Photographers of Color Links #37Aaron TurnerFollowNov 1 · 18 min readOctober 2019The NEW BLACK VANGUARD by Antwaun Sargent — photo by Aaron TurnerEpisodesEpisode No. 412 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist LaToya Ruby Frazier. The Renaissance Society in Chicago…manpodcast.comFawaz Oyedeji, 2019 W. Eugene Smith Student Grant Recipient - W. Eugene Smith Memorial FundFawaz Oyedeji (Nigeria), a recent graduate of Yaba College of Technology and currently pursuing a B.A.E in History…www.smithfund.orgZora Murff challenges audience to reflect on oppression - The Rocky Mountain CollegianTalking about race and racial violence can be uncomfortable and difficult for some. It's tough to do it in a way that…collegian.comAnnouncing the 2020 Light Work Artists-in-ResidenceLight Work is excited to announce the 2020 Artists-in-Residence: David Alekhuogie, Farah Al Qasimi, Sophie Barbasch…www.lightwork.orgBrooklyn Art Nonprofit BRIC Announces $100,000 in Prizes for Under-Recognized ArtistsTen New York-based artists were awarded the first Colene Brown Art Prize. Each of them will receive a $10,000…hyperallergic.comThe Shadow and the Gap: A rare look at Charles Gaines' Shadows seriesShadows 1978-1980 is a series of works that I continually return to-or, rather, they continually return to me-as a…www.hauserwirth.com'The Sound of my Soul' brings Frank Stewart's photos into focus at Cooper GalleryJazz as a focus of his lens seemed only natural for Stewart, who grew up in Memphis, Tenn., where music was a formative…news.harvard.eduYou're Going to Want the New iPhone After Seeing Tyler Mitchell's Latest PhotosEarlier this month, Apple revealed their latest iPhones, the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro. The sleek phones come in an…www.teenvogue.comSky Hopinka at the Poor FarmSoon they'll be salting the roads to Little Wolf, Wisconsin, where nine of Sky Hopinka's videos from the past five…brooklynrail.orgSundance Institute's Indigenous Program announces collaboration with Art House ConvergenceSundance Institute A new collaboration between Sundance Institute's Indigenous Program and Art House Convergence (AHC)…newsmaven.ioWith Mass MoCA exhibit and Fall Foliage procession, Cauleen Smith offers art in motionNORTH ADAMS - Where do parades come from? When filmmaker and visual artist Cauleen Smith began observing second lines…www.berkshireeagle.comVisual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier to deliver Wofford College's annual Chapman Lecture in the…Internationally renowned visual artist LaToya Ruby Frazier will deliver Wofford College's annual Chapman Lecture in the…www.charlestonchronicle.netBetween Stillness: Arthur Jafa and the Cinematic RevolutionArthur Jafa pulls up in his Tesla. The sun is good enough to squint at, and he fumbles a minute trying to lock the…www.culturedmag.comLocal festival celebrates Latino filmmakers | The IthacanA group of moviegoers gathered Sept. 21 at Cornell Cinema to enjoy the film "Too Late to Die Young , " but this showing…theithacan.orgIndie Memphis Black Independence Film Series Continues With My Brother's Weddingclick to enlarge Charles Burnett has been called "America's least-known great director." From Vicksburg, Mississippi by…www.memphisflyer.comKara Walker Takes a Monumental Jab at BritanniaUsing the Tate Modern as her stage, Ms. Walker examines the empire, the debate over memorials and the tragedy of Emmett…www.nytimes.comLeslie Hewitt at Perrotin | New YorkLeslie Hewitt builds deftly upon her conceptual photographic practice in "Reading Room," an exhibition featuring both a…www.artforum.comArtist confronts ways people judge othersWhen Genevieve Gaignard creates a photograph, she says she tries to present new ways of "addressing and unpacking" the…www.recorder.comArtist -- Willow Naomi Curry, Tiffany Smith - We, WomenThe Fourth Ward Photo Parlour is a collaboration between curator Willow Naomi Curry and photographer Tiffany Smith…www.wewomenphoto.comFoto Féminas presents: Sofía VerzbolovskisA selection from Latin American and Caribbean online platform Foto Féminas, curated by Verónica Sanchis Bencomowitness.worldpressphoto.orgMeet the Chief Diversity Officer Overhauling the Phillips CollectionFull width video courtesy of the Phillips Collection, Washington D.C. Corrections: A previous version of this article…www.artsy.netMeet the photographers pushing for black representation in front of and behind the lensA new book and exhibition by curator and critic