Preston Jackson stands next to his sculpture Passages to Freedom which was unveiled June 16, 2012 at the County of Lake College in Waukegan, IL. BlackArtistNews photo. All rights reserved. |
Over the past few days the following news items caught the attention of BlackArtistNews:
New sculpture honors Underground Railroad (Vernon Hills Review)
Art Review: Islands Buffeted by Currents of Change - 'Caribbean: Crossroads of the World' Spans 3 Museums (NYTimes.com) |
Two Artists Salute a Legacy - 'Slow Fade to Black,' at Celebrate Brooklyn! in Prospect Park (NYTimes.com)
Geri Allen and Carrie Mae Weems team up to salute the legendary legacy of women in jazz (NY Daily News)
Art In Review: Alex Harsley at June Kelly Gallery (NYTimes.com)
Kehinde Wiley's Dilemma: How the Artist Painted Himself Into a Corner With His New Works (ArtInfo.com)
'Nurturing grace': Painter Emmett Wigglesworth champions African diaspora art in Brooklyn (NY Daily News)
Somethin' Suite: Okayplayer Interview w/Artist Sanford Biggers (Okayplayer.com)
Auction Finds: Philadelphia's forgotten artists (Philly.com)
Charles Coleman, the celluloid adventurist (Chicago Reader)
Cultural War Tears Black Race Apart (allAfrica.com)
New mural will draw on Asheville's African-American history (The Asheville Citizen-Times)
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