Haven’t You Heard
This goes out to everyone who ever wondered, what the hell happened to BA&VCRS? Imagine our utter delight when we received the first installment of their quarterly e-newsletter last week.
For the uninitiated, January 15 marked the return of the Black Art & Visual Culture Research Society’s presence into cyberspace. Equipped with a new name, mission and format, the now-named Association for Critical Race Art Historians (ACRAH) seeks to provide a forum for contemplations on “critical race history.” Noting goals that include the production of a scholarly journal, developing and facilitating professional development opportunities, and an affiliation with the College Art Association, ACRAH has emerged to not only offer vital information for artists, historians, and critical thinkers, but serve as a direct link to what David C. Driskell calls “growing the field” for future stakeholders in the art of the African Diaspora.
24 January 2007