Sean Garrison is an artist. In this segment, he shares two areas he feels the African American community should focus more on.
learn more*Sylvia Snowden’s birth, on this date in 1942, is celebrated. She is a Black abstract artist. Sylvia Snowden was born in Raleigh, NC. Snowden attended Howard University, where she studied under David Driskell and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Fine Arts degree. Snowden received a scholarship to Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in […]
learn moreseangarrison is an artist and writer. In this segment, he shares his reasons for loving his Black community.
learn moreFrank Sentwali is a poet, spoken word artist, and community advocate. In this segment, he shares his views on why education helps calm the storms of apathy, sexism, and poverty.
learn moreseangarrison is an artist and writer. In this segment, he shares why art as a career is rewarding.
learn more*Sam Gilliam was born on this date in 1933. He was a Black color field painter and lyrical abstractionist artist. Sam Gilliam was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and the seventh of eight children was born to Sam and Estery Gilliam. The Gilliams moved to Louisville, Kentucky, shortly after he was born. His father worked on […]
learn more*Mark Bradford was born on this date in 1961. He is a Black gay artist born and raised in Leimert Park in South Los Angeles. Bradford moved with his family to a predominantly white neighborhood in Santa Monica when he was 11, but his mother still maintained her business in the old community. His mother […]
learn more*Ellis Ruley was born on this date in 1882. He was a Black folk artist and laborer. “Ellis Walter Ruley was born in Norwich, Connecticut, to Joshua Ruley and Eudora Robinson. Joshua Ruley and Robinson had four sons and two daughters, of which Ellis Ruley was the oldest. One account describes the elder Ruley as […]
learn moreDaren Hill is an artist, visual explorer, and art entrepreneur. In this segment, he shares his reasoning for wanting more literature and art in E-12 classrooms.
learn more*On this date, in 1889, the Harlem Opera House opened. It was an American opera house in the Harlem community of Manhattan in New York City. It was built in 1875 and designed by architect John B. McElfatrick by Oscar Hammerstein; it was his first theater in New York City. An early work at the […]
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