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YouTube remains a great resource for arts education. Although this is by no means an exhaustive list, check out some of these videos to begin your research.
Colored Frames (2007) is a documentary about art from the 1960s to the early 2000s featuring Benny Andrews, Howardena Pindell, Wangechi Mutu, and others.
TedX has a couple of gems. “Can Art Amend History?” features the artist Titus Kaphar giving a demonstration of how art can contain unspoken truths. And Pamela Joyner’s “Reframing Art History” offers a collector’s perspective on overlooked histories.
“The ‘Art’ of Black Visual Archives” is a recorded panel discussion between five of the nation’s top art museum directors on the role of institutions like the Studio Museum in Harlem and the Schomburg Library in debates on race and history.
Decades Ago, Richard J Powell Was Among a Handful of Scholars Dedicated to the History of Black Art Here s How He Has Seen the Field Change
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art Metropolitan Museum of Art
In what it describes as a milestone, the Metropolitan Museum of Art today announced the debut of its first group of undergraduate and graduate interns to be 100% paid. The museum says that the number of students applying for this round of the intern programme more than tripled from a year earlier, when just 36% of the positions included salaries.
The spring internships, which began last week and run through 23 April, provide work experience and mentorship to 28 interns whose compensation is being funded through a $5m gift from the philanthropist Adrienne Arsht. Pay for an additional nine others in the cohort is financed by other museum supporters.
Suffolk Construction
Suffolk Construction is one of the top industry players in Boston, where it’s headquartered, but it has also been steadily expanding its presence in New York, where Charlie Avolio has been leading the charge. Avolio, who previously worked at Turner, joined Suffolk Construction in 2016 as the company opened a new office in New York City and launched its bid to gain a share of the local market. He works closely with Will Whitesell, New York’s chief operating officer.
22. James C. McKenna
President and CEO, Hunter Roberts Construction Group
A civil engineer by training, James C. McKenna founded Hunter Roberts Construction Group in 2005 and built it into what is now a top 10 construction firm in the New York area. The company, which also has offices in Philadelphia and New Jersey, is the construction manager on Barry Diller’s conversion of Pier 55 into “Little Island” park jutting out into the Hudson River. The company has also been a partner on an ar
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For Garfield, Jordan Casteel’s
Kevin the Kiteman hits home. In the piece, Kevin sits on a bicycle decked in kites of various kinds hawks, wings, rainbows, an anime mermaid. Behind him is a state office building engraved with and named after
Adam Clayton Powell Jr., the first African American to be elected from New York to Congress. “An amazing feat,” Garfield says, “but based upon the missing letters in his name, this symbolizes what’s often the neglect and disregard for preserving Black history and culture in this country.”
Photo courtesy of American Federation of Arts. Photo: Adam Reich
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