Black Artist Stories

Ron Husband: The Story of Disney’s First Black Animator

December 31, 2018January 31, 2019 by admin

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by Alex Reif | First published Jul 21, 2016 Ron Husband was the first African American Disney animator? Most Disney fans will answer “Floyd Norman” and until last week, I would have said the same thing. However, I am wrong (and you probably are, too). While Floyd Norman did work…

Rayvenn Shaleigha D’Clark

December 31, 2018January 31, 2019 by admin

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Rayvenn Shaleigha D'Clark achieved an MA Fine Art, Chelsea College of Arts 2018 In a culture where the dimensional restrictions of figurative art are increasingly being pushed to its outer limits on the new virtual platform afforded by the internet and digital technologies, Rayvenn considers herself to be a sculptor from…

The wonder that is Kelvin Okafor

December 31, 2018January 31, 2019 by admin

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First published on Thu 31 Jan 2013 12.50 GMT Kelvin Okafor's portrait of Tinie Tempah. Kelvin Okafor's drawings may look like photographs but are they art? Well of course they are. If photography can be art then Kelvin's work is Art x 2. The 27-year-old's meticulous depictions of celebrities stand…

Black British Artists and Exhibition Histories

October 27, 2018January 31, 2019 by admin

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Professor Paul Goodwin Eleven Years: Notes Towards A Pre-History of The Other Story "The Work Between Us" – Paper – Paul Goodwin BLACK BRITISH ARTISTS & EXHIBITION HISTORIES This is notes to a speech given by Professor Paul Goodwin on Wednesday 20 January 2016 in Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, UK. Video…

Ten black British artists celebrated by Art UK in 2016

October 27, 2018 by admin

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First published 23 Nov 2016, by Molly Tresadern of ArtUK Throughout November 2016, the BBC had ran a season of programmes championing ‘Black and British’. It had been delving into the country’s forgotten black history, questioning whether we’ll ever have a black Prime Minister, asking people to nominate their #blackbritishhero…

Ruth Carter, Black Panther Costume Designer, Inspires Young Black Artists

October 17, 2018January 31, 2019 by admin

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Written by Hamzat Sani, Special to Afro First published: October 12, 2018 You never know where your ART will take you. Ruth Carter has a portfolio most designers would give up their best set of scissors to have. The film industry veteran graced the stage at Howard University’s Ira Aldridge…

The World of Black Art

October 16, 2018October 27, 2018 by admin

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Black Art rolls back the curtain to share the experience of the painter or designer. It shows concepts and history beyond the years of the artist. It is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a diaspora who share the same emotions, wherever you find them around the world.

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