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Press: Lorraine O’Grady in Art in America; Deb Willis in Huffington Post

http://www.artinamericamagazine.com/news-opinion/finer-things/2010-02-23/whitney-biennial-lorraine-ogrady/
A Portrait of Deborah Willis

More press for Posing Beauty:

Beauty and the Face of Change

Zanele Muholi @ Allegheny College

Exhibit focuses on gender, sexuality, identity | The Campus
Jan 27, 2010 … “Serving Allegheny College Since 1876.” … Amelia Conte/The Campus -Zanele Muholi spoke about her project, “Insila Yomuntu …

Interesting article about black artists

(thanks, Deb & Tuka!)
RACE ISSUE A TWO-EDGED SWORD FOR BLACK CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
By Blake Gopnik, Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, January 24, 2010
They are called “knowledge cards” — a glossy picture on the front of each, some factoids to explain it on the back — and museums sell them in packs of 48, on all kinds of [...]

Polaroid Photographer

Photographer Louis Mendes.  View a slideshow of his work here: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/03/nyregion/20100103polaroid_index.html with a sweet accompanying article by David Gonzalez. (thanks, Deb!)

Profile of photographer Joseph Clipper

From self-taught artist, a snapshot of happiness
Photographer develops his passion into signature portraits of noted lives
By Yamiche Alcindor
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 5, 2009

Noted for his classy demeanor and elegant portraits, Joseph Daniel Clipper has been capturing the lives of local and national figures for more than 40 years.
His specialized large portraits on canvas look [...]

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    • Interesting powerHouse news March 12, 2010
      Dear powerHouse follower— You are, with any luck, a retailer, a reviewer, a promoter, or just someone vigorously involved in the visual arts, and have been following us through our varied publications over the years and the copious press we made with them, and perhaps recall the risks, the successes, maybe even the élan to which [...] […]
    • Haiku in my Neighborhood (M. Hanks Gallery, 2009) March 12, 2010
      Haiku in my Neighborhood. Poems by Dee Dee McNeil, photographs by Roland Charles,  M. Hanks Gallery, 2009, ISBN 978-0-9821810-1-0, $25.00. (Pages from the book are viewable at Google Books online.) Haiku in my Neighborhood – a coffee table book of 50 haiku poems written by jazz singer/songwriter Dee Dee McNeil with photographs by noted photographer-ar […]
    • The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack by Barthélémy Toguo (Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 2010) March 12, 2010
      The Erotic Diary of a Lumberjack” (”Le Journal Érotique d’un Bûcheron”). artist’s book by Barthélémy Toguo with 12 linocuts and texts, 38 x 26.5 cm, Michael Woolworth Editions, Paris, 1000€. […]