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Another great conference this weekend

“Autobiography/Performance/Identity: A symposium on African American and African Diapsoran Women in the Visual Arts”
Presented by the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland and University of Maryland University College
Friday, March 5 and Saturday March 6
Featuring a performance by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons
and a Keynote address by Lorraine O’Grady
Speakers include:
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw
Christa Clarke
Cherise Smith
Lisa Gail [...]

Save the Date: A Symposium on African American Women in the Visual Arts

The David C. Driskell Center and The University of Maryland University College Arts Program announce the upcoming symposium in 2010
“Autobiography/Performance/Identity A Symposium on African American and African Diasporan Women in the Visual Arts”
Friday, March 5 and Saturday, March 6, 2010
“Autobiography/Performance/Identity” will take a close look at some of  the themes and issues that black female [...]

  • 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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