"Black Art" Blogs & Blog Posts

This is a fascinating bit of history, courtesy of the Library of Congress: Most silent-era film productions have been lost to time & hardly *any* material shot by Black filmmakers pre-1920 has survived. But recently, the earliest known footag...

Among the most damaging and horrific side effects to emerge from the shadow of slavery was the death of African oral tradition. Like many early civilizations, several African cultures depended on oral historians who bridged the gap of centuries with...

The New York Times has a fascinating new article about the life and work of Rosie Lee Tompkins, whose stunning quilting art is currently the subject of a retrospective exhibit (online, and in person) at the UC Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film A...

In 1867, when Black Soldiers of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments arrived in the southwest Texas frontier, only a few settlers and adventurers had dared to enter the area. Comanches and Kiowas ruled the Edwards Plateau, Llano Estacado, and High Plai...

The intensely color-saturated portraits and figure studies by artist Jason O’Brien underscore his ongoing exploration between hope and anguish, struggle and joy. O’Brien’s dynamic work — even when featuring surrealists touches such a...

Swing, Baby, Swing Frank Morrison Image Size: 16×16 inches Paper Size: 16×16 inches Medium: Hand Embellished Giclee on Canvas Edition Type: Limited Edition Edition Size: 25 Signed: Signed and Numbered Collection: Urban Jazz Collection Retai...

In 1966, racial tension was at an all time high and after hundreds of years of terror. A group called The Black Panther Party drew a line in the sand. The basis was Self Defense. They planned to exercise their constitutional rights and more specifica...