Tomás Doncker, internationally acclaimed guitarist, has collaborated with Pulitzer prized winning poet, Yusef Komanyakaa, to produce “Big Apple Blues,” a funky, bluesy portrayal of New…
In contemporary art history, 30-something year old black artist, Kara Walker is best known for her life-size black silhouettes that bring an artistic vision to…
Bonnaroo is a graffiti artist’s playground. Check out the art that came out of the weekend in Manchester, TN. In the middle of nowhere in…
Bernard and Shirley Kinsey are on a mission to re-educate Americans about American history. The Kinseys aren’t interested in the American history taught in school…
With Proposition 8 having been overturned recently, black America is going through a change in perspective. From the spyglass of your average pop-culture junkie literati…
Michael Jackson’s secret $900 million art collection is at the center of a legal battle, after it was sold off for a tenth of its value. Jackson’s “rare intact major collection” has just been discovered, but rather than securing the financial future of his three children – Prince, 13, Paris, 12, and Blanket, 8 – […]
Pioneering Hip-Hop personality Fab 5 Freddy is currently a featured artist in MOCA’s “Art in The Streets.” A long-time graffiti artist, the founding host of “Yo! MTV Raps” has his first solo exhibit on display at Gallery 151 in Manhattan’s Lower Eastside. The pieces are a fusion of graffiti and Warhol-influenced painting that embody Fab […]
February is Black History Month and you’ll find a new exhibit “Five Men: African American Works in 3D: on display at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center, located at 4901 Old Brook Road. The exhibit will be showing through March 11, hours are Monday through Friday 10am to 7pm and Saturdays 10am to 2pm. For […]
American Idol Alum Fantasia Barrino was crowned the champ of the show’s third season that saw an amateur Jennifer Hudson dismissed before she went on…
The Virginia Museum of Fine Art has something for everyone, from African American Art, Jazz Cafe on Thursdays to Friday Films, you’ll find it at the VMFA and it’s free. Jazz Cafe Thursday, July 29, 6-9pm features, Quatro NA Bossa. Fore more information log onto www.vmfa.state.va.us.
The Virgina Museum of Fine Arts is now open daily, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., with extended hours until 9 p.m. Fridays. In addition to the galleries, each Friday you can check out art on the silver screen with the launch of the VMFA Friday Film Series, a weekly showcase of motion pictures. On July 23rd, the […]
