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Monte Scott, an African-Canadian Windsor artist, donated a Black Lives Matter inspired portrait entitled Chained No More to the Town of Amherstburg Monday night at the council meeting ... ....

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'National histories are not national facts': British Art Show 2021 will explore thorny past

The National 10 Aug 2020

How four Sudanese artists joined forced to preserve the country's cultural past, present and future. Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui wins Dh735,000 prize ... “Many artists share an interest in how such trauma is carried in the body, transmitted from one person to another, and often from one generation to another....

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List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

Odessa American 10 Aug 2020

Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb ... Artistic World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, from March 14, Day 3 of 4, canceled. Artistic World Cup in Doha, Qatar on March 18-21 postponed to June 3-6, postponed ... Artistic Jesolo Cup in Italy on April 4-5 canceled ... Artistic Asian championships in Tokyo on May 2-5 canceled....

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List of sports events affected by the coronavirus pandemic

Journal Review 10 Aug 2020

Artistic World Series in Hurghada, Egypt on March 27 postponed ... Artistic World Series in Budapest, Hungary on April 9 postponed ... Artistic World Series in Kazan, Russia on April 17 postponed. African championships in Durban, South Africa from April 17-22 postponed ... Olympic artistic qualifier in Tokyo from April 30-May 3 postponed to March 4-7, 2021....

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National Museum of Women in the Arts to Host Wiki Edit-a-thon Focused on Women of Color

New York Observer 09 Aug 2020

And this year the museum is focusing on artists of African descent whose artworks are included in its collection. “This Wikimedia edit-a-thon is critical for us to more closely assess our holdings by artists of African descent—to learn more about artists whose works are included ......

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John Biggers works featured at Delta Arts Center during pandemic shutdown

Winston-Salem Journal 09 Aug 2020

From the exhibition it was clear that he’d been active as an artist for decades and had created a substantial body of work, including several ambitious murals based on African mythology and African-American history. Biggers was obviously an American artist to be reckoned with....

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John Biggers work for show and sale at Delta Arts Center during pandemic shutdown

Winston-Salem Journal 09 Aug 2020

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Celebrations: 08-09-20

Santa Barbara News-Press 09 Aug 2020

Levi & Betty Biggs 69th Anniversary. MAJ (Ret-USAF) Levi and Betty (Branch) Biggs celebrate 69 years on 11 August ... He retired again in 1987. Betty had a second career as an artist; she excelled at African watercolors and Levi cut mats for many of her originals and prints ... .......

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A quick trek to ancient Egypt during lockdown

Mail Guardian South Africa 09 Aug 2020

It is hard not to think that the Lamborghini is the fruit of some very productive business being done with the South African army up on Valhalla Ridge ... The most recent addition to the monument is the Koeksister Sculpture Bench created by a prominent South African artist of Afrikaans ancestry....

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Film cameras begin to roll again in Louisiana after coronavirus shutdown; restrictions apply

The Advocate 09 Aug 2020

Much of the initial work is likely to be on stage sets in studios, but location-based filming is around the corner ... "There's so much at stake ... "We filmed between 6 p.m. and 6 a.m ... The three-day long festival was meant to highlight Black artists from filmmakers to musicians and other art forms like dancers who have a connection to the African Diaspora ... ....

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Does art's value depend upon who created it?

The Keene Sentinel 08 Aug 2020

... something for African Americans, it’s about doing things with us,” which begs the question, why identify an artist’s skin color? Artists produce art, good art moves and enlightens ... I once met a South African artist who thought social justice should be the sole purpose of art....

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Readers and Writers: Carolyn Holbrook testifies in ‘memoir linked by essays’

Pioneer Press 08 Aug 2020

In 2016, thanks to a Minnesota State Arts Board Artist Initiative Grant, Holbrook founded More than a Single Story, a series of three discussions with women writers of the African diaspora aimed at showing there are different cultures represented by women who could not be simply defined as “Black” writers....

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Robin & Jim Miller tonight in Cotuit and other Barnstable Town Notes

The Barnstaple Patriot 08 Aug 2020

Saturday. Aug 8, 2020 at 11.11 AM Aug 8, 2020 at 11.11 AM ... at the Cotuit Center for the Arts. This 5-part monthly series begins with a presentation of “Restoring My African Soul”, a multi-media performance addressing an artist’s struggle from black shame to African American pride through art and poetry ... . New COVID-19 cases ... ....