Dawoud Bey and Jessica Ingram @ PhotoAlliance this Friday

Art Like Seeds

I remember Kennell from my year at Stanford; he was amazing. I particularly remember that he owned a print of this David La Chappelle image of Lil’ Kim and after I showed it in a lecture he told me what the title was. I didn’t know he had died four years ago—clearly, I’ve been out [...]

Karen Seneferu profile on Black Butterfly

Check out the profile on Bay Area artist Karen Seneferu at Black Butterfly: Arts and Culture from Brooklyn to the Bay and Beyond, a new-to-me blog by artist Marissa Arterberry. Karen and her work are both so lovely, and anyone who lists Keith + Mendi Obadike as two of her inspirations is definitely worth a [...]

Never Can Say Goodbye: Soul Salon 10

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Art Talk and Poetry for James Baldwin this Sunday!

Joyce Gordon Gallery
proudly presents
Artist talk with Ted Pontiflet and Poetry Reading
with the Black Dot Artists in honor of James Baldwin
This Sunday!

In the Spirit of James
“The James Baldwin Series”
Photographs and Paintings
by Ted Pontiflet
August 7-31 2009

James Baldwin was born in Harlem and educated in New York City schools.  His novels and essays reverberate with honesty, moral urgency [...]