#harlemrenaissance

Today In History Langston Hughes’ Mulatto, the first Black-authored play to become a long-run Broadway hit, opened on this date October 24, 1935. Hughes was a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance, the flowering of black intellectual, literary, and artistic life that took place in the 1920s in a number of American cities, particularly Harlem. A major poet, Hughes also wrote novels, short stories, essays, and plays. He sought to honestly portray the joys and hardships of working-class black lives, avoiding both sentimental idealization and negative stereotypes. As he wrote in his essay “The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain,” “We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased we are glad. If they are not, it doesn’t matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.” CARTER™️ Magazine carter-mag.com #wherehistoryandhiphopmeet #historyandhiphop365 #carter #cartermagazine #langstonhughes #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #history #staywoke #harlemrenaissance https://www.instagram.com/p/CkGLg8trl7F/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Gordon Parks, Langston Hughes, Chicago, December 1941, gelatin silver print, printed later, Corcoran Collection (The Gordon Parks Collection), 2016.117.102

🎨 #ArtIsAWeapon MOOD... ⁠ 'A Day in the Life of a Black Woman Artist #1,' 1975.⁠ #Artist Dindga McCannon @dindga Acrylic and collage on canvas, 33h x 48w in Image reposted from @FridmanGallery⁠ . . . . www.fridmangallery.com "Born in New York City and raised in Harlem and the Bronx, Dindga came of age as an artist and young mother during the rise of feminist art in New York City and the civil rights movement across the nation. Dindga began her career studying under #HarlemRenaissance artists such as #JacobLawrence, #CharlesAlston, #RichardMayhew, and #AlLoving at the Art Students League of New York and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. She went on to become a pillar of the influential African-American art collective Weusi, and later a co-founder of #WhereWeAtBlackWomenArtists, a noteworthy collective affiliated with the #BlackArtsMovement. Throughout Dindga’s career, she created space for her own artistic exploration while building a support network for generations of Black artists to follow.   McCannon’s use of oil painting, printmaking, and sewing made her an early influencer of textile assemblage, found-object quilting, and wearable art, all of which expand upon the legacy of African and African-American culture and historical memory, and are artforms that have gained new energy across today’s arts and cultural landscape. McCannon’s implementation of non-traditional materials, including personal objects, photographs, and ephemera draw the viewer into her world as she imbues her canvases and tapestries with the sounds, feelings, and vibrancy of her community and ancestors. Her works often focus on the history and stories of women — iconic public figures, unknown heroines, family, and friends who shape her vibrant universe." ⁠ #SelfPortrait #DindgaMcCannon #FridmanGallery #BlackWomen #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks https://www.instagram.com/trascapades/p/CYS2lJ7AHnx/?utm_medium=tumblr

Fort Ganesvoort’s exhibition "Willie Birch: Paintings from 1998-2019," features paintings that celebrate the legendary spirit and culture of New Orleans (the artist's birthplace and current home), and other highlights from his rich artistic career. Online through July 3 - https://www.fortgansevoort.com/online-exhibitions/willie-birch

New Alain Locke Historical Marker at AAMP On Saturday, October 3rd, through a partnership with the @equalityforum , AAMP’s location at the corner of 7th and Arch Streets is the new home of a Pennsylvania Historical Marker honoring Alain Leroy Locke. A graduate of Philadelphia’s Central High School, Locke is considered the father of the Harlem Renaissance. He was the first African-American Rhodes Scholar, a writer, an educator, and a philosopher of race and culture. He earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. Equality Forum is a national and international LGBT civil rights organization with an educational focus. Equality Forum coordinates LGBT History Month, produces documentary films, undertakes high-impact initiatives, and presents the largest annual national and international LGBT civil rights summit. Alain Locke was named one of Equality Forum’s 2017 LGBT History Month Icons. Stop by the museum to see the marker today! 📸: @embassy730 #aampmuseum #equalityforum #alainlocke #harlemrenaissance #lgbt (at The African American Museum in Philadelphia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvQAtWlaNv/?utm_medium=tumblr

James L. Allen was a photographer who ran a studio in Harlem from the 1920s to 1940s. There he photographed many of the leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance, including Paul Robeson and Langston Hughes. From: Portraiture and the Harlem Renaissance: The Photographs of James Allen (1999) #blackhistorymonth #harlemrenaissance #langstonhughes #paulrobeson #photography #portraitphotography #bookstagram #books #library (at Widener Library) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8uFF0Hnl_9/?igshid=1bsrqqwolr88w

“If I can inspire one of these youngsters to develop the talent I know they possess, then my monument will be in their work.” -Augusta Savage, sculptor, educator and civil rights activist . 🎨 illustration from my@book Women In Art . . . #womeninart #womeninhistory #harlemrenaissance #augustasavage #blackhistory https://www.instagram.com/p/B7o-NYiJbGN/?igshid=1og82n56nbn01

@augusta_savage_renaissance 👏🏾 A few views of “Augusta Savage: Renaissance Woman” at the New York Historical Society. The show closes on July 28, 2019. If you have not seen the show and you are in or close to New York, go see it before it travels to the Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State this fall. • #supportblackart #augustasavage #renaissancewoman #harlemrenaissance #blackfemaleartist #sculpture #blackart #americanart https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz-qUZnB2C9/?igshid=1p7qz7mxukmg0