We’re thrilled to welcome Frederick McKindra (Frederick McKindra) to the OA team as a new associate editor!

HBCU Xavier of New Orleans moves closer to establishing a medical school apnews.com/article/xavier…

HBCUs continue to do the heavy lifting of educating this country’s future Black physicians and health professionals. Xavier University of Louisiana and Ochsner Health have agreed to form the fifth HBCU medical school in the country.

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The official DC Public Library coloring book is now available at all our locations! 📚 Perfect for our young folks under 19, get yours while supplies last! This is a great way to explore and learn about all 26 of our amazing library locations!

Now open thru May 21: the JGS Fellowship for Photography--an $8,000 cash grant open to NY state photography artists living & working outside of NYC.

We are awarding 5 in the 2024 cycle, details here: bit.ly/2RfWENL

NEWS | Latest in Black Art: U.S. Museums Hire New African Art Curators, Minia Biabiany (shown)Wins $100,000 Moving Image Award, Conrad Egyir Joined Miles McEnery Gallery & More |culturetype.com/2024/04/28/lat… via @culturetype Han Nefkens Foundation #bassmuseumofartmiami

The Women Who Run Harlem: Major cultural institutions in the neighborhood are changing and more relevant than ever. By Najha Zigbi-Johnson | thecut.com/_pages/clu7crt…

Ellen Gallagher’s Futuristic Archives: The artist discusses marine life and African American myth from her studio in the Netherlands. | nytimes.com/2024/04/10/t-m…

Tremaine Emory Refuses to Hide the Scars: Streetwear’s Black history raconteur survived Kanye, Supreme and a near-death experience. But can he survive the internet? | nytimes.com/2024/04/26/sty…

NEWS | Latest in Black Art: Annissa Malvoisin (shown) is New Associate Curator for Arts of Africa at Brooklyn Musuem, Michael C. Thorpe Wins EXPO Chicago Purchase Prize, Conrad Egyir Joined Miles McEnery Gallery & More. | culturetype.com/2024/04/28/lat… via @culturetype Brooklyn Museum

Mark your calendars! Next Thursday, May 2, join #SonyaClark and #LoweryStokesSims , historian and curator emerita at MAD, for an inspiring conversation celebrating Clark’s solo exhibition, Sonya Clark: We Are Each Other.

Black men were among the first cowboys in the U.S. but pop culture erased them from the Western milieu over time, creating misleading iconography of an Old West filled with white men on horseback. Our collections help document a more accurate picture.
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EXHIBITION | On View: 'Otis Kwame Kye Quaicoe: Hall of Fame' at Roberts Projects in Los Angeles, Portrait Artist Explores Cultural History of Boxing in Ghana. | culturetype.com/2024/04/26/on-… via @culturetype Roberts Projects

EXHIBITION | On View: Monumental Sculptures by Zizipho Poswa at Southern Guild in Los Angeles 'Channel Socio-Cultural and Spiritual Elements That Underpin African Creation' | culturetype.com/2024/04/22/on-… via @culturetype #southernguild #ziziphoposwa

EXHIBITIONS | New York Museums are Showcasing African American Art, From the Harlem Renaissance to Contemporary Figuration, Sonya Clark, Lyle Ashton Harris, LaToya Ruby Frazier & More (Shown, Works by Aaron Douglas The Metropolitan Museum of Art) | culturetype.com/2024/04/21/new… via @culturetype

LIVES | Faith Ringgold, the Great American Artist Known for Her Political Paintings and Story Quilts, Has Died at 93. | culturetype.com/2024/04/16/fai… via @culturetype ACA Galleries #faithringgold

Dinh Q. Le, Artist Who Weighed War and Memory, Dies at 56: His most famous work — collages of Vietnam War photographs, popular film stills and Western imagery — focused on a history of his homeland that he feared was being lost. | nytimes.com/2024/04/18/art…

‘A Different World’ Hits the Road to Help Historically Black Colleges. | nytimes.com/2024/04/15/art…

NEWS | Latest in Black Art: New University Museum Directors, Infiniti Award for Photog Renell Medrano, Arvie Smith Among Guggenheim Fellows, Honoring Hank Aaron. | culturetype.com/2024/04/17/lat… via @culturetype Cooper Gallery Harvard University ICP GuggenheimFoundation

LIVES | Faith Ringgold, the Great American Artist Known for Her Political Paintings and Story Quilts, Has Died at 93. | culturetype.com/2024/04/16/fai… via @culturetype ACA Galleries #faithringgold