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Noni Olabisi’s generosity and provocative work embodied “the power of art to transform and make real our stories,” as one collaborator remembers.
Noni Olabisi's generosity and provocative work embodied "the power of art to transform and make real our stories," as one collaborator remembers.
In Compton, a School That Paved the Way for Generations of Black Artists https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/01/t-magazine/compton-communicative-arts-academy.html In Compton, a School That Paved the Way for Generations of Black Artists Between 1969 and 1975, the Communicative Arts Academy was a vital hub for a community largely excluded from Los Angeles’s cultural institutions. A student at the Communicative Arts Academy in Compton, Calif., where the syllabus was designed to instill in participants a sense of Black pride.Credit...Courtesy of Willie Ford Jr. and the Compton Communicative Arts Ac...