Uhuru Begins New Year with Acquisition of Custom Design Firm, Renegade Customs
Addition of Design-as-a-Service brand continues Uhuru s evolution and position in B2B market
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BROOKLYN, N.Y., Jan. 12, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Uhuru Design, the Brooklyn-based heirloom quality furniture designer and manufacturer, and pioneer of the New American Design movement, today announced it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of
Renegade Customs, a custom furniture design firm serving retail, hospitality and high-end residential customers. Terms of the deal have not been disclosed.
Addition of Design-as-a-Service brand continues Uhuru’s evolution and position in B2B market
The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies announces online symposium
R. Sikoryak, Cover illustration for Constitution Illustrated published by Drawn % Quarterly, 2020.
STOCKBRIDGE, MASS
.-The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, the scholarly arm of Norman Rockwell Museum, announced a slate of speakers and topics for its annual symposium, Picturing Freedom: A Century of Illustration. For the second year in a row this event will happen virtually on Zoom over two days Friday, January 15 and Saturday, January 16. This timely symposium will explore historical and contemporary notions of freedom as well as the role of illustration as a force in shaping public perception. How has published imagery affected decision-making, public policy, and cultural understanding? Prominent authors, illustrators, and scholars will offer perspectives. The symposium is organized by The Rockwell Center for American Visual Studies, and co-presented with the D.B. Dowd Modern Graphic Histo
New American Design furniture designer and manufacturer Uhuru Design has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Renegade Customs, a furniture design firm serving retail, hospitality and high-end residential customers.
Everson Museum of Art announces new acquisitions
Courtney Leonard, Breach #2, 2016. Ceramic on wood pallet, 36 x 36 x 48 inches. Everson Museum of Art; Museum purchase, Deaccession Fund, 2020.15.
SYRACUSE, NY
.- The Everson Museum of Art announced today that it has purchased seven new works by contemporary artists for its growing collection of 21st century art.
Spanning a variety of media, the new acquisitions reflect the Eversons commitment to refining and diversifying its collection by adding works by artists of color, women artists, and other under-represented emerging and mid-career artists. The works are by artists who hail from across the country, but also include two artists who have lived and worked in Syracuse for decades: Ellen Blalock and Sharif Bey. Blalock previously exhibited her work at the Everson during 2012s The Other New York and Bey will have a major solo exhibition at the Everson in 2022. Its truly an honor to have my work represented in the permane
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The Smithsonian Women s History Museum will have a vast and challenging mission: the legislation approved by the Senate stipulates that it should to present the diverse range of experiences and viewpoints of all women in the United States. Photo: AFP Relaxnews
The idea isn t new, but it has made it all the way to US Congress, where legislators recently passed a proposed bill authorising a national museum dedicated to women s history.
The initiative is destined to redress the underrepresentation of women in the country s memorials, monuments and museums.The Smithsonian Women s History Museum will be created as part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, which already counts around 20 museums, including the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.