Antwaun Sargent showcases the work of the most influential black…www.vogue.com.auThe Ecstatic Message: Talking Music and Moving Image Art with Artists Ja'Tovia Gary and Arthur JafaMusic is a great source of inspiration for artists Ja'Tovia Gary and Arthur Jafa and a major element in their…americanart.si.eduNew Orleans teen makes movie history: see his movie in theaters across AmericaNEW ORLEANS - On the set, nobody makes a move until one person says the magic word. The word is "action!" And the word…wgno.comFilmmaker Spotlight: Phillip Youmans On 'Burning Cane'The 30th New Orleans Film Festival kicked off this week, and one of the centerpiece movies is Burning Cane. The film's…www.wwno.org'I had to make this happen': how a 19-year-old director wowed HollywoodPhillip Youmans, age 19, sits in a chic downtown Manhattan restaurant drinking coffee. As recently as a year ago, when…www.theguardian.comPhillip Youmans on Making His Feature Debut, Burning Cane, at Age 19 | Filmmaker MagazinePhillip Youmans isn't sure if he's returning to New York University. He's a sophomore at the venerable institution, but…filmmakermagazine.comAntonio Pulgarin: I stand here, like the sun that frightens the cold/Aquí me paró, como el sol que…This body of work is deeply informed by Pulgarin's connections to his Colombian heritage, his connections to Dominican…www.kccartmuseum.orgProjections at the 57th New York Film Festival - Announcements - e-fluxThe New York Film Festival's Projections section presents an international selection of film and video work that…www.e-flux.comLarry Cook: On the Scene - Urban Institute for Contemporary ArtsOn the Scene is a solo exhibition that explores the cultural aesthetic of "club" photography and painted backdrops. The…www.uica.orgMemória: a trajetória interrompida da fotógrafa carioca Valda Nogueira | Brasil de FatoCom uma trajetória promissora, a fotógrafa e artista visual carioca Valda Nogueira, 34 anos, teve a vida interrompida…www.brasildefato.com.brThe New Black Vanguard: The Photographers Pushing For Black Representation In Front Of And Behind…"There has been a black renaissance in artistic production." So says Antwaun Sargent, the critic, curator and author of…www.vogue.co.ukAndre Wagner x NY Times #Photographer #NYCIts very few black photographers that get the recognition they deserve for providing outstanding skill. Andre Wagner…www.markovibes.comEbony G. PattersonEbony G. Patterson's slow and monumental video installation ...three kings weep..., 2018, debuted in her solo…www.artforum.comFrederick Douglass exhibit expands the historical narrative at SCAD Museum of ArtHistory often makes dull caricatures of dynamic humans, especially black American heroes. So many black political…www.blufftontoday.comKara Walker's Monument to MonstrousnessCan the enduring presence of such monuments among us still have the power to reinforce deep-rooted prejudices, by the…hyperallergic.comPainter Ed Clark's First Hauser & Wirth Show Radiates Effortless BeautyIt was late July when the news hit the internet: "Ed Clark now represented by Hauser & Wirth." The Swiss super-gallery…news.artnet.comIsaac Julien interview: 'This exhibition is a homage to my mother'"You could call this exhibition a homage to my mother," says Isaac Julien of Rock My Soul, the show by female or…www.standard.co.ukThe Getty Has Acquired 35 of the Late Artist Laura Aguilar's Powerful Photos of Marginalized…Laura Aguilar, the late photographer who turned her powerful, poignant lens on Latinx, working-class, and queer…t.coGetty Museum Acquires Laura Aguilar PhotographsThirty-five photographs by Laura Aguilar, the Los Angeles artist who died last year at the age of fifty-nine, have…www.artforum.comGetty Museum Acquires Italian Masterworks and the Largest Museum Collection of Photos by Laura…Plus, a Banksy painting has set another auction record for the artist, and a trove of archives from the Underground…hyperallergic.comGetty Museum Acquires Work by Groundbreaking Photographer Laura Aguilar -After Laura Aguilar's career retrospective had a star turn in the Getty Foundation's Pacific Standard Time: LA/LA in…www.artnews.comSDAAMFA Celebrates Black Life: Images of Resistance and Resilience in Southern CaliforniaPhotos and article by Andrew Harford Exhibit photos courtesy of The San Diego African American Museum August 30, 2019…sdvoice.infoPersonal Private PublicAlthough we're taught it's impolite, there is nonetheless something irresistible about