BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Here are a few of the Black artists who inspire us.

Jean-Michel Basquia
https://www.wikiart.org/en/jean-michel-basquiat

Romare Bearden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7l8nQw_MQfs&feature=youtu.be

John Biggers
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/john-biggers/

Mark Bradford
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNJRslCkTn4

Allan Crite
https://www.ellisneighborhood.org/history-of-allan-crite.html

Beauford Delaney
http://www.artnet.com/artists/beauford-delaney/

James Denmark
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/james-denmark/

Thornton Dial
https://thejohnsoncollection.org/thornton-dial/

Gees Bend Quiltmakers
https://somethingcurated.com/2020/11/09/who-are-the-gees-bend-quiltmakers/

Sam Gilliam
https://www.pacegallery.com/artists/sam-gilliam/

Paul Goodnight
https://www.asama.org/awards-of-sport/medallion-series/sport-artist-of-the-year/paul-goodnight/

Palmer Hayden
https://americanart.si.edu/artwork/janitor-who-paints-10126

Jacob Lawrence
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivDIA0QHHJs&feature=youtu.be

Simone Leigh
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/artist-simone-leigh-will-be-first-black-woman-represent-us-2022-venice-biennale-180976082/

Debora Moore
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP7amKHNkII

Faith Ringgold
https://www.craftinamerica.org/artist/faith-ringgold

Betye Saar
https://www.moma.org/artists/5102
 
Augusta Savage
https://americanart.si.edu/artist/augusta-savage-4269

Alma Woodsey Thomas
http://www.artnet.com/artists/alma-woodsey-thomas/

Charles White
https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3930