by Sandy | Apr 15, 2024 | Artist, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
“Faith Ringgold: American People” was her West Coast debut at the de Young museum in San Francisco, CA November 2022.
“Bringing together fifty years of work, this is the most comprehensive exhibition to date of Faith Ringgold’s groundbreaking vision…”
“From creating some of the most indelible artworks of the civil rights era to challenging accepted hierarchies of art versus craft through her experimental story quilts, Faith Ringgold’s body of work bears witness to the complexity of the American experience.”
Faith Ringgold: American People
de Young Museum: Golden Gate Park \ 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, SF, CA
(Image: Faith Ringgold, pictured before her 1997 painting, “The Flag Is Bleeding #2”)
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by Sandy | Mar 31, 2024 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Museums
A current presentation at The MET, Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism, is the “first art museum survey of the subject in New York City since 1987, the exhibition establishes the Harlem Renaissance and its radically new development of the modern Black subject as central to the development of international modern art.”
“Featured artists include Charles Alston, Aaron Douglas, Meta Warrick Fuller, William H. Johnson, Archibald Motley, Winold Reiss, Augusta Savage, James Van Der Zee, and Laura Wheeler Waring.”
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
*~* Until July 28, 2024 *~*
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th Ave and 86 Street, NYC
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by Sandy | Feb 9, 2024 | Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Culture, Exhibits, Learning, Live Performance
“ Vision & Sound: An African American Experience program highlights the work of eight prolific artists that represent various mediums and genres of art…”
“We strive to build supportive relationships to encourage cultural equity throughout Arizona and beyond – recognizing that professional American artists of African descent are too often overlooked.”
Featured Artists:
- Patricia Bohannon
- Dorrell Bradford
- Jacqueline Chanda
- Amber Doe
- Debra Edgerton
- Jerome Fleming
- Isse Maloi
- Bob Martin
- Chip Thomas
- George Welch
- Shoreigh Williams
~Schedule of Events and Exhibitions~
Sedona, Goodyear, Peoria
*January 5-March 27, 2024
Peoria Library Exhibition / Peoria Main Library
8463 W Monroe St, Peoria, AZ 85345
Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Jacqueline Chanda, Dorrell
Bradford, Jerome Fleming, and Isse Maloi.
*February 1-29, 2024
Sedona Arts Center Vision & Sound Exhibition & Sale
15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ
Open: Mon-Sat 10AM – 5PM, Sun 12PM-5PM,
Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Dorrell Bradford, Jacqueline
Chanda, Amber Doe, Debra Edgerton, Jerome Fleming, Isse Maloi, Chip Thomas, and
George Welch
*January 31- March 26, 2024
Goodyear Library Exhibition
Georgia T Lord Library, Goodyear, AZ
1900 N. Civic Square, Goodyear, AZ 85395
Featuring the artwork and creativity of Patricia Bohannon, Dorrell Bradford, Amber Doe,
Jerome Fleming, Isse Maloi, and Bob Martin
*Sunday-Monday, February 25-26, 2024
Vision and Sound Symposium
Sedona Arts Center, 15 Art Barn Road, Sedona, AZ
The Symposium will feature keynote speakers, panel discussions, performances, receptions,
and reflections. In addition, ADEI training will be included throughout, incorporating Critical
Response methodology. This year’s symposium will feature guest speaker Chip Thomas and a workshop led by Liz Lerman.
*Saturday, March 2, 2024, 9am-3pm
Peoria Arts Festival, City of Peoria
Vision and Sound artists will be demonstrating and providing workshops during the event.
*Saturday, March 2, 2024, 7-8:30pm
Concert featuring Don William and Friends
Peoria Center for the Performing Arts, Peoria
10580 N 83rd Dr, Peoria, AZ 85345
Join us for a special concert featuring Don William and Friends.
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by Sandy | Oct 11, 2023 | Art, Blogroll, Culture
“Experience the beauty and complexity of Blackness in Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo’s debut solo museum exhibition Soul of Black Folks.”
Love his portraits. Love how he does skin.
“When I’m making paintings,
I want the characters to be strong,
I want them to be free,
I want them to be independent,
I want them to be unapologetic.”
— Amoako Boafo
Amoako Boafo: Soul of Black Folks
SEATTLE ART MUSEUM
Simonyi Special Exhibition Galleries
by Sandy | Mar 18, 2023 | Art, Blogroll, Culture, Events, Exhibits, Learning
Until March 31, 2023: The City of Goodyear Library and Sedona Arts Center Gallery presents, Vision & Sound: An African American Experience.
The exhibit highlights the work of eight prolific artists that represent various mediums and genres of art.
Michael Cunningham, Founder
Norma Cunningham, Founder
*Vision and Sound: An African American Experience* founded in 2015
cunninghamart@ cox.net ~ Phone 623-680-0538
www.visionandsound.org
https://www.goodyearaz.gov/government/departments/parks-recreation/library-fine-art-shows
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by Bob Martin | Jan 5, 2023 | Art, Artist, Culture
It is not necessary that we come to an agreement about what is good works of art. It is important that we independently see value in the art that we like and appreciate. To have our own listening, our own sight, that we are not relying on what others think. We don’t need talking heads for everything.
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