eavesdropping, staring, or…brooklynrail.orgWhat Happened When a Filmmaker Asked Black Women Whether They Feel SafeHyperallergic talks to artist and filmmaker Ja'Tovia Gary about her award-winning short The Giverny Document and…hyperallergic.comiris yirei hu and ivan forde at Visitor Welcome CenterAt the center of iris yirei hu's installation is a tapestry hanging from a Navajo loom atop clay shards that resemble…www.artforum.comAmy Sherald: In the StudioOn the occasion of her first exhibition with the gallery, we visited Amy Sherald in her studio as she put finishing…www.hauserwirth.comAtlanta HBCUs Train Next Generation Of African American Art CuratorsIf you go into an art museum in North America, chances are the staff, the curators and the directors are going to be…www.gpbnews.org'I Want to Explore the Wonder of What It Is to Be a Black American'Historically speaking, work by black American artists has long been overlooked or excluded from major American museums…www.nytimes.comMark SealyFor the latest instalment in our Interview series, Caroline Molloy speaks with British curator and cultural historian…www.1000wordsmag.comWho I've Hired: Tracey Woods, Photo Editor at Essence Magazine | PDN OnlineEssence photo editor Tracey Woods, who began working for the magazine as a freelancer in 2007, commissions a variety of…www.pdnonline.comthese four women are changing the face of modern african artWhether in fashion, music, or contemporary art, interest in work by creatives based on, or hailing from, the African…i-d.vice.comGarrett Bradley's America: A Journey Through Race and TimeWith her revelatory new short film , Garrett Bradley does nothing less than construct a joyous alternative history of…www.bam.org'This Is a Criticism of the Art World': Antwaun Sargent Champions Photography's 'New Black…It took the art world decades to consider photography an art form, and it took even longer for critics, curators, and…www.artnews.comThe Legacy of Artists at LA's Otis College, Which Turns 100 This YearIn its early years, Otis's success rested on the intersectionality of its students who also came from a diversity of…hyperallergic.comIf You're Tired of Diversity Talk in Photography, You Haven't Been Listening Hard Enough …"No one is advocating putting mediocre photographers forward just because they're diverse," Tara Pixley told us at a…blog.photoshelter.comAesthetica Magazine - Radical TransformationAntwaun Sargent's bold publication addresses a history of exclusion, provoking dialogues about representation…www.aestheticamagazine.comWNBA Slay! Brooklyn Photography Students Take Stunning Photos of Black Female AthletesFive female photography students got the opportunity of a lifetime when they were tapped to shoot the WNBA's biggest…www.essence.comDuke Ph.D students aim to spark photography conversation with two-part speaker series"It was a very organic process, growing out of our backgrounds, interests and where our work is going," Strecker said…www.dailytarheel.comIn pictures: Egypt's female photographers stage a revolutionThis year's biennial highlights the challenges facing women in Egypt. For her series Waltz With The Tram, Fatma Fahmy…www.middleeasteye.netMaison Marocaine: Hassan Hajjaj's first solo retrospectiveAlo Wala, from the series My Rock Stars, 2015. © Hassan Hajjaj. The Moroccan-born, London-based photographer gives the…www.bjp-online.comAn Honest Gaze: Tyler Mitchell on Social Media Aesthetics, Artistic Integrity, and that Iconic…"It was Raoul Martinez, the creative director of the magazine, who called me first about the opportunity. I was on…www.vogue.comThe Photographer Who Found His Power in Shades of GrayRoy DeCarava famously turned Harlem into his canvas, but there is much more to see - and feel - in his new…www.nytimes.comFEATURED SCHOLAR: John Edwin Mason2020 SPE Annual Conference: Hosted by The University of Houston | Kathrine G. McGovern College of the Arts | School of…www.spenational.orgHank Willis Thomas: All Things Being Equal... - Portland Art MuseumAbout The Artist Resources Events Sponsors Throughout his career, Hank Willis Thomas (American, born 1976) has…portlandartmuseum.orgWhy it's a breakout fall for the Detroit creators known as Vanguard Artist CollectiveCLOSE For these four Detroit artists, there's strength in numbers. And part of the Vanguard Artist Collective's story…www.freep.comNick Cave Is the Most Joyful, and Critical, Artist in AmericaOf all the questions we ask artists, "Where did you get your inspiration?" is