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An Ode to Her Stories Untold: The Clothes Story (and Its BAIA-Sponsored Catalog)

Trelani Michelle — Mon, 11 Jul 2022 21:08:34 +0000

An Ode to Her Stories Untold: The Clothes Story (and Its BAIA-Sponsored Catalog)

By Trelani Michelle

A domestic worker, according to Dorothy Lee Bolden Thompson, is more than a maid and a cook. She’s also “a counselor, a doctor, a

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“Can Black Culture Survive as a Platform for Constructing Power? And Why Rush Arts Needs Us ASAP!” by Debra Hand

Trelani Michelle — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 12:08:13 +0000

“Can Black Culture Survive as a Platform for Constructing Power? And Why Rush Arts Needs Us ASAP! by Debra Hand”

By Debra Hand

In the top left image, the young man staring into the camera claims my attention. His expression

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BAIA BITS: Vernon Smith

Trelani Michelle — Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:21:13 +0000

BAIA BITS

Little Moments Where Knowledge Meets Art

http://media-archive.blackartinamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/BB66b.mp3.mp3

This past week, the art world lost talented St. Louis-based painter, Vernon Smith. We at Black Art In America send our thoughts, prayers, and condolences to Smith’s family and loved … Read the rest

“Black Artists, Collectors and the new Black Art Boon–What’s to Come of This?” by Debra Hand

Trelani Michelle — Wed, 12 Jan 2022 06:58:41 +0000

“Black Artists, Collectors, and the new Black Art Boon–What’s to Come of This?” by Debra Hand

By Debra Hand

In the mainstream art world, Black artists are in. Mega Galleries boast their names like luxury brands. Auction records are being … Read the rest

I Changed My Mind About Black August

Trelani Michelle — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 17:34:22 +0000

I Changed My Mind About Black August

by Trelani Michelle

Black August is for black people (also by black people, which is important to point out), but it felt super patriarchal. Black August started as a month to mourn, honor, … Read the rest

Tina Knowles-Lawson: Art Activist Extraordinaire Moves the Culture Forward

baiadmin — Sun, 28 Jul 2019 14:55:30 +0000

“Tina Knowles-Lawson: Art Activist Extraordinaire Moves the Culture Forward!”

By Debra Hand

To be cool anywhere in the world, you have to come through Black culture to do it. In both music and dance, Black culture is the dominant youth … Read the rest

African American Flag Still Flying High

baiadmin — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 10:41:37 +0000

African American Flag Still Flying High

By Shantay Robinson

Flying high outside the Studio Museum in Harlem is David Hammons’ African American Flag. The flag was created in 1990 for the “Black USA” show at Museum Overholland in … Read the rest

THE LEGACY OF THE COSBY SHOW AND BLACK ART IN AMERICA

baiadmin — Tue, 19 Sep 2017 12:28:30 +0000

THE LEGACY OF THE COSBY SHOW AND BLACK ART IN AMERICA

By Dr. Kamasi C. Hill

(Black Art In America archives, originally published 11/14/2013)

I remember growing up in a house where my parents purchased African-American and African art. As

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