Hugo McCloud creates stunning pieces from traditionally overlooked materials, while resisting the art world’s tendency to pigeonhole him as a ‘black artist.’
Read MoreEbony Patterson Searches for the Lives of the Unknown Dead in a Jamaica Massacre | Hyperallergic
Patterson, a native Jamaican, raises a litany of questions around the unidentified dead in the 2010 Tivoli Incursion in Kingston.
Read MoreThe Woman Making Art out of the FBI’s Surveillance of Her Black Panther Father | Broadly.
Civil rights activist Rodney Barnette was under government surveillance for over 10 years. Now his daughter, Sadie, has turned his 500-page FBI file into art.
Read MoreThis Black-Owned Hotel In Morocco Will Blow You Away | Atlanta Black Star
One of Morocco’s only Black woman-owned hotels has been 18 years in the making, and owner Meryanne Loum-Martin has no plans of slowing down.
Read MoreAva DuVernay Will Direct DC’s Superhero Film New Gods | Slate
If you thought Ava DuVernay’s ho-hum A Wrinkle in Time adaptation was going to stop her from making another blockbuster, think again. The superpowered director has just signed on to direct the next installment in the DC cinematic universe, an adaptation of their New Gods comics.
Read MoreAiley II Kicks off 2018 season | New York Amsterdam News
This season’s program includes works Artistic Director Troy Powell says offer New York audiences an opportunity “to experience the strength and grace of exciting choreographers on the rise in the dance world and works that also showcase the virtuosity, energy and prowess of Ailey II dancers.”
Read MoreLooking toward Birmingham’s future | The Birmingham Times
The view just outside the window is of the historic Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in downtown Birmingham, but the vision goes well beyond one of the city’s most visible landmarks.
Read MoreAn arts school for Harlem | New York Amsterdam News
Over the next five months, Harlem School of the Arts will be on the ground at Wadleigh, providing the resources and expertise that are needed to build a high-quality, sustainable theater program.
Read MoreA Civil-Rights Visionary’s Collection of Artists of Color | The Cut
Cooper Cafritz, the civil-rights activist, and patron of the arts and education, died last week at the age of 70 in her Washington, D.C., condominium
Read MoreThe Artist Changing the Face of Black Girlhood | Vice
Even Beyoncé adores Deborah Roberts’s collaged portraits of strong, beautiful black girls and women.
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