As early Americans sought to define their identity in a new country, race became a major fixation. Tarzan and Jane, Tonto and the Lone Ranger, Uncle Ben and Aunt Jemima—these and other stereotypes about Native American, African, and African American people have long been part of the American scene.
The Miami-Dade North Arts & Humanities Foundation(“the Arts & Humanities Foundation”) is set to move forward with its goal of creating the Miami Museum of Contemporary Art of the African Diaspora(Miami MoCAAD).
Making Faces presents a selection of images from MoMA‘s Department of Film’s extensive collection of film stills that explore the representation of historical “otherness” onscreen.
The ninth season of the award-winning documentary series AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange premieres on WORLD Channel at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m.
The Masterclass West Africa will take place in Accra, Ghana, from 8 to 12 March 2017, and will support the most promising young visual journalists in their professional development.
La Biennale di Venezia, chaired by Paolo Baratta, announces the 4th edition of the Biennale College – Music, as it launches the international call starting Thursday December 15th on the website www.labiennale.org (the call will remain open through January 22nd, 2017).
