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Faculty & Staff

Holding the Liberal Arts Line from the GOP Attack

Now, they are trying to dumb down the electorate by shelling our factory of knowledge.

February 6, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Montclair State Program Helps Veterans Reintegrate Through Music

Veterans say that music plays a crucial role in alleviating the stresses of active duty and now it is being used to aid their transition into civilian life.

January 2, 2013

Home

The Institute of American Indian Arts Celebrates its 50th Anniversary

IAIA — the nation’s only four-year fine arts institution devoted to Native American and Alaska Native arts — is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. Since its creation in 1962, the tribal college near Santa Fe, N.M., has produced thousands of painters, sculptors, writers and filmmakers. Some have attained national and international reputations in the art world, including Earl Biss, T.C. Cannon, Doug Hyde, and Roxanne Swentzell.

December 14, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Gallery Renovation Delay Offers Opportunity for an Unusual Exhibit

WSSU exhibit offers eclectic mix of pieces assembled “By special request.”

October 15, 2012

Latinx

Hispanic Heritage Art Exhibit at HBCU Aims to ‘Pull the Walls Down’

North Carolina Central University Art Museum runs Colores, an exhibition of work by Hispanic artists, through Sept. 21 to commemorate Hispanic Heritage Month.

September 18, 2012

African-American

Fisk University Gets Green Light to Sell Half Ownership of the Stieglitz Collection

It could be as much as a year before any of the money is seen, as the appeals court sent Fisk’s latest plan for the sale back to a trial court in Nashville with orders to provide a long-term plan to maintain and care for the collection.

November 30, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Ethnic Art Falling Out of Favor?

Transnational nature of contemporary art draws in history from around the world, thus requiring the academy to change its teaching strategy.

July 13, 2011

African-American

University of Delaware Art Conservationists Restore Historic African-American Mural

A mural painted by the late African-American artist Aaron Douglas is currently undergoing restoration by University of Delaware Professor Joyce Stoner and five student conservationists.

July 7, 2011

Students

Dance Opens the Door to History

Scholars say understanding different genres provides a wealth of information about race and class struggles.

July 4, 2011

Faculty & Staff

Until the Needle Breaks

Four top scholars discuss the enduring musical legacy of Motown records.

June 16, 2011

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UC Davis Law Professor Creates Cartoons to Teach Copyright Law

Keith Aoki hopes his time-consuming labor teaches and empowers not only students but also the countless artists whose creativity can be stymied by trademark and copyright laws.

April 14, 2011

African-American

Talladega College’s Amistad Murals to Go on Nationwide Tour

Now valued around $40 million, the Amistad paintings by artist Hale Aspacio Woodruff were commissioned in 1938 and the first three panels have hung at Talladega College since the 1939 dedication of a library.

March 9, 2011