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practicing the arts of cogitation since the late 1900s.

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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    • Palimpsest: New Journal Announcement and CFP September 2, 2010
      Website and Submission Guidelines Information: www.vanderbilt.edu/aframst/palimpsest Inquiries: PalimpsestJournal@vanderbilt.edu Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender and the Black International is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes cutting edge interdisciplinary scholarship and creative work by and about women of the African Diaspora and their commu […]
    • CFS: Photobook!! The Photographer and the Self-Published Book September 2, 2010
      I’m writing to request you spread the word regarding our November 18 – December 19 exhibition, PHOTOBOOK!! It’s our first annual juried photobooks show. I’m a true believer in the photobook to bring one’s work to the attention of the public. I think it’s a natural for the end of the [...] […]
    • Annual powerHouse Arena Book and Tag Sale July 28 – September 6 September 2, 2010
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