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Danny Tisdale Creates Rodney King / Transitions Inc., Lithographs

Posted on December 12, 2012 by | 3 Comments

Rodney King, Police BeatingDanny Tisdale is negotiations with a private press to create a lithograph series based on the Rodney King Police Beating shown at the Whitney Museum’s Black Male show in 1994, the image is from an ongoing “Disaster Series,” and another from the Transitions, Inc., poster. Continue reading →

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Harlem’s Urban Carnival At Manhattan Country School

Posted on October 16, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Manhattan Country School brings the bounty of its Catskills farm to the streets of New York City at its annual Farm Festival from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, October 20, 2012. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: Jacob Lawrence, Harlem Artist

Posted on February 11, 2008 by | Leave a comment

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Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 – June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Continue reading →

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Jacob’s ‘Migration’ in Harlem

Posted on January 9, 2008 by | Leave a comment

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Jacob Lawrence made his career with ‘The Migration of the Negro.’ He wanted the series displayed as a whole, but his vision of a people in motion is now fractured. Continue reading →

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