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“Salvaging such defiant beauty from scraps of resilient black, rubber provide a compelling metaphor of African American survival in the modern world.”
Matthew Guy Nichols, in an Art in America article on
Chakaia Booker
Acid Rain
2001
rubber, tires, wood
— Nikki Giovanni
— Hale Woodruff, The Black Artist in America: A Symposium (1969)
barka - cigarette break poster 2013
Format 84.1 x 59.4 cm
Paper high quality
Sent rolled in a large protective tube
Edition of 50
Signed by artist
From the ‘very ambitious’ poster series, ‘cigarette break’ was inspired by women working in demanding jobs.#very_ambitious
i made an error with the online shop. sorry. now shipping available everywhere. boom.
The trinidad+tobago film festival and ARC Magazine present an open call for artists working with video and sound art, interactive installation and experimental film to submit works to be included in the 3rd annual New Media programme. The new jury prize for best film/video is $5000TT. Deadline for submissions is May 31st, apply today: http://bit.ly/ZDwlgw
Izidwedwe as part of Isnila Yomuntu (after Pistoletto)
2010, photo credit Robert Hamblin.
East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention
12th Annual ECBACC Convention - an annual gathering of comic book artists, writers, their fans and retailers who are interested in discussing, buying and selling comic books, sci-fi, action figures and related material by and / or about Black superheroes / super-powered characters / adventures
AfriCoz Contest - the first costume and cosplay contest celebrating characters of African descent in comic books, sci-fi, fantasy and film
Synergy Reading Workshop facilitated by Metropolarity.net member and Laser Life founder Alex Smith
2013 Glyph Comic Awards - honoring and recognizing those creators making great contributions to the African image in graphic novels, comic strips and comic books
ECBACC S.T.A.R.S (Storytelling That Advances Reading Skills) - a program held at the Free Library of Philadelphia to address the literacy skills of young people by using interactive comic book themed exercises that promote reading as fun and exciting
Yo Philly!
This weekend! Programming schedule here:
(via sheilastansbury)
The Finding Aid: Black Women at the Intersection of Art and Archivingis an interactive, multi-media dialogue that explores the intersection of experimental art practices and community-based archiving.
The event’s organization is based on the idea of a finding aid. A finding aid is a document used in archives for accessibility and discovery. We will transform a finding aid from an archival inventory/guide into an artistic archival experience.
Our goal for this event is that people leave knowing what an archive and archivist is or can be, and that people feel empowered to begin their own archival/artistic practice or feel moved to engage with existing archives.
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 @ 6:30pmSchomburg Center for Research in Black CultureLangston Hughes Auditorium
Gordon Parks, Segregated drinking fountain, Mobile, Alabama, 1956, (1956) at Adamson Gallery.
