Taking a Break
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, [...]
Two Centuries of Black American Art: A 35th Anniversary Roundtable at LACMA
Two Centuries of Black American Art: A 35th Anniversary Roundtable
Saturday, May 14 | 2:00 pm
In 1976, LACMA presented an exhibition, Two Centuries of Black American Art, one of the first museum exhibitions recognizing the importance of African-American artists and their significant contributions to artistic practice over the previous two centuries. David Driskell, professor emeritus, University [...]
I need a tattoo, or something, of this
[...] my friend kept staring up and out of the window. Even though he’d spent a lifetime in New York, he rarely ever looked at the city and definitely not from a car. He told me that he forgot how pretty the city could be. Because you can get used to anything. You can live [...]
Do you know about the Green Book?
An artist with whom I’ve been working is looking for an actual copy of a Green Book, a automotive travel guide for black motorists during segregation from 1936 to 1964. Does anyone out there have one, know where she might acquire one, or, perhaps more importantly, have any personal anecdotes about using (or a family [...]
Inquiry: Post-Black Power 80’s conservatism and black cultural production
I recently received this inquiry; I didn’t have an answer so I thought I’d post it here in case any readers might help this researcher:
I wondered if you may have come across anything about post-Black Power 80’s conservatism and black cultural production in the U.S. and/or U.K? I am trying to form a sense of [...]
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- Taking a Break February 8, 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 8, 2012[…]
- Mambu Badu’s Inaugural Magazine February 8, 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 […]