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March 18, 2013 Leave a Comment

Rise Up & Rebuild: The African-American Military History Museum

The African-American Military History Museum: Before and After

Learn More About Rebuilding the African-American Military History Museum

Filed Under: Black Art News, Buffalo Soldiers, Museum Spotlight Tagged: buffalo soldier, hattiesburg, history, mississsippi, museum, tornado
February 1, 2013 Leave a Comment

LaShawnda Crowe’s Lynch Quilt and The Lynch Quilt Project

The Lynch Quilt by LaShawnda Crowe

Learn More About The Lynch Quilt

Filed Under: Black Art News Tagged: black history, history, indianapolis, lynch, lynch quilt project, lynching, quilting, quitly
January 20, 2013 Leave a Comment

A Step Forward: The Quest for a Monument to Recognize the Black Patriots of the American Revolutionary War

Liberty First by Bobb Vann

Learn More About Maurice Barboza’s Fight!

Filed Under: Barack Obama, Black Art News, Revolutionary War
January 11, 2013 Leave a Comment

Stolen History: The Rev. R.H. Boyd Monument is Missing

Stolen History: The RH Boyd Monument is Missing

Learn More About Stolen History: The R.H. Boyd Monument is Missing

Filed Under: African American History, Black Art News Tagged: baptist, minister, monument, nashville, sculpture, statue, tennessee
January 4, 2013 Leave a Comment

Jay-Z and His Love of Art!

Jay-Z Thumbtack Portrait by Andre Woolery

Learn More About Jay Z’s Obsession with Art

Filed Under: Black Art News Tagged: basquiat, complex magazine, jay-z, shawn carter
November 12, 2011 1 Comment

Wrapped in Pride: Ghanaian Kente and African-American Identity

Asante Paramount Chief of Ejisu, Nana Diko Pim III

In African American communities across the nation, kente is much more than mere cloth: it is a symbol of African pride and a powerful cultural icon

Learn More About The New Exhibit!

Filed Under: Black Art News Tagged: african, art exhibit, asante, ewe, exhibit, fort wayne, ghana, indiana, kente, kente cloth, nana diko pim, togo
July 26, 2011 Leave a Comment

Kevin “WAK” Williams Presents: The SACRIFICE Series

X - To Die For by Kevin "WAKquot; Williams

WAK’s new Black Historical Art Series entitled “SACRIFICE”

Learn More About WAK’s Latest Series

Filed Under: Black Art News, Civil Rights Movement, Kevin "WAK" Williams Tagged: birmingham, black history, black panther party, civil rights, kevin williams, malcolm x, martin luther king, wak
May 28, 2011 Leave a Comment

The Art and Life of William H. Johnson

William H. Johnson

“My aim is to express in a natural way what I feel, what is in me, both rhythmically and spiritually, all that which in time has been saved up in my family of primitiveness and tradition, and which is now concentrated in me.”

Learn More About William H. Johnson

Filed Under: Black Art News Tagged: willie h. johnson, willie johnson
March 26, 2011 2 Comments

Save the Woodruff and Alston Murals at Golden State Life Insurance Company

Golden State Life Insurance Building

Save Golden State’s valued African American Art Collection

Save Golden State Life Insurance Company’s Art Collection

Filed Under: African American History, Black Art News Tagged: california, charles alston, george allen beavers jr, golden state life insurance, hale woodruff, los angeles, murals, news, norman oliver houston, paul williams, smithsonian, william nickerson
November 23, 2010 Leave a Comment

Margaret Burroughs: The Death of a True Difference Maker

Margaret Burroughs in Youth and Old Age

Learn More About The Passing of Margaret Burroughs

Filed Under: Black Art News Tagged: activist, chicago, dusable museum of african american history, margaret burroughs, museums, southside community arts center
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