
John Bowles
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UNC-Chapel Hill Assoc. Prof. of #AFAM art history @UNCArtDept. Faculty Affiliate @iaarunc.
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Cant wait to see this at Smithsonian’s NMAAHC 👇

Black artists as illustrators -- Looking forward to reading Michael Lobel's new article

Benny Andrews was born on this day in 1930. He was an activist, who founded the the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, USAF veteran, and alumnus of Fort Valley State University Fort Valley State University.


Congratulations to AHAA Member Caitlin Meehye Beach whose book "Sculpture at the Ends of Slavery" is out today from University of California Press (is on Bluesky)! 🎉 #MemberSpotlight #AmericanArt #19thCenturyArt #Sculpture #NewPublication


It's here! The Fall 2022 issue of #JournalPanorama has launched! Visit journalpanorama.org to read the latest. To celebrate, Jessica Skwire Routhier (Jessica Skwire Routhier) Managing Editor, will be starting a 2 1/2 week #AHAATakeover highlighting the issue on social media later today!

A new issue of liquid blackness, guest-edited by Sybil Newton Cooksey and Tashima Thomas, presents "Afro-Gothic" as an aesthetic and theoretical framework for understanding. It includes essays, interviews, a playlist, and a roundtable. Read it for free: ow.ly/lnUR50LHtwT




Have you BOOKED for OUR online TALK 'Curating 'The Colour of Anxiety' the challenges of crafting an exhibition of 19th Century sculpture in 2022' with co-Curators Dr Nicola Jennings & Dr Adrienne Childs HenryMooreInstitute Thurs 26th Jan #FREE Register HERE pssauk.org/events/



Enjoying memories of Cree artist Kimowan Metchewais, my friend & UNC Art Department UNC-Chapel Hill colleague. Thank you, Wendy Red Star, for reminding us of Kimowan's wit, sarcasm, & outlook on art & life. nytimes.com/2023/02/03/opi…



🧵Alice Neel: James Hunter Black Draftee (1965). Having been drafted into the Vietnam war, he failed to turn up for a second sitting. Reworked here with white clothing. Featured in my forthcoming #RediscoveringBlackPortraiture 📕Getty Publications. Preorder everywhere books are sold 📣


.Rhiannon Giddens created an opera inspired by the life of Omar ibn Said. Make sure to see the opera next weekend and register for one of our three special student sessions to see the materials of ibn Said in Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill. go.unc.edu/LibrariesEvent…




#CFP: Black Perspectives invites essays that center on Black women who used many methods and actions to challenge various systems of oppression in the U.S. during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Submissions are due April 15. Read more👉 aaihs.org/cfp-black-wome…
