black lives matter – BLACK ART IN AMERICA™

Back to the Future with Nyame Brown: A BAIA Virtual Exhibit

Trelani Michelle — Fri, 01 Jul 2022 19:37:48 +0000

Back to the Future with Nyame Brown

A BAIA Virtual Exhibit

By D. Amari Jackson

“The selection of work for the exhibition was curated with a conceptual influence from the W.E.B. Dubois book, The Comet, in which he mentions

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Deborah Roberts’ Investment in Time Pays Off

Trelani Michelle — Thu, 30 Sep 2021 15:50:40 +0000

Deborah Roberts’ Investment in Time Pays Off

By Shantay Robinson

Deborah Roberts has been an artist all her life, but her notoriety came relatively late. She received a bachelor’s degree at the University of North Texas in 1985, and almost … 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

Empowered by Innovation, Jazz, Spirituality, Nature, Ancestors, and Experience, Abstract Art Transcends Decades of Pushback in the Black Community and the Canon: Meet the Masters and Emerging Artists Leading the Triumphant Future

Trelani Michelle — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 12:22:56 +0000

Empowered by Innovation, Jazz, Spirituality, Nature, Ancestors, and Experience, Abstract Art Transcends Decades of Pushback in the Black Community and the Canon: Meet the Masters and Emerging Artists Leading the Triumphant Future

By Natasha Gural

Working in abstraction has always … Read the rest

How Monuments Are Re-telling American History

Trelani Michelle — Sat, 10 Jul 2021 13:08:32 +0000

How Monuments Are Re-telling American History

by Yvonne Bynoe

Art allows us to expand our vision of who we are and, for Black Americans, also who we have been.

In September 2019, Kehinde Wiley’s first work of public art, Rumors … Read the rest

The FIVE Spot: Protest and Freedom

baiadmin — Wed, 06 Jan 2021 11:14:37 +0000

Five works of art. One theme. The FIVE spot.

The Declaration of Freedom and Independence, by Faith Ringgold – Shop

This week’s theme at the FIVE Spot is Protest & Freedom as we present five works of art connected by … Read the rest

BAIA BITS: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Defacement

baiadmin — Thu, 29 Oct 2020 11:00:24 +0000

BAIA BITS: “It Could Have Been Me” Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Defacement still speaks to a precarious America

Little Moments Where Knowledge Meets Art

Thirty-seven years ago, on September 15, 1983 at 2:50 a.m., a 25-year-old African American artist was arrested … Read the rest

Garden Art: Letting It Do What It Do

baiadmin — Tue, 14 Jul 2020 07:26:43 +0000

Garden Art: Letting it Do What it Do

by D. Amari Jackson

Najee Dorsey nostalgically recalls that fateful day he almost ‘threw away’ a significant part of his current success. Upon purchasing his Columbus, GA home three years back,… Read the rest

Zadig & Voltaire donates all proceeds of art Collection to Black Art in America

baiadmin — Thu, 11 Jun 2020 11:00:01 +0000

Zadig & Voltaire donates all proceeds of art Collection to Black Art in America

Robyn Turk, Tuesday, 09 June 2020

Zadig & Voltaire is continuing to give back to the community. The luxury streetwear brand first announced its new … Read the rest

Living Left of Center

baiadmin — Sun, 22 Mar 2020 22:01:55 +0000

Living Left of Center

Kelli Morgan, PhD

What does it mean to be left of center?

The question almost begs for an innumerable amount of convoluted answers. If taken literally, one can offer a brief response that describes the condition … Read the rest