both the most inevitable and the most…www.nytimes.comIn Pictures: The New Black VanguardThe Black figure doesn't request sensitivity, it demands it. From lighting to colour treatment to narratives, its…frieze.comBlack Icons of Art: Thelma Golden and Rujeko Hockley | The Greene SpaceThe Greene Space channels the collective genius of New York City to create forward-looking live art, theater and…thegreenespace.orgCreate Forever - Josue Rivas | FUJIFILM Digital Camera X Series & GFX - USAThis website uses cookies. By using the site you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy. Josué has made it his mission to…fujifilm-x.comIndigenous Peoples' Day: The Unofficial, Columbus-Free CelebrationNo governor. No mayor. But plenty of activism, food, dancing and fun in New York City. Roughly five miles from the…www.nytimes.comHybrid Art - The ReaderPaul Anthony Smith is the next artist in the Riley Cap Gallery at the Joslyn Art Museum opening October 5. Smith's…thereader.comThe Philadelphia artist activating Frank Lloyd Wright's only synagoguePhiladelphia-based David Hartt brings film, tapestry, sound and orchids to the 60-year-old building. It is the first…www.wallpaper.comHank Willis Thomas' Unflinchingly Honest Art Embarks on a Museum TourEven for a laid back city like Portland, the mood felt giddy at Thursday's press preview for the exhibition "All Things…observer.comAva DuVernay's Array is a place for women and filmmakers of color in L.A.The first thing that stands out about Ava DuVernay's new movie theater at her Historic Filipinotown headquarters is the…www.latimes.comHow Black filmmakers have made their own space | KCRW FeaturesHollywood talks a lot about diversifying, and it usually stops there. Just look at the Emmys. This year, there were…www.kcrw.comBlack masculinity and an artist's exploration of desire, intimacy and queernessIn 1989 Marlon T. Riggs made "Tongues Untied," the groundbreaking, controversial film that explored love and sex…www.latimes.comFlo Ngala's photographs of Figure Skating in Harlem celebrate young skaters of colourTwice a week, young black and brown girls meet at Riverbank State Park in Harlem to participate in an after-school…www.itsnicethat.comThree jazz photography shows where what you see is what you hear - The Boston GlobeSome of the most famous moments in Boston jazz history were at non-jazz venues. Miles Davis chose the Kenmore Square…www.bostonglobe.comSadie Barnette Br The New Eagle Creek Saloon - Institute of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesFor her first solo museum presentation in Los Angeles, Oakland-based artist Sadie Barnette (b. 1984) will reimagine the…www.theicala.orgJazz Photographer Frank Stewart, at HarvardCapturing the energy and spirit of jazz through still-image photography is a little like trying to bottle a tornado…www.harvardmagazine.comLeica Women Foto Project announces impactful 2019 winning photos [NSFW]Earlier this year, Leica launched the Leica Women Foto Project, a contest dedicated to the expansion of diversity and…www.diyphotography.netBetye Saar at MoMA: Prelude to a Revolutionary BreakthroughA new exhibition concentrates on the artist's early years, tracking the experiments in printmaking and assemblage that…www.nytimes.comThe white-on-white canon of modern art is being reimagined. What belongs in it?On Monday, New York's Museum of Modern Art reopens after a four-month renovation to its permanent collection. This was…www.motherjones.comWatchmen's Tulsa Opening Is a Chilling Reminder of a Horrifying Moment in American HistoryHBO's opens in 1921 during the Tulsa Race Massacre, a deeply disturbing real stain on American history, where, on May…www.esquire.comThe 30 Americans Effect: How a Traveling Exhibition of Works by African-American Artists Has…"30 Americans," an exhibition of works by African-American artists from the Rubell Family Collection in Miami-ranging…www.artnews.comThree Artists Lend Fresh Perspectives to Burberry's Latest CollectionWorking with Aperture and Antwaun Sargent, New Black Vanguard photographers were commissioned to create images…aperture.orgInstagram Holds Closed-Door Roundtable with Artists on Art and Nudity -On Monday, October 21, Instagram held a closed-door roundtable in New York about its community guidelines and content…www.artnews.comAwards - Lucie Photo Book PrizeThe Lucie Photo Book Prize will coincide with the Lucie Foundation's programming in New York City this October, which…www.luciephotobookprize.orgSlowing