#blackartsmovement

[ambitiousblackfeminist]

Accidental selfie, definitively joyful. #rezarites #carefreeblackgirl #blackgirlmagic #blackaugust #blackpoet #blackwomanpoet #blackwriter #blackwomenwriters #nature #pvd #providence #vanity4themovement #joyisthemovement #blackbusiness #blackartist #blackartsmovement #farmersmarket https://www.instagram.com/p/Ch0cOIsr6q-/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[superhuemanart]

Im posting these waaaay after the fact but #FaithRingold 's retrospect was beautiful. I saw her retrospective at a different New museum location, Broadway I think. .. or was it Chelsea, where were the in 98? I've been a fan of her work for ever,, taught art lessons inspired by her work. I remember meeting her in the early nineties at one of Danny Simmons gatherings. She is Phenomenal and inspiring.#contemporaryart #modernart #blackwomenartist #blackartist #blackartists #americanartist #americanartist #blackartistmovement #womenartists #blackartsmovement #blackartist #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #powerfulart #retrospective so good I had to post more! https://www.instagram.com/p/CerZ0LuldJa/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[blackautmedia]

This is a great video about celebrity culture worth sharing.

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🕊🎨#ArtIsAWeapon Remembering the trailblazing #artist #activist #educator #ValerieMaynard, who transitioned last week - September 19, 2022 - at the age of 85. Her impact and legacy are infinite.

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🎥 "Valerie Maynard: Lost and Found" - "the first major museum presentation of #printmaker and #sculptor Valerie Maynard’s work" - 2020 virtual gallery walk reposted from the @baltimoremuseumofart

Excerpt from @artnews www.ArtNews.com :

Valerie Maynard, a sculptor and printmaker whose works ambitiously sought to chronicle the nuances of the Black experience, has died at 85. Her death was confirmed by the Baltimore Museum of Art, which mounted a survey of her work in 2020.

In an email to ARTnews, #AsmaNaeem, the BMA’s interim co-director and chief curator, wrote, “Valerie was a profoundly individual maker and thinker and her legacy goes well beyond the art world and into an abiding cosmos of ethics and dignity. Her artmaking was deeply political, local and lived. Who else to picture a universe of injustice from Harlem to Johannesburg, who else to shape the Pan-African and our environment into carved and dancing objects?”

For the past six decades, Maynard had been creating images of Black men and women that defied simplistic interpretations. She tackled a spread of issues, from Apartheid in South Africa to the status of Black artists in society, and she gained many admirers in the process.

One was the writer #ToniMorrison, who once penned an introduction for one of Maynard’s prints series, titled “Lost and Found.” “This is art that summons, that creates what should be and disassembles what should not,” Morrison wrote. “The medium is dream, but the power is magic.”

Read more: www.artnews.com/art-news/news/valerie-maynard-dead-1234640012/

#ArtistActivists #ArtEducators #BlackArtsMovement #HarlemArtists #BlackArtists #BlackWomenArtists

⁣#ArtBMA #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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[markyboyce247]

Black and Beautiful - (Portrait 21) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #blackwomen #blackwomenrock #blackwomeninbusiness #blackwomenmatter #blackwomeninhollywood #blackwomenwriters #blackwomeninluxury #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenlead #blackwomenartists #blackwomenart #blackwomenartistsforblacklivesmatter #blackart #blackartist #blackartists #blackart365 #blackartwork #blackartmatters #blackartistspace #blackartcollectors #blackartsupport #blackartgang #blackartsmovement #blackartistconnected #blackartistry101 #blackartexpo #blackartgallery #blackartsvision (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl4SIVEM8du/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[jenjenjenagenda]

If you’re someone who is interested in learning more about Black art, then I have the show for you. BlackArrogance! is a show that profiles Black artists in New York City and explores Black art history. In this episode visual artist Jimmy James Greene talks about his decades long career and delves into the influence of the Black Arts Movement. Tune in: https://xotv.me/channels/430-blackarrogance/vod_videos/7391-blackarrogance-presents-jimmy-james-greene-and-the-legacy-of-the-black-arts-movement

