By George Kevin Jordan, Special to the AFRO Renowned artist Jefferson Pinder will be presenting a limited-run performance piece exploring racial injustices throughout the U.S., including the historic 14th and U Street corridor. “THIS IS NOT A DRILL,” is part of the Red Summer Tour by Pinder, presented on June 13 and June 14 at 7 p.m. Doors […]
An Installation at Ground Zero for Chicago’s 1919 Race Riot On Saturday, 100 participants will float in the water off of Margaret T. Burroughs Beach — one for each year since Eugene Williams was killed there. BY MARIDSA CHOUTE PUBLISHED JULY 26, 2019 The shore at Margaret T. Burroughs Beach, where the murder of […]
Liz Anderson | @planetnoun June 13, 2019, 3:09 AM The “Red Summer of 1919,” serves as the topic for D.C. native Jefferson Pinder’s road trip that’s stopping in his hometown for performances on Thursday and Friday nights. (Courtesy Orlando Pinder)Courtesy Orlando Pinder The “Red Summer of 1919,” serves as the topic for D.C. native Jefferson […]
‘THIS IS NOT A DRILL’ explores racial injustices George Kevin Jordan Jun 8, 2019 “This Is Not A Drill,” is a new artistic piece and experience part of the Red Summer Tour by artist Jefferson Pinder. Renowned artist Jefferson Pinder will be presenting a limited-run performance piece exploring racial injustices throughout the U.S., […]
02 June 2019. by David M. Roth Wounds — whether inflicted by war, religious persecution, poverty, racial prejudice, homelessness, family discord, environmental disasters, homophobia or gender bias — have long propelled the production of art, and will continue to do so as long as pain, suffering and injustice persist. Such injuries lie at the core […]
The Violent Past, The Violent Present By Luis Lopez Levi May 16, 2019 Arts & Culture, Featured Rehearsing “This Is Not A Drill.” Photograph by Luis Lopez. After World War I, decorated African American soldiers returned to the United States to face Jim Crow laws. Discrimination was nothing new, but 1919 was a […]
Tony Marsh’s over-the-top ceramic vessels, encrusted in what look like shards of glaze
May 11, 2019 Legacy of the hand: Paolo Arao’s textile paintings 6:10 pm by Editor Paolo Arao, Of Color, 2019 Contributed by Julia Couzens / Paolo Arao’s exuberant textile paintings radiate a bracing freshness, like nautical flags snapping brightly in a cracking breeze. From a distance clear color and crisp geometry flip space backward and […]
Our backyard had fig trees which were wrapped with blankets and tied with rope each winter, resembling twisted and somewhat grotesque, looming abstract figures.
POSTED ON MARCH 29, 2019 BY ETTY YANIV Elisa D’Arrigo‘s upcoming exhibition, “In the Moment,” at Elizabeth Harris Gallery will feature her new body of ceramic work. Her vessel forms breathe with inner life, their cylindrical shapes are both tumultuous and vivacious – like a body, organism, or life itself. The artist shares with Art Spiel some of […]