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How a historian turned artist discovered it’s never too late to start over | The Lily Nell Painter went back to school at 64

August 16, 2018

Nell Painter went back to school at 64.

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With New Urgency, Museums Cultivate Curators of Color | The New York Times For decades the country’s mainstream art museums have excluded people of color — from their top leadership to the curators who create shows to the artists they display on their walls.

August 9, 2018August 10, 2018

For decades the country’s mainstream art museums have excluded people of color — from their top leadership to the curators who create shows to the artists they display on their walls.

Dox Thrash, African American Art, Black Art, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, Willoughby Avenue

The pioneering prints of Dox Thrash | CBS New Dox Thrash revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s.

August 6, 2018

Dox Thrash revolutionized printmaking in the 1930s.

African American Art, Black Art, The New Negro, The Life of Alain Locke , Alain Locke, African American Literature, Black Literature, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D, The Five Fifths, Five Fifths, Willoughby Avenue

The Philosopher Who Believed That Art Was Key to Black Liberation | The New York Times “The question is no longer what whites think of the Negro but of what the Negro wants to do and what price he is willing to pay to do it.”

August 1, 2018

“The question is no longer what whites think of the Negro but of what the Negro wants to do and what price he is willing to pay to do it.”

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Yasiin Bey, Formerly Known as Mos Def, Is Opening a Gallery in the South Bronx to Fuse Art and Hip-Hop | artnet News The project is a collaboration with advertising executive Free Richardson

July 25, 2018

The project is a collaboration with advertising executive Free Richardson

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Essence and Queen Latifah Unveil $20 Million Fund for Artists of Color | Colorlines The Essence Creators and Makers Fund will support artists who make content for women of color.

July 24, 2018

The Essence Creators and Makers Fund will support artists who make content for women of color.

Joy Bivins, Charleston International African American Museum, African American History, Black History, US History, US Slavery, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Charleston’s African American Museum gets new curator from Chicago History Museum | The Post & Courier "Filling the spaces in a museum starts with stories, even before the artifacts and objects..."

July 11, 2018

“Filling the spaces in a museum starts with stories, even before the artifacts and objects…”

Theodore and Hazel and the Bird, African American Art, Vision Festival, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

Jazz Notes: Vision Fest, Mickey Bass, children’s jazz book | New York Amsterdam News Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.

June 28, 2018

Little Theodore and Hazel, with instruments in hand (trumpet and harp), were off to the park to play when suddenly they ran into a sad bird that needed help.

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Why Have There Been No Great Black Art Dealers? | The New York Times How a small but influential group of black gallerists is correcting history.

June 22, 2018

How a small but influential group of black gallerists is correcting history.

OrchKids, African American Art, Black Art, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN, KINDR'D Magazine, KINDR'D

An Orchestra of Hope for Baltimore’s Future | AFRO Now in its 11th year serving our students, OrchKids is a year-round, during- and after-school music program designed to create social change and nurture promising futures for young people who live in Baltimore City’s neighborhoods.

June 11, 2018

Now in its 11th year serving our students, OrchKids is a year-round, during- and after-school music program designed to create social change and nurture promising futures for young people who live in Baltimore City’s neighborhoods.

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