[tuckercontemporaryart]

Second Generation Black Gallerist, With Newark Origins, Takes The Global Lead My first introduction to Navindren Hodges came by way of an email from him promoting the sale of a unique print by the iconic Black abstract sculptor, Richard Hunt. I later met Navindren, in person, when I picked up the print at one of the oldest Black owned galleries in the country, the Bill Hodges Gallery, that was then located on 57th street in New York City. Navindren Hodges is the Gallery Director for Bill Hodges Gallery, now located in the Chelsea arts district in Manhattan. Established in 1979 by his father, Bill Hodges, the gallery’s collection ranges from 19th-century Black artists Henry Ossawa Tanner to Harlem Renaissance legends James Van der Zee to modernist, abstraction icons Norman Lewis and contemporaries Willie Cole and Carrie Mae Weems. Hodges notes that the market for African American artists and women artists is strong particularly due to the deaccessioning (divesting of art) occurring at many museums that are now looking, in many instances, to replace them with these two categories of artists who have long been under-represented. The gallery has been experiencing strong demand for Edward Clark, Norman Lewis, Frank Bowling and the photographs of Roy DeCarava amongst many others. More on Hodges at our podcast, WhatsNewarkGotToDoWithIt.com. Navindren attended the Sotheby’s Institute of Art where he received a Master’s Degree in Art Business and the University of Iowa where he received a Bachelor’s Degree in Biology.  Images: 1. Navindren Hodges with Demetrius Oliver’s, Totem, 2004. 2. Willie Cole, Mother and Child #2, 2020. 3. Bill Hodges kavie Barnes and Navindren Hodges, 2010. 4.Navindren with Norman Lewis’, Exodus, 1972. 5. Bill Hodges Gallery Catalog, 2010. 6. Navindren with Sam Gilliam’s, Renaissance I, 1986. 7. Takashi Murakami, 727, 1996. #blacklivesmatter #blackartmatters #blackartsmovement #africandiaspora #navindrenhodges #billhodgesgallery #newark #whatsnewarkgottodowithit #whatsupwithart https://www.instagram.com/p/CPhMUXpFTsG/?utm_medium=tumblr

[artbookdap]

Wadsworth Jarrell's "Black Family" (1968) is reproduced from ⁠'AfriCOBRA: Messages to the People,' edited by @drartsculturegirl and published by @gregoryrmiller & @mocanomi⁠⠀⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ "We were moving forward," Jarrell is quoted in the book. "We were showing the positive area of our heritage,⁠⠀ you know, that’s where we were. That’s where we went."⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ Read more via linkinbio.⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ ⁠Image courtesy the artist and @kavigupta_⁠⠀ Photo: @johnlusis⁠⠀ ⁠⠀ #wadsworthjarrell #blackfamily ⁠#africobra #messagestothepeople #BlackArtsMovement⁠ https://www.instagram.com/p/CI1Ju0xpJPZ/?igshid=g0n7ay0g2c9w

[theshedding]

I am BEYOND HYPE to kickoff the #BNLEGACY series this weekend!!! 🙌🏿 Please join us online this Saturday Sat as I interview Author & Professor Chris Cameron on his work about #BlackFreethinkers. (DM for Zoom link or watch LIVE Saturday 2p EST on FB at 👉🏿BNofDC) __________ As the nation awakens to a deeper understanding of the history and legacy of slavery, systemic racism and white supremacy, people are realizing that much of what they’ve learned is incomplete, as best, or inaccurate at worst. The popularity of projects like the New York Times Magazine’s #1619Project are shining a light on heretofore undiscovered and uncovered history. LEGACY! is extending this learning and discovery process into an area of Black history and culture that still seems elusive, even at a time when so much of the rest of our history is being unearthed. LEGACY! will be highlighting voices of religious dissent in the African-American (and Caribbean-American) cultural experience with a 5-part event series throughout September and October. ___________ Produced by Black Nonbelievers of DC, @bnonbelieversinc and @americanhumanist begins on September 19, 2020 and extends through October 17, 2020. __________ #BlackHistory #blacklivesmatter #blackpower #nikkigiovanni #jamesbaldwin #zoranealehurston #nellalarsen #RichardWright #SoniaSanchez #eldridgecleaver #amiribaraka #whitesupremacy #lorrainehansberry #simonedebouvoir #blackartsmovement #jameshcone #blackliberationtheology #blackliberation #blackpantherparty #hueypnewton #blackhumanism #blackactivism https://www.instagram.com/p/CFQ9pnJgrdC/?igshid=h97msbznw02a

