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The Mission of The National Alliance of Artists from HBCU's (NAAHBCU) is to bring Art and Art Education to the forefront of member institutions and to keep these programs as institutional priorities for generations to come.
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The Sharing of Creativity
Started by Gerald Sanders - profile 1. Last reply by Harvey Johnson Dec 13, 2010. 1 Reply 0 Likes
Most of the artists that I have met down through the years know that I am self taught. I have not been fortunate enough to go to an art school or college to study. Being the son of sharecroppers…Continue
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Comment by Timothy Lee Giles on April 22, 2012 at 6:58am -
water color 40 X 70. "They Fight For Freedom"
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Comment by Timothy Lee Giles on April 22, 2012 at 6:57am
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Comment by Winston Kennedy on March 31, 2012 at 6:59pm -
Dear Sister Johnson: I published this brief essay elsewhere earlier. It is pertinent to the mission of The National Alliance of Artists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities, therefore, I am posting it here for the HBCU group. Of course, I always welcome comments. WK 2012
Expanding the Canon on African Diaspora Art
There exist a large number of young and older scholars currently doing work that effectively contributes to the enlargement of the African American art canon- a canon in both the contemporary and historical sense of it.
Due to a lack of space, I would recommend three canon makers: Dr. Kellie Jones, Professor of Art History at Columbia University. Yes, the daughter of Amiri Baraka. Please see her particulars at the Columbia University website: http://www.columbia.edu/cu/arthistory/faculty/Jones.html . She has written elegantly and extensively on the Black Arts Movement in California and the Black Arts Movement in general.
Dr. Michael Harris is formerly at UNC Chapel Hill and now in Atlanta at Emory University. Recently, he has done some excellent African American Art exhibitions at the Gantt Art Center in Charlotte, NC. I believe that he is on the editorial committee of African Art magazine. You may wish to go to his website: http://www.michaeldharris.com/id5.html In addition, go to his many articles. He has a book entitled Colored Pictures.
You may wish to see the works of Dr. Floyd Coleman, Professor emeritus, and the founding director of the James A. Porter Colloquium on African American Art at Howard University. That colloquium named after the venerable authority on African American, James A. Porter, author of Modern Negro Art has excavated the field of African American/African Diaspora art for over twenty years. A précis of a biography on Dr. Coleman may be found at http://www.africanamericanculture.org/fptp_programs.html . Additionally, he did the introduction for an earlier edition of Samella Lewis' African American Art and Artists.
In Jamaica African American Diaspora Art analysis, criticism and history is effectively being done by the journal Small Axe. Over the years Small Axe has filled, with high satisfaction to our canonical building needs. Please go to: http://smallaxe.net/project/collective.php and to the blog Repeating Island-especially their reports on the exhibition “Rockstone and Bootheels”: http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/17/rockstone-and-bootheel-conte...
My specialty is the History African American Printmaking: 1724 to the Present. When I started my studies in 1965 my white instructor told me that "Black people have not made any significant contribution to world culture." I have spent a life time proving her negative assumptions to be wrong.
I hope that this contributes to the discussion of the importance of the African American Visual Art canon. This dialogue will assist in our efforts for the greater disperse of knowledge relative to African American Art.
Please permit me to paraphrase Fanon, "Make me a man [or woman] who always questions." Because they raise questions (Damien and Nas), I would always play this video for the first meeting of my Art Appreciation classes: http://www.youclubvideo.com/video/159593/damien-marley-ft-nas-sabal...
Now, we must all continue to do the creative work as artists and the research work as scholars. In this manner we will continue to make our unique contributions to building and expanding the African Diaspora Art Canon.
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Comment by Author Collective on March 21, 2012 at 6:50am
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The 2012 Michigan Spring Art and Book Festival is now looking for artists and authors to sell and display their works. We have rented the entire Laurel Park Place Mall in Livonia April 13th through 15th and will have lots of space for artisans, crafts people and visual arts talent. Throughout the common areas of the center will be 6' tables for writers and 10' x 10' booth space for artists. Author tables start at $90 per day and the artists booths are only $295 for the three day weekend. What better place to sell and show your artistic talents than a shopping mall?The weekend is free to the public and will have lots of no cost professional development for creative people. Lectures, discussions and workshops by Monica Marie Jones, Elizabeth Atkins, Sylvia Hubbard, Zahra Huber, eBooks2Go and others will give insight into the worlds of art, broadcast journalism, publishing and eBook conversion. Friday and Saturday evenings at 6:00 p.m. we will have our "Gentle to All Ears" poetry sessions and family friendly open mic poetry recitals. Our "Celebrity Read Out Loud" places students with local celebrities and mentors as they read books every thirty minutes. Join Southfield Mayor, Brenda Lawrence, Channel 955 on air personalities "Bg" and "Ace" plus Tony Trupiano from the "Tony Show" and many more for these free readings.Our R2Books program will donate 1,000 brand new books to students from the area. Fifty schools, churches and civic organizations will be selected to receive 20 book certificates each. These book certificates may be redeemed by students, kindergarten through twelfth grade, for any age appropriate book, no cost or obligation. Don't forget to bring the children and those who are young at heart to this free family friendly festival.Applications for each event are now on line at:Log on now to reserve your table or call (313) 446-2262 for additional details. Looking to travel or living away from the Detroit Area? Check out our festivals in Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Nashville. These websites will have more details.Looking forward to working with you.
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on June 29, 2011 at 10:26pm
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on June 27, 2011 at 2:19pm
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Time: July 17, 2011 to July 22, 2011
Location: Tougaloo College campus
Street: 500 West County Line Road
City/Town: Tougaloo, MS 39174
Website or Map: http://www.tougaloo.edu/artco…
Phone: 601-212-7978
Event Type: residential, art, camp, exhibit, dialogue, sessions
Organized By: Johnnie Mae Maberry
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on June 27, 2011 at 2:17pm
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on April 28, 2011 at 5:06pm
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ROUX EXHIBITION IN HOUSTON TEXAS, ALL ARTISTS ARE AFFILIATED WITH AN HBCU!
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on April 6, 2011 at 9:02pm
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Comment by ANN 'SOLE SISTER' JOHNSON on April 3, 2011 at 2:05pm
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