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Black history month 2018
1. .
Why are the arts an effective means
through which individuals and groups
can express their history, their
frustrations, and their hopes for the
future?
Can you think of contemporary
examples?
3. Demeaning images of African Americans, as seen in this advertisement, were
widespread in the early twentieth century. Characterizing blacks as foolish and
inferior, the imagery, aimed at whites, pandered to racial prejudices and, in
doing so, affirmed Jim Crow laws and practices.
Two cards from the 1930s game 72 Pictured Party Stunts.
(From Understanding Jim Crow)
4. Booker T. Washington -Cornelius M. Battey W. E. B. Du Bois-Cornelius M. Battey
Ethiopia Awakening--Meta Warrick
6. James VanDerZee (1886–
1983), Evening Attire
Proponents of the New Negro
movement believed that
establishing a thriving middle
class was necessary before
significant civil rights progress
could be made. To help foster an
ideal of success, many African
Americans created stylized
images of themselves, a ritual
with history in American and
European portraiture.
8. Gwendolyn Bennett
“To A Dark Girl” 1927
I love you for your brownness,
And the rounded darkness of your breast,
I love you for the breaking sadness in your
voice
And shadows where your wayward eyelids
rest.
Something of old forgotten queens
Lurks in the lithe abandon of your walk
And something of the shackled slave
Sobs in the rhythm of your talk.
Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
Keep all you have of queenliness,
Forgetting that you once were slave,
And let your full lips laugh at Fate!
Lift Every Voice and Sing by Augusta Savage
16. Aspects of Negro Life: from Slavery through Reconstruction by Aaron Douglas oil on canvas
17. “Dictators and tyrants routinely begin their
reigns and sustain their power with the
deliberate and calculated destruction of art:
the censorship and book-burning of unpoliced
prose, the harassment and detention of
painters, journalists, poets, playwrights,
novelists, essayists.” –Toni Morrison
Why target artists?
18. Art Reflects Hope for the Future and Beauty
in the World
Ardrey Kell High School junior
Sneha Mehrotra plans to sell her oil
painting to benefit Indian children
affected by the monsoon season.
She describes the painting as
“patriotic” and wanted to depict
soldiers taking children out of war
to a “brighter future.”
“I wanted to depict that soldiers
are not only fighting for our
country, but have a humanitarian
aspect to them,” she said.
19. Amplifier: We Are An Art
Machine For Social
Change
“ART HAS POWER. In times
of uncertainty, art is
more than beauty. It is
both a weapon and a
shield in the battle for
our identity, our dignity,
and our safety.” amplifier.org
23. “Time magazine selected the British
artist Banksy—graffiti master, painter,
activist, filmmaker and all-purpose
provocateur—for its list of the world’s
100 most influential people in 2010, he
found himself in the company of
Barack Obama, Steve Jobs and Lady
Gaga. He supplied a picture of himself
with a paper bag (recyclable, naturally)
over his head. Most of his fans don’t
really want to know who he is.”
24. Thomas Blackshear. He describes his painting style as
"Afro-Nouveau" and describes it as artwork that
"reflects not only my visions as a black man and the
unique visions of black people,
it represents visions we all share
regardless of the color of our skin.
Emotions like hope, love, tenderness,
faith, and serenity
know no boundaries".
25. “If you gave yourself permission to be more creative and connected, what would your story be?” -Marian Goodell
26. “Black Art has always existed. It just hasn’t been looked for in the right places.”
collage and quote by Romare Bearden
