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HotHouse is undertaking this project as part of its long commitment to creating projects that link social change and artistic expression ... HotHouse is one of the primary organizers for international cultural exchange and has long championed the work of women, the African-American avant-garde and “inner city” youth expression ... Arif Smith is a multidisciplinary artist and educator....

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Jubilee Festival Celebrates Four Decades in Columbia

Free Times 19 Sep 2018

It’s impressive for any event to have a 40-year run, and that’s the milestone that Jubilee, an annual festival that focuses on African-American history and culture, celebrates this year ... They’ll see everything from gospel choirs to jazz ensembles to storytellers, dancers and artists, all focusing on aspects of African-American culture....

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Michigan Opera Theatre founder David DiChiera dies at 83

Crains Detroit Business 19 Sep 2018

While still serving as head of MOT, DiChiera was named artistic director of the Dayton Opera Association in 1981— a position he held for 10 years — and founding general director of Opera Pacific in Santa Ana, Calif., in 1985 ... Ensuring Detroit's African-American community was represented on stage was a priority for DiChiera....

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Nigeria's Davido gets on the political campaign trail

This is Money 19 Sep 2018

Ademola Adeleke is relying on his nephew, Afropop star Davido, to provide celebrity wattage for his gubernatorial campaign ... Davido, shown here accepting the Africans Best Artist of the Year award in January, comes from a well-known political dynasty in Nigeria ... The 25-year-old artist is currently carrying out his yearlong compulsory national service -- a far cry from the glitz and glamour of his private jet and a recent Africa tour ... ....

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Australian Football Players Don Blackface, Dress Up As Venus And Serena Williams

Huffington Post 19 Sep 2018

Another racist incident is making headlines in Australia where three football players dressed in blackface for end-of-season celebrations, commonly referred to as “Mad Monday.” ... “This Mad Monday “costume” is clearly racist ... In 2016 players from a suburban club in Melbourne dressed up as various African-American singers at a party where they were encouraged to dress as their favorite recording artists ... ....

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Staring Down the End of Its Renovations, the Columbia Museum of Art Looks to Broaden ...

Free Times 19 Sep 2018

+3. The Columbia Museum of Art rehangs its permanent collection. Courtesy Columbia Museum of Art. Sitting in the front lobby of the Columbia Museum of Art, Della Watkins has window panes on her mind ... “We have a little snafu on our canopy right now,” the museum’s executive director explains ... +3 ... +3 ... But we have them in our own time where an African-American artist like Elizabeth Catlett says that everybody has the potential to be a goddess....

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Chinese artist's view of African art theme of Beijing display

China Daily 18 Sep 2018

Two years ago when Musquiqui Chihying went to Togo he was surprised to find that the first museum of African art he visited in the country was established by a Chinese collector, which evoked the visual artist's interest in Sino-African history ... From 2007 to 2011, Xie donated about 5,000 pieces of African wooden sculptures to the National Museum of China....

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Meet Captain South Africa, the superhero who doesn't want to punch criminals

Independent online (SA) 18 Sep 2018

A few African characters were also on display ... The success of Marvel's "Black Panther" film spiked interest in African stories, and creators on the continent hope to capitalize with more comic book characters of their own ... Many of the first African comic books are "caricatures of Supermans, of Captain Americas," said Bill Masuku, a Zimbabwean artist and writer....

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Meet Captain South Africa; she'd rather not punch criminals

The Philadelphia Tribune 18 Sep 2018

A few African characters were also on display ... The success of Marvel’s “Black Panther” film spiked interest in African stories, and creators on the continent hope to capitalize with more comic book characters of their own ... Many of the first African comic books are “caricatures of Supermans, of Captain Americas,” said Bill Masuku, a Zimbabwean artist and writer....

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Zina Saro-Wiwa: 'For 10 years I didn't cry about my father'

The Guardian 18 Sep 2018

It was, paradoxically, during a gap year in Brazil that she began to explore and articulate her African heritage ... African culture ... Saro-Wiwa does not see herself as a solely African artist, saying that living and operating between Brooklyn, Port Harcourt and London has given her an agnostic approach to questions of identity and identity politics....

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Photographer Says Artist Stole Photo for ‘Remix’

PetaPixel 17 Sep 2018

South African photographer Graeme Williams was attending the opening of the Johannesburg Art Fair earlier this month when he was shocked to see his own photo on a gallery wall with credit being given to African American artist Hank Willis Thomas ... “By slightly whitening part of the image (possibly some comment on whiteness vs blackness) African ......

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Artist Lauren Woods explores allegations of police violence against African Americans at Long Beach State’s ...

LA Daily News 17 Sep 2018

Dallas-based artist Lauren Woods explores the increasingly bitter public narrative about controversial cases of police violence against African Americans in her work “American Monument,” which debuted Sunday with a reception at Cal State Long Beach’s University Art Museum ... Depicting the issue of police brutality and its relationship with African ......

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