Down to See Black and BlueGrowing up alongside the development of the internet had a profound influence on the life and artwork of American…www.nytimes.comNew AAMP exhibit examines Black masculinity with works by Black female and non-binary artistsAmada Delphine Fawundu may be tackling one of the most challenging roles of our time: parenting three black boys in an…thephiladelphiacitizen.orgDawoud Bey, Portraitist of Civil Rights History, Joins Sean Kelly Gallery -Dawoud Bey, the Chicago-based photographer who was previously represented by Mary Boone Gallery, has joined the roster…www.artnews.comThe Black Photographers Who Are Changing FashionIn 2018, when Anna Wintour hired Tyler Mitchell to shoot Beyoncé, he became the first African-American photographer to…www.thecut.comBlack masculinity and an artist's exploration of desire, intimacy and queernessIn 1989 Marlon T. Riggs made "Tongues Untied," the groundbreaking, controversial film that explored love and sex…www.latimes.comIn Portland, Falling Stars Shine a Light on Gun ViolenceA personal loss, in part, drives the artist Hank Willis Thomas to confront one of the biggest fears among…www.nytimes.comBUDWEISER STUDIO | AFROPUNKBold. Beguiling. Boss. These are a few of the words and sensibilities that embody photographer Shaniqwa Jarvis' work…afropunk.comDawoud Bey, Portraitist of Civil Rights History, Joins Sean Kelly Gallery -Dawoud Bey, the Chicago-based photographer who was previously represented by Mary Boone Gallery, has joined the roster…www.artnews.comDawoud Bey''s first photo-retrospective in USDawoud Bey''s first photo-retrospective in US San Francisco, Oct 7 (IANSlife) American photographer Dawoud Bey, who has…www.outlookindia.comOne on One: Adger Cowans and Hank Willis Thomas | Cultured MagazineAdger Cowans has lived and made photographic history for more than 50 years, starting with his job as an assistant to…www.culturedmag.comPortland Art Museum's Hank Willis Thomas Retrospective Invokes Black Joy: The Strongest Force In…During a boozy opening night dialogue with Danielle McCoy and Ragen Fykes of Wieden+Kennedy, and assistant professor…www.portlandmercury.comMeet The Artist Capturing The Beauty Of Young Black Ice SkatersFlo Ngala looked to her own experience with the organization Figure Skating In Harlem to inspire her new exhibit in…www.essence.comYael Martinez Wins $40K 2019 W. Eugene Smith Grant | PDN OnlineMexican photographer Yale Martínez has won the 2019 W. Eugene Smith Memorial Grant for his project called "The House…www.pdnonline.comTwo Leading Filmmakers Team Up on an Experimental Work About African American HealingCommissioned by Philadelphia Contemporary and Thomas Jefferson University, the meditative film Back and Song by…observer.com2019 Indie Memphis Film Festival African American Selections Include Harriet, Just Mercy &…Indie Memphis Film Festival, presented by Duncan Williams, Inc., is pleased to announce its African American-Centric…www.blackfilm.comPhotography From Africa that Refuses Easy NarrativesAfrica State of Mind does not pander to expectations audiences might have or desire of African artists, instead…hyperallergic.comCleveland Museum of Art names Nadiah Rivera Fellah as associate curator of contemporary artThe Cleveland Museum of Art has a new associate curator of contemporary art: Nadiah Rivera Fellah. The museum on…www.crainscleveland.comWendy Red Star: Baaeétitchish (One Who Is Talented)Wendy Red Star makes art that arises from her Native American cultural heritage and family history, as well as her…www.lightwork.orgAMY SHERALD with Osman Can YerebakanWhere does a masterful painter, a portraitist, go after painting the portrait of a First Lady? The answer is in Amy…brooklynrail.orgAt the new MoMA, African Americans and women get better play... but hopefully there's more to come…Telling that tale is partly what made MoMA one of the world's most important museums. But that oracular status is also…www.bostonglobe.comArthur Jafa Wins $83,000 International Prize for Contemporary ArtThe Prince Pierre Foundation in Monaco has awarded Arthur Jafa the 2019 Prix International d'Art Contemporain (PIAC)…www.artforum.comDisplaying, not Hiding, the Reality of Slave Labor in ArtMuseums are taking steps to acknowledge the role of slavery in the lives of some of the nation's most revered figures…www.nytimes.comAn Elegy to Roy DeCarava's Poignant CompositionsA pair of exhibitions at David Zwirner conveys the photographer's skill at