Profile: Joseph Delaney (1904-1991)
Joseph Delaney was an African-American artist who became a part of the New York art scene at the time of the Harlem Renaissance. Continue reading Profile: Joseph Delaney (1904-1991)
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Profile: Damon Davis (1985-)
Damon Davis is a multi-media American artist, musician and filmmaker based in St. Louis, Missouri. His 2014 public art installation “All Hands on Deck” has been collected in the National Museum of African American History and Culture. He is also a founder of Far-Fetched, a St. Louis-based artist collective, and co-director of Whose Streets?, a documentary on the Ferguson unrest following police officer Darren Wilson’s fatal shooting of Michael Brown. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017 Continue reading Profile: Damon Davis (1985-)
Capital Savings Bank opens
On this date in 1888, one of the first banks for Blacks was organized, Capital Savings Bank of Washington D.C. Continue reading Capital Savings Bank opens
Profile: Dale Brockman Davis (1945-)
Dale Brockman Davis is a Los Angeles-based African-American artist, gallerist and educator best known for his assemblage sculpture and ceramic work that addresses themes of African American history and music, especially jazz. Along with his brother, artist Alonzo Davis, he co-founded Brockman Gallery in Leimert Park. Through the gallery and his broader community work, Davis became an important promoter of African-American artists in Los Angeles. Continue reading Profile: Dale Brockman Davis (1945-)
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