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Fisk Nearly Out Of Cash As It Seeks Quick Ruling On O’Keeffe Sale

NASHVILLE Tenn. A lawyer for Fisk University said Tuesday that the historically black school could run out of money by Dec. 15 if it’s unable to sell its stake in an art collection donated by Georgia O’Keeffe.

October 23, 2007

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O’Keeffe Expert Questions Museum’s Role in Fisk Art Sale Case

NASHVILLE Tenn. A financially faltering historically black university is seeking a quick ruling on whether it can sell a 50 percent stake in a 101-piece collection of artworks donated by Georgia O’Keeffe in 1949.

October 21, 2007

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O’Keeffe Museum Challenges Painting Deal Fisk Made With Arkansas Museum

NASHVILLE Tenn.Georgia O’Keeffe’s most famous painting “Radiator Building Night, New York” and 100 other works won’t be going to Arkansas if the museum that represents the late artist’s estate has its way.

October 15, 2007

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List of 24 recipients of MacArthur Foundation genius grants

The list of 24 fellows announced by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation. Each will receive $500,000 over the next five years.

September 24, 2007

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Penn Museum displays Panamanian treasures; Michigan stop planned

PHILADELPHIA Visitors to a new exhibit of dazzling gold artifacts and other ancient treasures have a fickle river in central Panama to thank for it.

September 22, 2007

Community Colleges

Promoting La Cultura Hispana

ASU’s Hispanic Research Center advances the arts and works to produce homegrown talent in the STEM fields.

September 19, 2007

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Abu Ghraib Art May Be Permanently Housed at UC Berkeley

BERKELEY, Calif. A collection of work by Colombian artist Fernando Botero about Abu Ghraib may be permanently housed at the University of California, Berkeley.

August 29, 2007

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Camp gives students taste of traditional native art

FARMINGTON N.M. A dozen American Indian high school students sat in a room, concentrating hard on the beginning of a small loom in front of them.

August 14, 2007

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The Price of Operatic Success

WASHINGTON University Howard voice students got a novel opportunity to take instruction from a world-class musical talent earlier this month, when opera legend Leontyne Price took center stage at Cramton Auditorium to conduct a master class.

July 14, 2007

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Reflecting on Robeson’s artistic and sociopolitical legacy – Paul Robeson – Column

If Paul Robeson were living, he would have been 100 years old on April 9. The fact that his centennial birthday is being celebrated around the world, offers us a tremendous opportunity to reflect on the man’s life, legacy, and significance.

July 12, 2007

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Visual mathematics – math for art students

Teaching math through art seems incongruous if you believe in the “right brain/left brain” theory. But disproving this apparent incongruency is the mission that John Sims, professor and coordinator of mathematics at the Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Fla., has undertaken.

July 12, 2007

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A new script for black theater: Dartmouth conference focuses on new strategies

Nearly two years ago, playwright August Wilson stunned the American theatre community by charging that predominately white arts organizations were guilty of undermining African American theater companies. The charges — delivered at Princeton University before the Theatre Communications Group, a leading nonprofit theater organization–sparked a national debate about the role of African American theater companies in American theater.

July 12, 2007