Wednesday, February 4, 2015

African American Artists

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  1. List five facts about your index card Artist.
    Post a pic of their artwork.

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  2. Chakaia Booker
    1. was born in 1953 in New Jersey
    2.Got the Guggenneim FellowShip for creative Arts
    3.went to city college of new york
    4. she has a B.A in sociology
    5. gained international acclaim at the 2000 whitney biennial with Its So Hard To Be Green.
    favorite artwork is The Conversationalist 1997

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  3. 1.Born on July 8 1959
    2. Live in Atlanta
    3.Graduated Georgia state university
    4. favorite color is blue
    5. degree in journalism and psychology
    Favorite portrait is roommate bearded

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  4. Amalia Amaki by Sasha Davy
    Born on July 8, 1949.
    Born n Atlanta, Georgia
    Received a B.A. degree.
    Born Linda Faye peeks
    In 1974 she changed her name.

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  5. 1. Born in November 3, 1905
    2. One of the few figures in American art
    3. Received a recognition of her lifetime
    4. Became known as a tireless advocate for international artists
    5. Trained at the school of the Museum of Fine arts, Boston
    Favorite art piece - Pecheurs sur la seine, Paris

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  6. Ernie Barnes: African American Painter, Pro football player, actor, author, and born during the Jim Crow era.
    Painting:'Slow Dance'

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  7. Sam Gilliam
    1.Born in Tupelo,Mississippi,1 in 8 children and grew p in Louisville, Kentucky
    2.His style of art involves pouring acrylic paint onto unprimed canvases
    3.He is currently 81 and is still currently living
    4.Was a part of the Washington Color School(late 1950s through mid 70s)
    5.His color strained canvases took off in the late 1960s
    Favorite piece of art "Butterfly,Feeling"

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  8. She was born in America's south on march.
    Amos combines printmaking, painting and textile.
    Amos used he art to explore themes of race and gender.
    Amos originated and cos-hosted show of hands.
    Amos sequence of paintings is anecdotal.
    Women in the Act of Painting

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  9. Ellen Gallagher
    1. Born December 16, 1965
    2. She's biracial.
    3. Influenced by paintings of Aghes Martin and Gertrude Stein
    4. Gallagher work was exhibited at the Whitney Biennial and Venice Biennial in 2003
    5. Her media include paintings, work on paper, and film and video

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  10. John bigger
    1 An african america
    2. He was born in Gastonia, North Carolina
    3.Attended the Lincoln Academy
    4. His works can be found in Hampton University
    5.Born April 13,1924- died January 25,2001

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  12. Claude Clark
    1. Born November 11, 1915
    2. Painter
    3. Printmaker
    4. Art educator
    5. Born in Rockingham, Georgia

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  13. Elizabeth Catlett
    Favourite artpiece: Mother and Child 1944
    1. Create sculptures that celebrate the heoric strength and endurance of African Americans and Mexican.

    2 . Attends Howard University, Washington, D.C.; majors in painting and graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in art.

    3. Retired as professor of University of Mexico.

    4. Teaches sculpture and dressmaking at George Washington Carver School in Harlem.

    5. Becomes chair of the Art Department, Dillard University, New Orleans, La.

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  14. Elizabeth Catlett
    Favourite artpiece: Mother and Child 1944
    1. Create sculptures that celebrate the heoric strength and endurance of African Americans and Mexican.

    2 . Attends Howard University, Washington, D.C.; majors in painting and graduates with a Bachelor of Science degree in art.

    3. Retired as professor of University of Mexico.

    4. Teaches sculpture and dressmaking at George Washington Carver School in Harlem.

    5. Becomes chair of the Art Department, Dillard University, New Orleans, La.

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  15. Manuelita Brown
    1.owned her own sculpting studio
    2.was an art finalist in 2000
    3.2002 women of distinction
    4.went to university of California
    5.M.S. Physiology 1975-1976

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  16. Betty Blayton Taylor
    1. was born on July 10, 1937 in Newport News, Virginia at Whittaker Hospital
    2. Get work is often described as 'Spiritual Abstractions'
    3. She is the second of the for children of Alleyne Houser-Blayton and Dr. James Blaine Blayton
    4. co-founder and Board Secretary of the Studio Museum in Harlem
    5. Co-founder and Executive director of Harlem Children's Art Carnival (CAC) and co-founder of Harlem Textile Works

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  17. Joseph Delaney
    1. Became a part of the NY art scene at the Harlem Renaissance
    2. After being a bellhop, Joseph took to hoboing
    3. Went to NYC to study at the Art Students League
    4. Born in Knoxvile,Tennessee
    5. Died November 21,1991

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  18. Terry Adkins
    1.Born in May 9 1953
    2.He was a professor of fine arts in the school of design at the University of Pennsylvania
    3.Graduated from Fisk University with B.S.,from Illinois State University with a M.S. and from the University of Kentucky with an M.F.A.
    4.He led the Lone Wolf Recial Corps
    5.Die of a heart failure in February 8, 2014

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  19. Aaron Douglas
    1. A major figure in the Harlem Renaissance
    2. Style was synthesized aspects of Modern European, ancient Egyptian, and West African arts
    3, Founded the art department at Fisk Univ.
    4. Considered to be the Father of African American Arts
    5. First president of the Harlem Artists Guild

    Harriet Tubman, mural at Bennett College, 1930

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