[rsbexpressions]

#SONICSUNDAY

#JuneIs #BlackMusicMonth

The track list of Black music that I havent heard is endless. Gil Scott Heron made so much music for the movement. To think that The Revolution Will Not Be Televised is the only song he made is to belittle a giant into an ant.

The 6'2" piano player / singer / song writer tracks include Pieces of a Man (the title song for the album his known poem was on), Johanasburg, Winter In America, Waiting for the Axe to Fall, Whitie on the Moon, Almost Lost Detroit, (Ray)Gun, and countless others.

Many of you heard him first in #KanyeWest short film reciting the poem at the end "Who Will Survive in America". Kanye West & @common have samples for new tracks, by the same name possibly, from his original "Home."

Born in Chicago, raised in the South, The Bronx, & lived his adult in DC and Harlem NY where he passed in 2011.

Active all the way through the 1980's his discography is incredibly long with over 10 albums.

Then Prince hit the scene.

Carrying on the legacy of making social justice and esoteric consciousness sound like a party, he far more than just the "Love Sexy" media is comfortable with.

For A More in Depth Idea,

Listen to the #PrincePodcast episodes by @podcastjuice ft. the artists firt band leader and older cousin Chazz Smith.

His tracks include Baltimore, Bold Generation (1999 album), Dreamers & Colonized Mind (Lotus Flow3r album), Affirmations l, ll, & lll (Art Official Age) released after his pasing. After he frees himself from Warner Bros, he droped Black Sweat (3121 album) because Black men and women together is a revolutionary legacy, New World & Slave, (Emancipation) Sign of the Times and the beat goes on.

Very subtle, but definitely there!

Listen to the lyrics

[beblk]

sunday soul.

dem niggas ain't playin'

The Watts Prophets from 1971 album Rappin' Black In A White World (ALA RECORDS)

[ambitiousblackfeminist]

Dreaming of poems and collages and sales, oh my! 3 AM IS THR NEW BLACK shop.3amblack.com #3amblack #rezarites #shop3amblack #wear3amblack #3amblackpoetry #blackwomenwriters #blackwomenwritersofinstagram #blackartsmovement #blackwomanartist #blackwomenartistsofinstagram #buyfromablackwoman #blackentrepreneurs #ambitiousblackfeminist #vanity4themovement #joyisthemovement #blackwomenpoets #blackpoets #blackwomenpoets https://www.instagram.com/p/CjdNPslrSRU/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[superhuemanart]

Im posting these waaaay after the fact but #FaithRingold 's retrospect was beautiful. I saw her retrospective at a different New museum location, Broadway I think. .. or was it Chelsea, where were the in 98? I've been a fan of her work for ever,, taught art lessons inspired by her work. I remember meeting her in the early nineties at one of Danny Simmons gatherings. She is Phenomenal and inspiring.#contemporaryart #modernart #blackwomenartist #blackartist #blackartists #americanartist #americanartist #blackartistmovement #womenartists #blackartsmovement #blackartist #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #powerfulart #retrospective https://www.instagram.com/p/CerZfibl8rx/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[taylormadeteamdmv]

7 Ways to Celebrate Black History Month in the DMV

Originally recognized as “Negro History Week,” Black History Month became a month-long celebration in 1976 with February being chosen to correspond with the birthdays of Frederick Douglas and Abraham Lincoln. Black History Month is a celebration and honor of the contributions African Americans have made to United States History. Washington, DC is home to many African Americans who have contributed in some way to our culture and history. There are many ways to celebrate Black History Month and as 2020 is a leap year, it gives us an extra day in February to celebrate. Here are 7 ways you can celebrate Black History Month this year in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area.

Visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture:

Washington DC is home to some of the most popular museums in the country, one of those being the National Museum of African American History and Culture. Opened in 2016, it is a main attraction to many who live in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area as well as tourists visiting the nation’s capital. Inside the museum you will find a plethora of interesting history about the African American community and population. The museum consists of many exhibitions such as the Civil Rights Movement, Slavery and Freedom, Cultural Expressions, Life after Slavery, Revolutionary War, Education, Music, Entertainment, and Sports.

To plan your visit to the National Museum of African American History and Culture, visit their website at: https://nmaahc.si.edu/

Honor Martin Luther King Jr. at his Memorial

One of the newest memorials of Washington DC, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, is a popular monument for DC natives and tourists. The site is located in West Potomac Park and known for its 30-foot statue of Dr. King. His face and stance is carved into the Stone of Hope standing above the Mountain of Despair. Both pieces are references to his “I Have a Dream” speech. Visiting the memorial is most breath taking after the sun sets as the statue of Dr. King and the Mountain of Despair illuminates with light at night.

For more information on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, visit the website at: https://www.nps.gov/mlkm/planyourvisit/basicinfo.htm

Take a Walk Through Shaw Neighborhood and Howard Theatre

The Shaw neighborhood is most known for its prominent Black history and figures such as Jazz Musician Duke Ellington. Shaw was named after Colonel Robert Gould Shaw who fought in the Civil War as a member of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry of Black Soldiers. Later on, the neighborhood was nicknamed “The Heart of Chocolate City” for being the place that many escaped slaves called home and established a numerous amount of businesses for the African American population.

After walking through the Shaw neighborhood, take a stroll along Howard Theatre’s Walk of Fame, beginning at the Shaw-Howard Metro Station and ending at the façade of the theatre. The Walk of Fame honors 15 Black Cultural icons such as Marvin Gaye, Chuck Brown, and Ella Fitzgerald.

To learn more about the Howard Theatre and the Shaw Community, visit their website at: 

http://thehowardtheatre.com/

https://www.compass.com/neighborhood-guides/dc/shaw/

Support a Black Business:

There are a number of Black owned business in the Washington DC and Maryland area. Whether you are looking for a business for the arts, food & dining, community involvement, education, entertainment, finances, home needs, etc., there is a Black owned business for anything you can think of. Any small contribution of support will help our community’s businesses grow.

Take a look at a DC Black Business Directory to find a business to support: http://www.dcblack.com/black-directory/

Attend a Black Culture Event:

Washington DC hosts a few cultural events throughout the year. During Black History Month, from February 19-March 1, the Intersections Festival will be held at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. The festival will include showcases of theatre, dance, poetry, music, film, writing, photography, arts, and many more. Many of these exhibitions and showcases will incorporate the African American culture of the city and nation’s capital.

Check out the festival website to see a full list of events and showcases and to purchase your festival pass: https://www.atlasarts.org/intersections-tickets/

Attend a Musical or Theatre Performance:

The arts play a big part in the African American community and culture. One way to celebrate Black History Month is to attend a theatre performance recognizing and honoring African American ideas, heritage, and culture. “Gun & Powder” is a musical that spotlights two light-skinned African American twins and their journey through tragedy, race, identity, relationships, family and more. The musical is performed at Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA now until February 23rd.

To learn more about this musical and purchase tickets, visit their website: https://www.sigtheatre.org/events/201920/gun-and-powder/

Attend a Washington Wizards Basketball Game:

Along with other things, Washington DC is home to the NBA Washington Wizards Basketball Team. A Washington Wizards game is always exciting to watch from enjoying the crowd engagement activities, to the dance team and special events they hold. Throughout the month of February, the Washington Wizards will be celebrating Black History Month by taking the time out of a few of their games to highlight prominent African Americans who are making a difference in their communities.

