Students at Wichita’s Gordon Parks Academy connect with namesake’s experiences in Paris
Cheers sponsored one academy student who had placed in a photography competition organized by the Gordon Parks Museum in ...
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A St. Paul GIANT: Gordon Parks plays a special role in the new Mia exhibition from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz
The exhibition “GIANTS” at the Minneapolis Institute of Art, owned by Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, showcases around 100 works by Black diasporic artists, including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Mickalene ...
‘The Makings of Curtis Mayfield’ Review: H.E.R.’s Debut Doc Nails the Music, but Neglects the Man
In her SXSW-bowing film, the Grammy- and Oscar-winning singer invites a range of artists — from Maxwell to Mary J. Blige — to ...
Renowned Chicago photog's iconic 'Reflections at Plattsburgh State Art Museum
Terrence A. Reese trades the Windy City for the Lake City on Tuesday, when he comes to town for two events in support of his upcoming exhibit, “REFLECTIONS: Intimate Portraits of Iconic African ...
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Nona Faustine, Whose Defiant Self-Portraits Confronted Centuries of Violence, Dies at 48
Artist Nona Faustine ... studies that she was exposed to the work of Black photographers, like Gordon Parks and Roy DeCarava, and women artists like Sally Mann. More than a decade later, in ...
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Five things to know about Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz’s ‘Giants’ show at Minneapolis Institute of Art
visitors can expect to see huge Kehinde Wiley paintings, Soundsuits by Nick Cave, photographs by Jamel Shabazz and St. Paul’s Gordon Parks and an installation by Ebony G. Patterson, among others.
Zeitgeist Films & Kino Lorber Acquire Award-Winning Documentary ‘A Photographic Memory,’ Plan Summer Release
A Photographic Memory,' the award-winning documentary directed by Rachel Elizabeth Seed, has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films and Kino Lorber.
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Family Bonds and Impossible Situations Take Center Stage at NFMLA’s InFocus: Middle Eastern & Arab Cinema Program
NFMLA’s InFocus programming celebrates diversity, inclusion and region by spotlighting communities of filmmakers within the ...
Medcalf: Like ‘Giants’ exhibit at Mia, work of local Black artists is a gift
When she first heard about the opening of an art exhibit curated by a pair of musical savants, Leslie Barlow, a Black artist and instructor in the Twin Cities, booked a flight to Brooklyn. “They were ...