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Digital Edition, Spring 2024, Visual Artists7 min read

Interview with Ofobuike Okudoh

Introducing Ofobuike Okudoh, a Nigerian artist whose work touches on identity as a pertinent subject.

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Digital Edition, Spring 2024, Visual Artists9 min read

Interview with Racquel Miller

Introducing Racquel Miller, an artist from Connecticut whose acrylic paintings are inspired by all aspects of nature.

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Summer 2021, Visual Artists7 min read

3D Art by Rayvenn D’Clark

Introducing Rayvenn D'Clark, a creative practitioner and educator based in London whose 3D art explores the nuances of identity.

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Digital Edition, Spring 2024, Visual Artists7 min read

Interview with Elisha Nyong

Introducing Elisha Nyong, a contemporary Nigerian artist who seeks to demystify the mysteries of existentialism through his art practice.

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Digital Edition, Spring 2024, Visual Artists12 min read

Interview with Austen Brantley

Meet Austen Brantley, a sculptor from Detroit, Michigan whose artwork challenges his community to seek excellence.

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Digital Edition, Spring 20242 min read

Meet Tiara Kinnebrew

Introducing Tiara Kinnebrew, digital artist based in Texas, USA.

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Latest News5 min read

Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz Uncover Black Art with GIANTS Exhibition

The GIANTS exhibition at the High Museum showcases monumental Black art, curated by Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz, amplifying Black…

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Fall 2022, Visual Artists6 min read

Oil Paintings by Kiarra Elliott

Meet Kiarra Elliott, founder of creative brand Afrocentric Keyy based in Brooklyn, New York whose oil paintings take viewers on…

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Digital Edition, Summer 2024, Visual Artists7 min read

Interview with Jalen Law

Introducing Jalen Law, an artist and educator based in Buffalo, New York who addresses uncomfortable topics in his work.

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Digital Edition, Spring 20242 min read

Meet Jay Delnegro

Introducing Jay Delnegro, painter based in Maryland, USA.

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Stories

Culture, Latest News, Stories5 min read

Tanya Weddemire Gallery Returns to Art on Paper

Brooklyn's Tanya Weddemire Gallery is dedicated to celebrating emerging and established artists with a focus on thoughtful curation. This year,…

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Culture, Latest News, Stories7 min read

La Foundation for the Arts Launches Young Artists Series

On Friday, August 2nd, 2024, La Foundation for the Arts, proudly launched their YOUNG ARTISTS SERIES, designed and initiated by…

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Culture, Latest News, Stories6 min read

Narrative Wisdom and African Arts

This fall, the Saint Louis Art Museum will present “Narrative Wisdom and African Arts,” an exhibition that will bring together…

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Innovative Art Gallery Promotes Art During the Pandemic

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Sight and Sound: The Science of Hip Hop’s Art Appreciation

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A New Experience in Black Art: The Black Art Expo

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Homemade Love by SoulSistahDoctah

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THERE’S A TIME 2 LAUGH by Monalisa

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Take Charge of Education and Bring Back the Arts!

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DECEMBER 21ST by John Bias

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Looking to the Future

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Thread My Needle by Erik La Prade

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Das Minsk Kunsthaus Presents Noah Davis

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Wolf-Like Teeth by Tayler Simon

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Tanya Weddemire Gallery Returns to Art on Paper

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La Foundation for the Arts Launches Young Artists Series

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Narrative Wisdom and African Arts

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LaJuné McMillian Digital Media Exhibition

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Arthur Jafa’s Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago Exhibition

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Book Review: Bread and Circus by Airea D. Matthews

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African Artists’ Foundation Announces the Fourth Edition of ‘Dig Where You Stand’ in Benin​

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Explore Artwork

Simone Elizabeth Saunders

Alberta, Canada

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Simone Elizabeth Saunders’ art practice has a particular focus on rug-hooking (tufting) and punch needle. She creates large, colorful portraiture. Her textiles highlight motifs and iconography from her Jamaican heritage and engage with socio-cultural factors reclaiming power from oppressive ideologies.

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Rise Up: Encompass the Galaxy!

Artist: Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Medium: Fibre-tufting and punch needle

The imagination is a wonder. I relish in it’s magic, transforming narratives from both fact and fiction into thread bound color-bombs. With a background in theatre, I channel storytelling into the vibration of the threads. Tufting and punch-needle is a medium where I encompass my truth, I lift up my voice.

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The Messenger,
2021

Artist: Simone Elizabeth Saunders
Medium: Fibre-tufting and punch needle

I am inspired every day by the unwavering grace and dynamism of Black Sisterhood. Every day I am fueled by the joy, resilience and strength that Black women of all shades exude. To LOVE is a gift that we have in us to give and it’s a choice, everyday. To love oneself, first and foremost, and then to love those around us.. into the world.

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Cedric Michael Cox

Ohio, USA

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Cedric Michael Cox is best known for his paintings and drawings that merge surrealism and representational abstraction. Cox’s paintings catapult color into rhythmic action with abstract and recognizable images that create compositions inspired by themes in music and the natural world.

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Upward
Possibilities

Artist: Cedric Michael Cox
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

His work remains true to sharing Cox’s innermost self as his passion radiates from the canvas.

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Summer Sunset
by the River

Artist: Cedric Michael Cox
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas

Working under several influences which include architecture and art history, Cox’s work ranges from the geometric, to the curvilinear, to floral-like forms, all dancing within surrealistic shapes.

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Karen Revis

New York, USA

karenjrevis.com

Karen J. Revis is an artist based in New York City who is driven by process and materials. She is a printmaker using a variety of techniques including monotypes, lithographs, etchings, linoleum cuts, collagraphs and papermaking. Her Karen J. Revis Studio portfolio comprises abstract monotypes, vibrant with color and texture.

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Man with Flowers

Artist: Karen Revis
Medium: Linocut

Flowers are a symbol of love. This piece is my celebration of Black Men.

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Sankofa Self Portrait

Artist: Karen Revis
Medium: Linocut

Sankofa is a symbol used in Akan art which expresses the need to reflect on the past to build a successful future.

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