Sentences with phrase «about african»

address some of the stereotypes about African Australians that have been raised in recent public debate and media reporting.

Asa Hilliard, one of the pioneering activist leaders concerned about African American children thriving in the educational system, always emphasized the centrality of nurturing and high expectations in the teacher — child relationship.

They were talking about African farmers being discriminated against... it totally aligned with my values.»

«My interview with said organization who we all don't agree with was supposed to be something that continued the conversation and that conversation is about African - American gun ownership,» he said.

It's something this Georgetown University - trained lawyer and former politico regularly uses food writing to do, from his first book on soul food to his current book project about African - American contributions to the art of barbecue.

The upcoming film Chimpanzee stars Oscar, a 3 - year - old playful and curious chimp scampering about the African forest.

(If you ever wanted to learn more about African climate change, from Algeria to Zimbabwe, here's your chance now.)

Earlier this week, Alex Abutu, a science and health writer in Nigeria, posted a query about African participants in the forthcoming science assessment by the climate panel on the Earth Journalism Network Google Groups listserv.

The exhibition brings public attention to artists whose art has not been seen, art that tells powerful and poignant stories about African American experiences.

These are images necessarily complicated in order to counter generalisations about African or diasporic experience.

«I found the photograph in a book about African sculpture in a bookshop in London,» Mr. Pendleton said.

For more than thirty years, Kerry James Marshall has been creating art to inspire important conversations about African American history and identity.

Isaac Julien and Russell Maliphant's Cast No Shadow, in which the two collaborated to stage questions about the African diaspora and migration, is also on display.

Rail: When you talk about African American art as opposed to African art, it's interesting that the same question reappears.

African American photographers Dawoud Bey and LaToya Ruby Frazier, for example, talked about African American photographers who came before them.

Not much is known about African - American «Outsider Art» painter Americus Long.

We talked to David Hammons and Stanley Whitney about African - American artists who got even less coverage than others.

The goal of the initiative is to «build upon the Archives» existing collections by and about African American artists.»

In this podcast, El Glaoui talks about the African collector base for Contemporary African art, the 1:54 Fair's role in developing that collector base further and the future of African Contemporary art within the global art market.

His film, It for Others, is a reflection on a remarkable historical documentary about African art made by the French filmmakers Chris Marker and Alain Resnais in 1953.

For Hinkle, this horrifying case is compounded by the mainstream media's reporting of a seemingly endless stream of stories about African American men being killed by police; one could be forgiven for thinking that black women are not victimized to the same degree.

group show aims to change bias and fixed assumptions about African art by presenting their intimate artworks with the international subtext.

Jones: What we know about African - American culture in the 20th century doesn't really take into account how things were changed by a massive migration of people all over the country.

Have you seen Hidden Figures [the 2016 film about African - American women working at NASA], when Octavia Spencer gets a book about IBM from the white section of the library and teaches a whole group of women how to program computers?

«She cares tremendously about the African American community, being a mentor, and trying to make the field more diverse.

With prices starting at five - figures, the art Michael Rosenfeld Gallery sells exceeds the budgets of average consumers, even those passionate about African American art.

Sponsored by the museum's Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, the discussion was about African American art in 20th century Washington.

The young Zimbabweans from Victoria Falls were the most talked - about African guitar band of 2012.

Since that time, post-colonial thinking, globalization, and an awareness of our own cultural hybridity have deepened ideas about African culture; the exoticizing and demeaning implications of Primitivism have made it untenable.

In developing his artistic projects, Biggers traveled extensively to learn about the African cultural experience.

From 1982 to 1984, Adrian Piper staged a number of happenings or participative actions under the title Funk Lessons through which she educated a wide audience about the African roots of this music genre and therefore the history of the black culture.

There is a buzz about African art at the moment, with people going after Senegal and places like that, but it changes by the day.

Axelrod has also donated his extensive research library of books about African American artists to the Museum, as well as funds to support scholarship.

Slought is pleased to announce Penser l'Afrique, an exhibition and transdisciplinary program of study about African intellectual histories, on display January 18 - February 14, 2018nuary 18 — February 14, 2018.

The educational programs that accompany these exhibitions not only present fresh perspectives about African American culture, but also encourage visitors to reflect upon their own perceptions.

The political thread in her work raises questions about the African Diaspora's movements and it's relation to feminism, sexuality, racism and the history of slavery.

Some people that read Souls Grown Deep is saying that this is all about the African heritage.

I wanted to strip away the negative images that the local media created in my mind about African Americans in my hometown, therefore each photograph I made got me closer to my future self, to becoming what I needed in order to simply be.

He said, «I think about African art.»

(1) Two years ago, I traveled to Italy to review the much talked about African Pavilion of the Venice Biennale.

Since the beginning of 2013, he has been working on an ambitious personal project: (IN) VISIBLE CITIES, a documentary web series about African migrant communities in 12 different cities of the world.

Among Peterside's favourite African artists working today is Njideka Akunyili Crosby, whose work «uses images of Nigerian pop culture to counter generalisations about the African experience.

Full of beautiful illustrations and little known information about African American artists

Architect David Adjaye serves as the lead designer for the museum which will include an important collection of visual art — paintings, sculpture, works on paper, installations, photography, and digital media — by and about African Americans.

The BMA is also hosting a Wikipedia Edit - a-Thon for entries about African - American artists represented in the BMA's collection, and offering a new self - guided tour of works by African - American artists whose works are currently on view in the galleries.

How a 500 - year - old portrait sculpture made in what is now Nigeria changed the way people think about African art.

Repurposing irons, shoes, and other discarded commodities, Willie Cole creates visceral artworks that communicate potent messages about African history Read More

Screening: Shaft at Brooklyn Academy of Music To celebrate the release of the film Black Panther, BAM's «Fight the Power: Black Superheroes on Film» series is offering a range of films about African - American role models, many of whom have superpowers.

Musical stings, graphical gags, and throw - away lines about extra lives rang true, but the movie wasn't really * about * gaming or * about * nerd culture in the same way Black Panther or Coco were about African and Mexican American culture.

There will be an African Child Soldier there to tell you about African Child Soldiers.