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Fisk University Jubilee Singers Awarded 2008 National Medal of Arts

Washington, D.C. — President George W. Bush today announced the recipients of the 2008 National Medal of Arts, the nation’s highest award for artists and arts patrons. The Fisk University Jubilee Singers and eight other recipients will receive medals presented by the President and Mrs. Laura Bush in a ceremony at the White House. The […]

November 17, 2008

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Picasso,Anyone?

Don’t assume today’s dorm decor is limited to posters tacked onto the walls.

November 12, 2008

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Harlem’s Apollo Theater to Create Oral History

Columbia University and the Apollo Theater Foundation plan to create an oral history of the famed Harlem theater that launched the careers of Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and other music legends.

October 26, 2008

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Collection of African-American Art Donated to University of Alabama

After more than two years of courtship, Paul R. Jones donated his vast collection of African-American art to the University of Alabama.

October 16, 2008

Native Americans

Museum Shows Work of “Indian/Not Indian” Artist

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian will present a career retrospective of works by what it calls one of the most transformative American artists of the last half century, Fritz Scholder (1937-2005), officials announced.

October 6, 2008

Latinx

Shakira Expanding Focus to Global Poverty

Shakira, the highest-selling Colombian singing artist of all time and a longtime activist for Latin American’s poor children, plans to make her Colombian children’s foundation a global one in the near future.

September 30, 2008

Native Americans

Famed Artist Teaches Shell Carving at Muscogee

Dan Townsend, an internationally known Native American artist, recently spent a month at the College of the Muscogee Nation on Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology’s campus sharing the art of shell carving, the OSU-Okmulgee announced.

September 7, 2008

African-American

Leading Chicano Artist to Visit NIU

Malaquias Montoya, one of the nation’s top Chicano artists, will be on hand for the opening reception of an exhibit of his artworks, Northern Illinois University announced.

September 2, 2008

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Fisk University Files Appeal to Sell Share of Art

Fisk University still wants to sell a share of an art collection that painter Georgia O’Keeffe donated to the school almost 60 years ago.

August 17, 2008

Students

A Music Scholar Remembers Isaac Hayes

Dr. William Banfield, a professor at the Berklee College of Music, says of Isaac Hayes: “At Stax, he became an artist and further defined and refined Black music and then represented Black music as kind of a musical prince of our culture at a critical time when Black music was very influential to the identity of our people.”

August 11, 2008

Students

Keeping the Tradition Alive

The relatively low percentage of Black students in jazz studies programs remains a topic of interest as scholars want to ensure that the musical culture of an earlier generation of African-Americans lives on.

August 6, 2008

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What’s Not Funny About the Funny Pages?

Artists say it’s still an uphill battle getting editors to believe that a comic strip with minority characters can gain a mainstream following.

July 23, 2008