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The Life and Art of Indigenous Artist Art Thompson
Art Thompson was born in 1948 in the village of Whyac on the southern end of Nitinat Lake. He belonged to the Ditidaht Band of the Nuu-chah-nulth people. Art was fortunate to be immersed in the cultural life of his people from an early age, when he was initiated into the Tlukwalla society. As a…
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Unveiling the Black Experience In America: Romare Bearden’s Dazzling Artistic Vision
Romare Bearden’s art is dazzling – a virtual kaleidoscope of the black experience, celebrating its culture, encompassing the rural South, the jazz and blues musicians scene, the harsh urban experience of Harlem, imbued with the religious, mystical, magical, aspects of being black. But Bearden did not start out being an artist. Instead he was on…