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Feeling Good

“Feeling Good” (also known as “Feelin’ Good”) is a song written by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse for the 1964 musical “The Roar of the… Read More »Feeling Good

Jewelry design is art and science. Jewelry making encompasses all five elements of STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art, and math). Several iconic artists, including Picasso,… Read More »Jewelry is Art

Victory for the Arts

There were two attempts to eliminate federal funding for the arts and humanities in the U.S. House of Representatives this session and both were defeated!… Read More »Victory for the Arts

Charly Palmer, In Her Eyes III (left); Lawrence Philp, Yoruba.

December 2023 Black Art Auction

Featuring works by Charly Palmer and Lawrence Philp In 2020, Time magazine commissioned artist Charly Palmer to create a portrait of the impact of racial… Read More »December 2023 Black Art Auction

Afrofuturist Period Room at The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Afrofuturism Installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

“Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room” is a fabrication of a domestic space that assembles furnishings and objects to create a fiction… Read More »Afrofuturism Installation at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Remembering Radcliffe Bailey

Radcliffe Bailey’s prolific work developed unique narratives of the African American experience. Bailey died of brain cancer on November 15, 2023, just 10 days before… Read More »Remembering Radcliffe Bailey

The Positive Impact of Art

With the preponderance of evidence showing the positive impact of the fine arts on people, it is baffling that our society does not invest more… Read More »The Positive Impact of Art

Has Culture Come to a Standstill?

Why Culture Has Come to a Standstill from a NY Times article written by Jason Farago – We are now almost a quarter of the… Read More »Has Culture Come to a Standstill?

Tinted Ravens

A book of paintings by Dr. Venetta Whitaker. To be an artist is to have a story to tell. According to Annette Simmons, “To live… Read More »Tinted Ravens

The Ten Commandments of Art

By Dr. Venetta Whitaker – Art has profound healing and therapeutic powers. I believe that we all are artists whether or not we choose to… Read More »The Ten Commandments of Art