Sentences with phrase «platform for black artists»

Goodman's legacy was unique: it was founded by a woman in 1966 — a time when very few women were owning and running businesses — and had provided a platform for black artists to exhibit their work despite apartheid laws against this.

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The group of inspirational judges includes Aaron Firestein and Raaja Nemani, co-founders of BucketFeet which produces shoes designed by artists from around the world; Lance Rios, founder of Hispanic communication platform Being Latino; Roberto Torres, Luis Montanez and Chris Findeisen, creators of made - in - America apparel brand Black & Denim; Sulaiman Sanni and Ben Lamson, creators of the crowd - funding website WeDidIt; and Marve Frazier, CEO of premier destination website for African American popular culture and entertainment Bossip.com and Chief Creative Officer of Moguldom Media Group.

Simone Leigh has used her agency as an artist to turn her exhibitions at various art institutions into platforms for everything from yoga classes to natural healing centers; at the New Museum this past summer, Leigh staged a protest and celebration by 100 artists assembled under the name Black Women Artists for Blackartists assembled under the name Black Women Artists for BlackArtists for Black Lives.

When the Studio Museum in Harlem was established in 1968, its purpose was to serve as a nexus for black artists, to provide a platform for exposure and serve as a resource in an art world that...

«We Speak: Black Artists in Philadelphia, 1920s - 1970s» @ Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia This exhibition grew out of 14 oral history interviews with artists and their families, art dealers, scholar and museum curators, centers around the city organizations and institutions that provided a foundation and a platform for artists to pursue their cArtists in Philadelphia, 1920s - 1970s» @ Woodmere Art Museum Philadelphia This exhibition grew out of 14 oral history interviews with artists and their families, art dealers, scholar and museum curators, centers around the city organizations and institutions that provided a foundation and a platform for artists to pursue their cartists and their families, art dealers, scholar and museum curators, centers around the city organizations and institutions that provided a foundation and a platform for artists to pursue their cartists to pursue their careers.

The past 12 months have seen the rise of artist - initiated platforms that extend their influence beyond the white cube, such as For Freedoms, an artist - run super PAC founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, and the collective Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter, facilitated by Simone LeiFor Freedoms, an artist - run super PAC founded by Hank Willis Thomas and Eric Gottesman, and the collective Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter, facilitated by Simone Leifor Black Lives Matter, facilitated by Simone Leigh.

A group of friends and collaborators that came together to address the lack of spaces explicitly for black and brown artists, Sweety's developed and continues to provide a platform for queer artists of color.

The Brooklyn - based artist's process for making her black - and - white films involves shooting imagery on Super-8 and 16 mm film — as well as digital and mobile phone platforms — which she then manipulates and projects onto paintings before finally screening and reshooting works to abstract ends.

Parks was an activist, a humanitarian and a core figure in America's civil rights movement; he routinely shattering glass ceilings for black artists, while using his platform to expose the stark realities of day - to - day inequality on the most momentous of scales.

«Screens Series: Hannah Black» continues the New Museum's Screens Series, a platform for the presentation of new video works by emerging contemporary artists.

When the Studio Museum in Harlem was established in 1968, its purpose was to serve as a nexus for black artists, to provide a platform for exposure and serve as a resource in an art world that gave scant consideration to diverse voices.

La Keisha Leek is a Chicago - based arts administrator, curator, and arts advocate interested in creating platforms for emerging Black and Brown artists.

Gallery 32 was an essential platform for the city's black artists — women, including Saar, but also David Hammons, Timothy Washington and more.

It is part art event, part fundraiser, and part community instigator, providing a platform for contemporary artists to share their responses to the vital legacy of Black Mountain College by activating the buildings and grounds of the BMC campus with installations, new media, music, and performance projects.