Artist of the Day: Barry Johnson
Barry Johnson is a multimedia artist, author, and speaker. He used housepaint and found objects to create this body of work.
VANTABLACK: The Blueprint for Future Blackness by Mia Harrison
v a n · t a · b l a c k n. the deepest black material ever made. Also, the title of Nazareth Hassan’s play which poses the question:
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.
Woven Narratives: Chicago based artist SHENEQUA, pays homage to women who were instrumental in her life through the art she creates from synthetic hair by Daniel Dunson
SHENEQUA was born in St Thomas U.S. Virgin Islands and raised in Miami, FL within the Caribbean culture. Always fascinated with West African textiles, specifically Ghanaian woven cloth, SHENEQUA embarked on a formal academic journey at Kansas City Art Institute, and School of the Art Institute of Chicago that landed her on African soil.
TWO RIVER THEATER ANNOUNCES THE ACTING COMPANY FOR ITS PRODUCTION OF REGINA TAYLOR’S OO-BLA-DEE, FEATURING ORIGINAL SONGS BY REGINA TAYLOR AND COMPOSER DIEDRE L. MURRAY, DIRECTED BY RUBEN SANTIAGO-HUDSON
wo River Theater, under the leadership of Artistic Director John Dias and Managing Director Michael Hurst, announces the complete cast for its production of Oo-Bla-Dee, written by Golden Globe Award winner Regina Taylor (Crowns, I’ll Fly Away), featuring original songs by Taylor and Obie Award winning composer Diedre L.
Album With Previously Unknown Photo of Young Harriet Tubman To Go on Public View for the First Time
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture will display—for the first time—the Emily Howland photography albumcontaining a previously unknown portrait of abolitionist and Underground Railroad-conductor Harriet Tubman.
Executive Director And Chief Curator, Gia M. Hamilton, To Lead New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History and, Culture (NOAAM) In Historic Treme, New Orleans
Above: Gia Hamilton by Jeremy Tauriac The New Orleans African American Museum of Art, History, and Culture (NOAAM) is delighted to announce the appointment of New Orleans Native and Treme resident Gia M.
National Black Theatre partners with the Schomburg Center for ‘In Perpetual Flight: The Migration of the Black Body’ on Tuesday, April 16
Celebrating its 50th anniversary with a series of performances throughout the city, around the country and around the world, Dr. Barbara Ann Teer’s National Black Theatre (NBT) is partnering with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture for “In Perpetual Flight:
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.
Glenn Ligon: To be a Negro in This Country is Really Never to be Looked At
Above: Glenn Ligon and the de la Cruz family. Photo by the author. On January 24, 2019, Glenn Ligon opened a solo show at the newly constructed Maria and Alberto de la Cruz Gallery at Georgetown University.
The Hands Won’t Stop: Ablade Glover, a Ghanaian Modernist by Kwabena Agyare Yeboah
Above: People by Ablade Glover courtesy of Gallery 1957. At the Gallery 1957 II, paintings made by Ablade Glover hang on the walls of the gallery.
