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Election 2024: For Freedoms and People For the American Way Working With Dozens of High-Profile Artists to Mobilize Voters
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Election 2024: For Freedoms and People For the American Way Working With Dozens of High-Profile Artists to Mobilize Voters

by Victoria L. Valentine on Nov 1, 2024 • No Comments
For Freedoms: DEREK FORDJOUR, Installation view of “Drum Roll Role Call” (billboard), Memphis, Tenn. Location: UNION VIADUCT SS 1000FT W/O POPLAR F/E-1. | Billboard in partnership with Movement Voter Fund, Courtesy For Freedoms   ARTISTS ARE WEIGHING IN on the 2024 election, using their art to implore voters to turn out and have their voices...
Latest News in Black Art: U.S. Museums Hire New African Art Curators, Michael C. Thorpe Wins EXPO Chicago Purchase Prize, Conrad Egyir Joined Miles McEnery Gallery & More
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Latest News in Black Art: U.S. Museums Hire New African Art Curators, Michael C. Thorpe Wins EXPO Chicago Purchase Prize, Conrad Egyir Joined Miles McEnery Gallery & More

by Victoria L. Valentine on Apr 28, 2024 • No Comments
Latest News in Black Art features updates and developments in the world of art and related culture   Conrad Egyir in his studio, 2024. Shown, at left, “Milk, Honey and Refuge,” 2024 (oil, acrylic, and mounted wood, on canvas, 77 x 60 inches / 198.1 x 152.4 cm). | Courtesy the artist and Miles McEnery...

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Election 2024: For Freedoms and People For the American Way Working With Dozens of High-Profile Artists to Mobilize Voters

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