For a number of years I’ve been working with architectural practices heavily involved in the delivery of public buildings. Equally, I’ve worked alongside visual artists working on community projects. Although I’ve witnessed a few collaborations between the professions, I do wonder why there hasn’t been more importance placed on developing such partnerships, particularly in designing schools and hospitals. One obvious answer is the need to reduce building costs. Limiting or completely…

Southwest Black Fine Art Show April 19 -21…

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Frank Frazier, the tale of an extraordinary African American Artist

Black Art can…

Thorton Dial, Purvis Young, and Lonnie Holley in The Collection of Bill Arnett.

Some would say that in terms of Black art the works of these gentlemen are definitive of the Black experience in its most authentic form. I happen to disagree, but will concede that the combined talents of these men represent the articulation of a segment of our society that shares the African American experience plus its harsh realities, and transforms it into some of the most heartfelt expressions in the…

Local, National or International: an artist by any other name calling

Joyce Owens: Artist On Art

"Artists like to be original, but often it's been done before...This is from 2008, but a conversation with a friend made be think of it and decided to post. (on Facebook" -Joyce Owens

A black woman artist speaks. Will you speak…

Robert Carter was born in Louisville, Kentucky, where at an early age he was receptive to line, color and form, having an intuitive feeling for design. His sensitivity to detail became the legacy and abiding thread that connects the continuum of his…

Philadelphia Mural Celebrating Influential African-American Artist Mysteriously Erased

FESTIVAL DATES & HOURS

First Weekend: April 26, 27, 28, 2013

Second Weekend: May 2, 3, 4, 5, 2013

Hours of Operation: 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Daily

(There are no substitute rain dates.)…

There is great disagreement among Black artists in Sacramento. We are trying to work more cohesively to be more effective at reaching out to the diverse community in the Capitol of California. But we seem to be stuck on whether "Black" should be in title of what we call ourselves. This my sound like a trivial point but some of feel strongly that "Black art" is what the whole thing is about! To cherish and esteem and proclaim our Black pride to the world.…