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African American Art and Life
Exhibition Extended thru March 7th!

An invitation to
A closing “brunch” reception Sat. March 7, 10am-1pm.
Builder Levy will be present during the reception on Sat., March 7th,
and this Sat., Feb. 28th, 3-4:30pm,

The exhibit, “African American Art and Life,” is an extravaganza of the Flomenhaft Gallery collection, and also two invited artists, Camille Billops [...]

updates from April Banks

Spring is almost here!
Greetings Everyone,
Here are a few updates for my latest art endeavors. I’m looking forward to a prosperous year full of change and forward momentum.
With peace and prosperity,
April
aprilbanks.com

Opening this Week. . .

image from Mass Nausea at Headlands Art Center

Mass [...]

Karen Seneferu

Check out the article by Claire Light in the KQED ART article about a number of artists who participated in The Art of Living Black, which runs through March 14 at the Richmond Arts Center. Karen Seneferu was one of the winners of 2008 exhibition and featured in this year’s show.
To read the article [...]

Check out Ocean Morrisset’s exhibition site

View the exhibition at http://blackisbeautifulgayisgood.blogspot.com
Your feedback is welcome!

Call for Submissions: Politically Oriented Photography

Call for Submissions: Politically Oriented Photography
The Left Forum is seeking photographs to show in continuous slide shows during its conference April 17-19, 2009 at Pace University in New York. Content can be anything with a progressive political aspect to it, including
1. Photojournalism and documentation of events, such as marches, protests, conflicts
2. Documents of living conditions, [...]

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  • CARLAGIRL PHOTO was founded on 14 February 1999 by Carla Willliams, a photographer, writer, and editor, born, raised and heading back to (yea!) Los Angeles, California.

    It was established with two goals: to be able to make my own work widely available for free, and to make accessible my research about artists of the African Diaspora, especially photographers, and in particular women. As it developed it grew to also include GLBTQ artists.

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      Site 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, [...] […]
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      Danielle 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 […]


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