collectors Discuss Their Collections
Above: Various works by Amber Robles-Gordon. In a way, looking at the art market is akin to playing speculative archeology in reverse, where the best case scenario is to discover a work of immense value before it’s covered up (or is discovered by someone else.) However, some collectors also want to help artists’ personal growth and their audience’s ability to have better access to and appreciation of art.
1:54 Art Fair Sets the Scene for a Major Fair in North Africa by Ayodeji Rotinwa
In many ways, the Marrakech edition of the 1-54 Contemporary Art Fair has the potential to be more than just an art market or annual destination.
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Sheena Rose to Curate Third Edition of Sugarcane Maazine
Sugarcane Magazine today announces artist Sheena Rose as guest editor for the Barbados-themed third issue of the print edition Sheena Rose, a contemporary multi-disciplinary artist, based in Barbados, will work with other artists, performers, writers such as Jason Fitzroy Jeffers and photographer Adrian Richards to create an in-depth exploration of Barbadian identity, culture, history, and gender.
THREE MAJOR EVENTS TO EMPOWER BLACK WRITERS, AUTHORS, AND SPEAKERS
The May edition of Speakers Magazine has Dr. Abraham Shanklin, Jr. as the cover story. Dr. Shanklin owns a coach writing and publishing company, Scripts &
BLACK PUBLIC MEDIA AWARDS JACQUIE JONES MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS MADE POSSIBLE BY CPB
Black Public Media (BPM) and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) today announced the recipients of the Jacquie Jones Memorial Scholarships.
NSU ART MUSEUM FORT LAUDERDALE WILL PRESENT FREE SYMPOSIUM FOCUSING ON ISSUES WITHIN LGBTQ+ ART COMMUNITY
As a lead-up to June Pride Month and the 50th Anniversary of Stonewall, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale will present A Sense of Pride:
TWO RIVER THEATER’S 2019/20 SEASON WILL INCLUDE THE WORLD PREMIERE OF LOVE IN HATE NATION, A NEW MUSICAL BY JOE ICONIS, DIRECTED BY JOHN SIMPKINS
Two River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the lineup of productions for its 2019/20 Season.
Gallery Visit: Fashioning the Black Body projects+gallery, St Louis Missouri on view until May 4, 2019, by Daniel Dunson
St Louis’s projects+gallery presented the inaugural curatorial offering of acclaimed artist and writer, Dario Calmese. The New York based photographer brought a cast of well-known artists to his native home of St.
Artist Spotlight: Idris Habib
Idris Habib, (AKA Sir Idris) is a unique artist whose work culminates an obvious sense of culture, vibrant colors, bold contemporary flair and a majestic texture.
Sundance Institute Names Four New Members of Board of Trustees
Sundance Institute announced today that Jason Blum, Ebs Burnough, Lynette Wallworth and Lisa-Michele Church will join the Institute’s Board of Trustees. The new Trustees bring deep experience and broad expertise spanning communications, emerging media, and film production to the Institute’s governance, and will work closely with President &
Countdown Begins to Fort Lauderdale’s Premier Caribbean Food Festival – “The Taste the Islands Experience”
Above: L-R: Daniel Abbott, Tyrone Robertson, Calibe Thompson, Hugh “Chef Irie” Sinclair, and David I. Muir | Photography by RJ Deed Dozens of South Florida’s mainstream and Caribbean media were hosted on the grounds of History Fort Lauderdale on April 3rd, for the official media launch of The Taste the Islands Experience (#TTIX2019) event weekend.
The Apollo Theater Salon Series in partnership with the National Black Theatre present WiLDFLOWER
The Apollo Theater Salon Series in partnership with the Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) will present WiLDFLOWER, the staged concert reading of the full-length musical with book, music and lyrics by Jason Michael Webb and Lelund Durond Thompson, at 7:30 p.m.
![If you or your folks will be in Miami for Memorial Day, please support this phenomenal project. Via @johannerahaman
BlackFlorida: waterRIGHTS, will be exhibited on a floating 40’ screen, close to the shore on South Beach, from from 5-7 PM on Saturday May 25th. .
