| Obsidian Arts Holds its Horses
Minneapolis-based Obsidian Arts, Inc. has been planning its six-block public art juggernaut Exploding Language for well over a year, and although the exhibition had been scheduled to run |
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Harris in Atlanta
We've noted that the collage form--nothing new in the history of black visual culture--has in the past several years staged a resurgence on the international scene. And we |
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Symbols of Africa--in D.C.
You know what would be dope? If every black tattoo artist, graphic designer, and tagger in the greater D.C. area, hit up the Inscribing Meaning exhibit at National |
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Sweat It Out
Sweat: to manipulate or produce by hard work or drudgery, or to excrete moisture in visible quantities through the openings of the sweat glands. Or perhaps, the process, |
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Taking it to the Street/Time to Build
We know you. You're the kind of person who respects their elders, learns from history, and is ever moving forward. Are we right? And you're probably a new-school |
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Spin Cycle
This event is dedicated to anyone who’s considered the idea of public art as an agent for social change. Noting Robin Kelley’s seminal text Freedom Dreams as a |
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Colonialism
We just luuuuv art colonies. The whole idea of spending time away with other artists in a richly creative environment... well, it makes us all tingly. Taller Portobelo |
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Peachy
Okay, so we let the cat out of the bag a few weeks back when we told you that Charles Huntley Nelson was one of the artists chosen |
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Writing on the Wall
Speaking of Africa, we've lurrved AfricanColours.net for years and have admired their attitude of being the bulwark for contemporary art on the Continent. Director Andrew Njoroge announced last |
