International Call For Entries: First Glance Teen Film, Visual Arts & Poetry Competition
Are you a teen filmmaker, visual or spoken word artist ready to take the next step in your artistic career? By participating in First Glance: Fresh Perspectives From Young Artists you will be doing just that. NBAF invites the International community of young artists to create original work around the theme “Connect, Inspire, Transform”. Winners [...]
Betrayal … A Conversation with Houston Baker, Jr.
Sunday January 29, 2012 – Sunday January 29, 2012 101 Auburn Avenue, NE Map and Directions | Register Description: January 29, 3:00 PM, Auburn Avenue Research Library REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED NBAF presents Houston Baker, Jr., Distinguished University Professor of English at Vanderbilt University and winner of the American Book Award. In his controversial book Betrayal: [...]
Halima Taha: Collecting African American Art
Sunday February 19, 2012 – Sunday February 19, 2012 350 Spelman Lane, SW Map and Directions | Register Description: February 19, 3pm, Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, Free REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED Art enthusiasts and lovers of American art have long considered collecting art a hobby reserved solely for the wealthy. Collecting African American Art: Works [...]
Question Bridge: Black Males
Friday January 27, 2012 – Saturday March 17, 2012 City Gallery at Chastain Map and Directions | Register Description: January 27 – March 17, City Gallery at Chastain, Free Internationally acclaimed artists Hank Willis Thomas, Chris Johnson, and Bayate Ross Smith present Question Bridge: Black Males, a transmedia art project that seeks to represent and redefine [...]
Celebrating Jamaica's 50th Anniversary of Independence with author, Gillian Royes
Sunday March 4, 2012 – Sunday March 4, 2012 101 Auburn Avenue, NE Map and Directions | Register Description: Sunday, March 4, 3pm – 5pm, Auburn Avenue Research Library, Free REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED The Goat Woman of Largo Bay begins the detective series featuring Shad, a bartender in a fishing village in Jamaica, who is the community [...]
Remembering Dr. King – The World House
NBAF recommends that you read The World House this weekend as the country remembers the life, work and wisdom of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The World House essay can be found in Dr. Kings 1967 book, Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or Community? It is the final chapter of the book but [...]
Save The Date: Fine Art + Fashion, March 15, 2012
Fine Art + Fashion is a fundraising benefit that supports visual arts programs, a juried exhibition, related public programs, as well as marketing and public relations support of major exhibitions of visual artists of African descent from throughout the region. This event provides an opportunity to bring together multi-generational, multi-cultural lovers of art and fashion. [...]