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I attempted to do it last Urban Beach Weekend and an unexpected storm blew plans away. Then @oolitearts Oolite Arts presented the project an Ellies Award 💕💕💕 so here I am, back at it again in 2019 thanks to funding from Oolite Arts and the @knightfdn Knight Foundation. .
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Here’s an excerpt from a feature last May in the Miami New Times, by Taylor Estape: “Rahaman started the project in 2014, around the same time she began shooting photos in South Beach during Urban Beach Week. Though crowds of out-of-town revelers aren't as open to Rahaman's more narrative approach to the Black Florida Project, the event nevertheless embodied what first drew her to capturing the spirit of the African diaspora in the United States. "It feels like home," Rahaman reflects. "It feels like being in Trinidad getting ready for carnival, getting to the parade route. Even though there’s no parade, there’s this sense of merriment, of excitement, of family. It feels like everyone knows each other even though they don’t. There’s this sense of community." Despite this vibe, politicians and land owners in South Beach have been trying to shut Urban Beach Week down for years. This year [2018], the City of Miami Beach has made a concerted effort to draw visitors indoors via cultural events. Its more insidious tactics include paring down traffic on the MacArthur and Julia Tuttle Causeways to one lane in order to scan the license plates of every vehicle entering the city. The narratives of increased crime and debauchery — conspicuously absent for similar, nonblack events such as Pride Week — are exactly what Rahaman's work attempts to combat. So it seemed only natural to bring the Black Florida Project to Urban Beach Week in an exhibition titled “Water Rights””.
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#waterrights #theellies #fromthesouthtothesouthernmost #johannerahaman #blackflorida #oolitearts #knightarts #urbanbeachweek #blacklove #blackjoy #resistance](http://scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com/vp/e1f7a8659d1030d0175ae149fa0428d0/5D6C4718/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c219.0.1001.1001/s640x640/58410214_315377732723152_2011437072624998017_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-lax3-1.cdninstagram.com "If you or your folks will be in Miami for Memorial Day, please support this phenomenal project. Via @johannerahaman
BlackFlorida: waterRIGHTS, will be exhibited on a floating 40’ screen, close to the shore on South Beach, from from 5-7 PM on Saturday May 25th. .
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I attempted to do it last Urban Beach Weekend and an unexpected storm blew plans away. Then @oolitearts Oolite Arts presented the project an Ellies Award 💕💕💕 so here I am, back at it again in 2019 thanks to funding from Oolite Arts and the @knightfdn Knight Foundation. .
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Here’s an excerpt from a feature last May in the Miami New Times, by Taylor Estape: “Rahaman started the project in 2014, around the same time she began shooting photos in South Beach during Urban Beach Week. Though crowds of out-of-town revelers aren't as open to Rahaman's more narrative approach to the Black Florida Project, the event nevertheless embodied what first drew her to capturing the spirit of the African diaspora in the United States. \"It feels like home,\" Rahaman reflects. \"It feels like being in Trinidad getting ready for carnival, getting to the parade route. Even though there’s no parade, there’s this sense of merriment, of excitement, of family. It feels like everyone knows each other even though they don’t. There’s this sense of community.\" Despite this vibe, politicians and land owners in South Beach have been trying to shut Urban Beach Week down for years. This year [2018], the City of Miami Beach has made a concerted effort to draw visitors indoors via cultural events. Its more insidious tactics include paring down traffic on the MacArthur and Julia Tuttle Causeways to one lane in order to scan the license plates of every vehicle entering the city. The narratives of increased crime and debauchery — conspicuously absent for similar, nonblack events such as Pride Week — are exactly what Rahaman's work attempts to combat. So it seemed only natural to bring the Black Florida Project to Urban Beach Week in an exhibition titled “Water Rights””.
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#waterrights #theellies #fromthesouthtothesouthernmost #johannerahaman #blackflorida #oolitearts #knightarts #urbanbeachweek #blacklove #blackjoy #resistance")