perceiving arresting visual juxtapositions…hyperallergic.comRoy DeCarava's stunning photos of jazz greatsWhen you first look at the photograph, it takes a moment for your eyes to adjust. The frame is almost entirely black…www.bbc.comNew from ILFORD: 35mm and 120 ortho films, MULTIGRADE papers, camera and development kit - Q&A +…One important voice has been missing from the crowd of new film announcements these past few years, that of 140…emulsive.orgChristie Neptune: "We are approaching a cataclysmic break." - Musée MagazineKALA HERH Our first question is regarding this new issue that we just published with the guest editor, Mickalene…museemagazine.comMOMA's Heady Introduction to Betye Saar, "The Conscience of the Art World"The four-hundred-and-fifty-million-dollar expansion of the Museum of Modern Art is complete. One afternoon during its…www.newyorker.comSnapshot: The New Black Vanguard"Blackness can get pigeonholed into a one-dimensional viewpoint, but in reality, it is as diverse as the galaxies in…amp.ft.comApplications Open for the 2020 New York Portfolio ReviewApply now for the free three day event for photographers on March 27, 28 and 29. We are again bringing together 110…www.nytimes.comCatching Up with the Women Photograph 2018 Grantees - Women PhotographWomen Photograph awarded 11 photographers project grants totaling $60,000 in 2018, thanks to partnerships with Nikon…www.womenphotograph.com'The New Black Vanguard: Photography Between Art and Fashion' Is Introducing The Next Wave Of Black…Yesterday evening, art curator Antwaun Sargent hosted an exhibition for his new book ' The New Black Vanguard…www.essence.com'Black People Work from the Position of "We"': An Interview with Carrie Mae WeemsAfter three decades of image-making, Carrie Mae Weems reigns as one of the most highly regarded American artists. Since…frieze.comMeleko Mokgosi Wants You to See the Politics of Everyday LifeThe artist's work is steeped in theory and history. He hopes it makes viewers see outside themselves. If you've ever…www.nytimes.comSCAD Museum of Art Announces Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedomsponsored The museum opens the group exhibition exploring the life and legacy of the preeminent visionary and…hyperallergic.comThe great black photographer you've never heard ofIt's 50 years since photographer Moneta Sleet became the first African American to win a Pulitzer prize for journalism…www.bbc.comHank Willis Thomas's New Museum Show Exposes the Manipulative Power of Advertising in the City…For the artist Hank Willis Thomas, one of the highlights of having his mid-career survey at the Portland Art Museum is…news.artnet.comBaltimore Museum of Art Expands Its Contemporary Art DepartmentThe Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA) announced today that it has created two new staff positions in its Contemporary Art…www.artforum.comExhibition: City People: Black Baltimore in the Photographs of John Clark MaydenThis exhibition presents over fifty of John Clark Mayden's Baltimore street portraits taken since the early 1970s, many…hub.jhu.eduHow Happy I Am to Have Seen This Little Corner of America in a MuseumWhen it comes to the word "diversity," what are we really referring to? BENTONVILLE, Arkansas - A few weeks ago, while…hyperallergic.comWhat Does Community Mean to Black Americans?The American Road Trip Community We traveled from Baltimore to Hilton Head, S.C., talking to local leaders, educators…www.nytimes.comWhat Makes a Tradition American?The American Road Trip We started in the small, immigrant-packed city of Hamtramck, Mich., and ended up in the woods of…www.nytimes.comSharing his love of black art, and life, with othersThe arts have always been part of Gaidi Finnie's life, and from the time he was 16, he knew he would pursue a way to…www.sandiegouniontribune.comNorthwestern to convene international scholars on archiving black artsNorthwestern University has been awarded a $225,000 Sawyer Seminar grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to fund a…news.northwestern.eduANTWAUN SARGENT DISCUSSES THE NEW BLACK VANGUARD | AFROPUNKWhen I moved to New York City in 1989, it was a magical time in culture. The city was alive with electricity and…afropunk.comChicago South Side architecture: an excerpt from Lee Bey's new book 'Southern Exposure'This is an excerpt from the new book "Southern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of Chicago's South Side"…chicago.suntimes.comLee Bey's plea