I received this message from quilter Kyra Hicks–check her out!
Over the weekend, Amazon.com published my short essay and quilt pattern, The Liberian Flag Story & Love of Liberty Quilt, over the weekend. And, it’s only 49 cents (smile!). Have you heard of Amazon Shorts? [I had not, but I ordered it!]
You can find mine at:http://www.amazon.com/Liberian-Flag-Story-Liberty-Quilt/dp/B000QUCNWM [...]
rock star
(spotted at Stereohyped)
Black Honor Student Protests ‘Eurocentric’ Curriculum
run, don’t walk
You can enlarge this invite by clicking on it.GO SEE THIS SHOW!I loves me some Zoe.
Silverstein Photography is pleased to announce If You Reading This, the first New York solo exhibition of works by the photographer and installation artist Zoe Strauss. This exhibition is a midterm review featuring the artist’s ongoing “I-95” project, which Strauss [...]
i highly recommend this film; it’s one of the best documentaries I’ve seen
Greetings Everyone:
I’m writing to invite everyone (who’s based in the Bay Area) to twoSan Francisco Women Against Rape organized screenings of NO! (The Rape Documentary) on Thursday May 17 and Saturday, May 19.
For me, the purpose of these two screenings is to definitely raiseawareness abount intra-racial rape and sexual assault, while raisingmoney for SFWAR.
NO ONE [...]
when the studio museum is clearly your only measure for african american representation
Art Review ‘Let Your Motto Be Resistance’The Glittering A-List of Black History
By HOLLAND COTTERPublished: May 11, 2007
“Let Your Motto Be Resistance: African American Portraits” at the International Center of Photography is a praise song in pictures, a shoutout to history. It’s also a fancy-dress inaugural party for the yet-to-be-built National Museum of African American [...]
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- Taking a Break February 4, 2012Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
- A New Mission for Aperture? February 4, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 4, 2012Danielle was briefly a contributor to this site; I am very excited to hear about her latest venture, the collective and now journal Mambu Badu “that seek to find, expose, and nurture emerging female photographers of African descent.”  Congrats, Danielle! As you may (or may not) know, last fall, I co-founded Mambu Badu, a photography collective […]