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The Black Art Depot currently has new 16 month 2009 African American desk and wall calendars in stock and ready to ship.  Our inventory consists of African American Calendars featuring the art of Frank Morrison, Annie Lee, Cidne Wallace, Alan Hicks and more!  We also have African American Calendars that feature icons from the Negro Baseball Leagues, Harlem Renaissance and the Civil Rights Movement.  So whether you need a calendar that features Black Religious Art, Black Biblical Heroes or African American Youth, you can rely on The Black Art Depot.  Below you will find some samples of our 2009 16 month African American Calendars.

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From August 20th, 2008 until September 20, 2008 The Black Art Depot will be offering an additional 10% discount on all sales over $50.00 that are shipped to APO/FBO addresses or purchased by military personnel.  This discount will not show when you check out, but we will apply the discount when we process your order.  At this point we will send you an email to inform you that the discount has been applied and this email will also contain what the discounted total is.

We can also take your order over the phone where we will be able to apply the discount immediately.  If you have any questions regarding this monthly special please feel free to contact us via email or phone at anytime.

We are offering reduced pricing on our Justin Bua Art Gallery from Aug. 20, 2008 - Sept. 20, 2008.  All of the prints in this gallery are discounted up to 30%.  Justin Bua is a world renowned artist who hails from New York City’s Upper West Side and creates a style of art he calls “Distorted Urban Realism”.  Below you will find some samples of his artwork.

The Black Art Depot is proud to present it’s newest Black Art Video featuring our Black Erotic Art Collection and the music of Silk.  It is a sexy, sensual, classy and soulful black art video that is for Grown Folks only!  Some of the prints in the video are not yet available on the website but will be added by the end of the week.

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We have recently updated our African American Bookshelf for August and think their may be some great fiction and non-fiction works their that you may enjoy. You can find the bookshelf in the sidebar on the right in the sponsor section. Take a look and hopefully you’ll find something that you may want to read!

Embrace by Doyle

The featured art print for this week is Embrace by Doyle. This print is available in our Black Love Art Collection.  Below you will find some biographical information on Doyle in the artist own words…

Biography

I am a native of Chicago, Illinois’ west side and have been a resident of Atlanta, Georgia for 20 years.  I studied at the Atlanta College of Art and the American College of Art and work in oil, acrylics, pastels, watercolors, airbrush,clay sculpting and ceramics.  I have exhibited my art at LV Gallery, The National Black Arts Festival and I have been the poster artist for the MOJA festival in Charleston, South Carolina for the past three years. I have received awards from the Fulton County Art Program, the Fel-pro art Award,  and the Forest Park Township Art Award.  I find inspiration in my family roots.  One of my notable works, ”The Sunflower Sista” was inspired by an 92-year-old photograph of my grandmother standing in a field of sunflowers as a child.  In my work, I capture reflections of urban life and afro-centricity with a distinguished style and a broad range of images.  By exploring my creativity, I have developed a unique style of abstractions with tremendous depth and presence.  The ‘Art of Doyle’ is essentially a culmination style, grace, and soul.

I was reading an article on ebonyjet.com about what foreign languages African American sshould teach their children when I read this paragraph:

“The conservative estimate is that half the population in Brazil is of African descent –  which means that Brazil has a black population that is almost three times the size of the African-American population in the United States. Brazil has the largest number of African descendents in the Americas. In the world, Brazil is second only to Nigeria in terms of the number of black people living within its borders.”

I had no idea that there were that many people of African descent located in Brazil so I decided to look into it a little further, enlighten myself and make a point to feature Afro-Brazilians in my next couple of posts on the blog.  The first is a photo of a monument/statue dedicated to Zumbi.  Zumbi is celebrated as a hero, freedom fighter, and symbol of freedom amongst Afro-Brazilians in Brazil.

Zumbi dos Palmares
(1655 - November 20, 1695)

Zumbi has become a hero of the twentieth-century Afro-Brazilian political movement.  November 20th, is celebrated as a day of Black Awareness “Consciência Negra” primarily in Rio De Janeiro.  Below you will find some additional resources where you can learn more about the Afro-Brazilian icon.

Resources

Zumbi: Freedom Fighter

Zumbi and Palmares

Videos

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Collecting African American Art is our featured book of the week. It was written by Halima Taha and published by Verve Editions. Below you can find a brief summary about the book as well as a picture and bio of the author.

Collecting African American Art
Works on Paper and Canvas (Revised and Updated)
Author: Halima Taha

Product Description

Collecting African American Art effectively dispels the misconception that the hobby of art collecting is reserved solely for the wealthy. In these pages, lavishly illustrated with almost 200 works by a wide range of artists, readers will find practical guidelines for becoming an informed collector, including specific criteria for working with dealers. This guide presents both new and established artists and identifies dealers throughout the nation specializing in the field. Insightful and accessible, it is the first book to define the role of the collector of African American art. The result is a unique and essential guide to developing a meaningful and rewarding collection.

Author

HALIMA TAHA is recognized throughout the Untied States as a leading authority on collecting African American art and arts management. For more than twenty years, she continues to contribute to the field as an appraiser, art advisor, educator and speaker. Author of best selling book, Collecting African American Art: Works on Paper and Canvas (Crown, 1/99 and Verve Editions 1/05) and Three Decades of American Printmaking: the Brandywine Collection (Hudson Hills Press, 10/04) Ms. Taha is a highly sought media personality and consultant. She was featured in USA Today and has appeared on many shows including Fox News, Good Day New York and PBS, where her highly acclaimed book was featured as a choice membership incentive Her experience includes her leadership as an arts advocate and spokesperson, lecturer, former Managing Director and Art Gallery Owner, specializing in 20th Century art and photography.

Her consulting expertise keeps her in demand and includes fine art appraising, private and corporate art collections development, visual and performing artist’s management, institutional public program planning and arts and education curriculum development. Former member of the faculty of the College of New Rochelle, she is listed in the Annual Yearbook of Experts, Authorities and Spokespersons.

She is committed to nurturing the development of American visual culture through institutional and private collections, arts in education programs and corporate campaigns, as a means of inviting audiences to discover new and exciting things about themselves and the society in which they live, through art.

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The Black Art Depot has recently began to sell magnets featuring African American art as of August 1, 2008.   We currently have African American Magnets which feature the artwork of Edwin Lester, Sterling Brown and Cidne Wallace.  All of our magnets currently retail for only: $5.00 $4.50 and are perfect for adding to your existing collection or starting your collection of decorative African American Magnets.  Below you will find some samples for you to view:

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The featured art print for this week (yeah, I know I’m running a little behind schedule….work with me) is “All We Need” by Fred Mathews and Shahidah.  Fred Mathews was the artist responsible for the print and Shahidah put together the lovely poetry that complements it so well.  If you enjoy items that combine poetry and art or bible verses and art please visit our Black Literary Art Collection.  As a side note, we also plan to add several new pages to our Black Literary Art Collection soon.  Enjoy!

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