for South Side architectureLee Bey is a reporter. Yes, he wears other hats - architecture expert, urban planner, lecturer at the School of the Art…chicago.suntimes.comThe South Side's wealth of architectural beauty highlighted in Lee Bey's new bookWith more than 750,000 residents, the South Side of Chicago has a population exceeding that of major cities like…chicago.curbed.comSouthern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of the South SideSouthern Exposure: The Overlooked Architecture of the South Side Southern Exposure if the first book to look at the…m.chicagoreader.comMet's Head of Education Named Director of L.A.'s Lucas Museum -The Lucas Museum of Narrative Art in Los Angeles, which is still under construction and without an opening date, has…www.artnews.comAn Interview with Kellie Jones, 2020 CAA Distinguished Scholarposted by CAA - Oct 28, 2019 We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kellie Jones, professor in Art History and Archaeology and…www.collegeart.org'30 Americans' brings contemporary black art to the BarnesTo enter the Barnes Foundation gallery showing "30 Americans," visitors must pass through a black steel gate hinged on…whyy.orgMelina Matsoukas's Fearless VisionHow does a contemporary filmmaker make entertaining black art that also responds to the world we live in? I am…www.wsj.com"There's Some Leisure in It, Too": Kevin Jerome Everson on Labor, Art, and FilmA recent recipient of the prestigious Heinz Award, the artist and filmmaker discusses his process and the importance of…hyperallergic.comArtists' Changing Relationship to Funding and Ethics | PDN OnlineThe year 2019 may be remembered as the year when artists decided to bite the hand that feeds them-or, at least, the…www.pdnonline.comA groundbreaking exhibition finally tells the stories of Native women artists"Hearts of Our People" is the country's first ever exhibition devoted solely to the works of Native American women. The…www.pbs.orgOrion Magazine | Behind the Cover: Camille Seaman(Editor's Note: Subscribe by Tuesday, November 5, 2019 to start your print subscription with Autumn 2019. Those…orionmagazine.orgW. Eugene Smith Fund for Humanitarian Photography : Yael MartínezYael Martínez - The House that Bleeds It was getting dark when I got the call, my feet froze, Luz my wife was telling…loeildelaphotographie.comAfrican Artists' Foundation x PHmuseum Photography Prize Winners Announced | NewsDiscover all the winners from our first initiative in partnership with the African Artists' Foundation that aims to…phmuseum.comThese African Photographers Are Reframing Their HomelandsTalking to the young photographers taking over this month's Paris Photo. Imagery of Africa dominates the cultural…www.cntraveler.comLucas Museum of Narrative Art finds its new director at the MetThe suspense has been mounting for months: Who will helm filmmaker George Lucas' $1-billion art museum under…www.latimes.comThe 1619 Project, Live at the SmithsonianWatch a livestream of the 1619 event at the Smithsonian .] Four hundred years ago, a ship carrying 20 to 30 enslaved…www.nytimes.comDawoud Bey on Shooting Meaningful Portraits of Strangers | PDN OnlineWith his award-winning portraiture, Dawoud Bey captures the humanity of the people he photographs as well as the…www.pdnonline.comReflecting In the Spirit of KamoingeEventbrite - En Foco presents Reflecting In the Spirit of Kamoinge - Thursday, November 21, 2019 at Hamilton Landmark…www.eventbrite.comAway from the inquiry, Grenfell families are finding new ways to healFeruza Afewerki lost four family members to the Grenfell Tower fire. While she remains hungry for justice, today's…www.huckmag.comPhotography: In and Out of Prison + 16 Bars Screening | Annenberg Space for PhotographyAccording to a 2018 report, America has the highest incarceration rate in the world, spending nearly $80 billion…www.annenbergphotospace.orgHow Canada's Newest National Park Faces the Wrongs of the Past-and Guards Our Climate FutureJames Marlowe zips along the glassy lake surface of the water in his aluminum fishing boat, and the town of Łutsël K'é…www.audubon.orgArtist -- Cinthya Santos Briones - We, WomenFor We, Women, Cinthya will focus on how the infrastructure and architecture of detention centers in northern New…www.wewomenphoto.comHank Willis Thomas Exhibit Opens at Portland Art MuseumA new art exhibition opening this weekend at Portland Art Museum will feature internationally acclaimed artist Hank…www.theskanner.com