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There you’ll find all the good stuff you used to see here, including: new books, items from our special collections, and library news.
And don’t worry, we’ll still keep this page up for you to peruse all the posts from over the years at your leisure!
In a show of appreciation, museum officials will rename two bathrooms in the East Lobby “The John Waters Restrooms” in honor of the cult filmmaker and visual artist.
The AI lets you search through 16 million historical newspaper pages for images that help explain the stories of the past.
As the prestigious archive addresses its severe lack of such filmmakers, we asked you who should be included. You had a lot of ideas.
We agree!
MICA alum Amy Sherald paints Breonna Taylor for Vanity Fair.
Read more about it here.
Arlene Dávila’s Latinx Art: Artists, Markets, Politics considers the plights of Latinx artists through the lens of race and class disparities in both North and South America.
Black films should be valued for more than what they can teach white viewers about race.
Seven years after her death, Ruth Asawa is finally being recognized as an American master. What can we learn from this overdue reappraisal?
Web-based video gallery offers local artists a place to engage with the present moment.
And be sure to watch the films over at the BMA’s Screening Room!
From our Book Arts Collection, Jenny Holzer’s Abuse of Power Comes As No Surprise (N7433.4 .H64 A4 1983).
Feel free to ask a library staff member at either desk to see anything in our special collections.
Always relevant.
After the loss of her husband and a pandemic lockdown, this ardent activist was creatively blocked. Now, after watching the protests, she is inspired again.
Starting this June, the BMA will provide resources as well as financial support to local artists, galleries, and communities.
From our Book Arts Collection, the incredible Black Power ABC’s (N7433.4 .S778 B533 2017) by Grant Strudwick, made in Maralie Else’s Expanded Storytelling course in the MCM Department at Brown University.
Feel free to ask a library staff member at either desk to see anything in our special collections.
From our Book Arts Collection, the incredible Black Power ABC’s by Grant Strudwick.
New to our Book Arts Collection, Mourning/Warning: An Abecedarian (N7433.4 .B5923 M68 2015) by Tia Blassingame.
“Stripping the maritime alphabet of its primary colors except blue and replacing them with muted browns and blacks, Mourning/Warning highlights the relationship of Americans of the African diaspora to water and maritime trade as well as the need for an alternate means of communication in times of emergency and duress. How do you send a warning call when hatred comes constantly in waves?”
From our Book Arts Collection, Mourning/Warning: An Abecedarian by Tia Blassingame.
“Stripping the maritime alphabet of its primary colors except blue and replacing them with muted browns and blacks, Mourning/Warning highlights the relationship of Americans of the African diaspora to water and maritime trade as well as the need for an alternate means of communication in times of emergency and duress. How do you send a warning call when hatred comes constantly in waves?”
“White supremacy disguised as patriotism is still white supremacy”
Check out Our American Quilt by Jamila Zahra Felton, in our Zine Collection.
We are also lucky enough to have another of Felton’s zines in our collection “On Blackness: You have the Right to Remain”.
And be sure to check out the rest of Felton’s amazing work on her website.
Whitney Museum of American Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art is hosting a series of online events, including hosting a series of weekly online talks called “Art History from Home” which highlight works in the Museum's collection to illuminate critical topics in American art from 1900 to the present. During each thirty-minute session, participants are invited to comment and ask questions through a moderated chat.
More scheduled talks here.
And their other online events including Whitney Screens and Art Making From Home.
If you're a lover of art books, we've got a helpful tip for you: The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum offers more the 200 exhibition catalogs that you can download