To be a part of this honor and experience, visit their website to purchase tickets: https://www.nba.com/wizards/tickets

Black History Month is a month of honor, respect, culture, and learning for many. The African American population has contributed a great deal to the United States History. Washington DC has a lot to offer and a great amount of Black History embedded in the streets of the city. You don’t always have to do something extravagant to celebrate Black History Month. A simple visit to a historic Black monument, support of a Black business, or even spreading some knowledge about your Black History is always a plus.

Reference: https://washington.org/visit-dc/celebrate-black-history-month

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🎶🎨🎙🎥 #ArtIsAWeapon

Reposted from @parkavearmory Our #MakingSpaceArmory series continues Saturday, May 20 with Hapo Na Zamani (Black Arts Movement Past and Present) hosted by @carlhancockrux and co-presented by @harlemstage as the culminating event in their #BlackArtsMovement: Then and Now Conference.

This unexpected and surprising evening reimagines a 1960s-style happening for today, complete with elements of painting, spoken word, music, movement, wonder, and more.

With musical direction by Vernon Reid (@vurnt22), the evening centers around a set of concerts by Reid and Burnt Sugar The Arkestra Chamber (@burntsugararkestra) inspired by the greats of the Black Arts Movement and honoring the musical legacy of the late writer and intellectual Greg Tate. Before and after seated performance times, audiences are invited to engage with screenings of Stefanie Batten Bland’s (@sbb_land) film “Kolonial,” as well as other activations and installations featuring Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson (@stvoisier), Nona Hendryx (@nonahendryx), Somi (@somimusic), Wunmi (@wunmi_olaiyaofficial), Carrie Mae Weems (@carriemaeweems), Dianne Smith (@iamdiannesmithart), and other surprise guests.

Link for more info + tickets!

(📷: “Kolonial” by Stefanie Batten Bland (2021). Photo by Maria Baranova.)

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@harlemstage This weekend Harlem Stage is incredibly proud to present a very special series of programs.

BLACK ARTS MOVEMENT: THEN AND NOW CONFERENCE May 18-20 2023

Inspired, imagined, and curated by Harlem Stage Associate Artistic Director/Artist-in-Residence, @carlhancockrux, the Black Arts Movement: Then and Now Conference is a three-day event featuring a keynote address by poet, music critic, and arts administrator A.B. Spellman. The conference includes panels, discussions, essays, and performances, featuring pioneers and visionary artists including Angela Y. Davis, Nona Hendryx, Sonia Sanchez, Henry Threadgill, Toshi Reagon, and more, as well as a closing-night concert co-presented with Park Avenue Armory, curated by Carl Hancock Rux, Tavia Nyong’o, and Vernon Reid, with contributions by Carrie Mae Weems, Stefanie Batten Bland, and Dianne Smith.

Employing roundtables, public dialogues, and screenings, the convening will explore controversial areas of tension between the intellectual, ethical, and commercial imperatives of the Black Arts Movement. In conversations between pioneers of the Black Arts Movement and a contemporary generation of artists and scholars, the Black Arts Movement Conference centers itself within a dialogue that is both historically and culturally relevant in our ever-changing world.

If you have yet to visit us at the Gatehouse at 135 Convent Avenue, this weekend your moment.

Tickets and complete conference schedule at Harlemstage.org

See you soon ✊🏾

#blackartsmovement #music #art #film #politics #progress #forward #past #harlem #newyork #globalshift #thingstodoinnyc #culture #legends #pioneers

[markyboyce247]

(Black and beautiful 247) - (Portrait 19) - You can find this portrait in my Etsy store Boyce black Art 247 - Promoting our dear black sister that deserves our love and deep respect and honour. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - #blackwomen #blackwomenrock #blackwomeninbusiness #blackwomenmatter #blackwomeninhollywood #blackwomenwriters #blackwomeninluxury #blackwomenarebeautiful #blackwomenlead #blackwomenartists #blackwomenart #blackwomenartistsforblacklivesmatter #blackart #blackartist #blackartists #blackart365 #blackartwork #blackartmatters #blackartistspace #blackartcollectors #blackartsupport #blackartgang #blackartsmovement #blackartistconnected #blackartistry101 #blackartexpo #blackartgallery #blackartsvision (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl0evE0MNO3/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=