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A Black Man Selling Pepsi In The Jim Crow South
Mon, 07 Jul 2008 09:43:00 -0400
In the 1940s, Pepsi created an all-black sales force in an effort to reach out to black consumers. Allen McKellar was part of the first team to sell the soda in the Jim Crow South.
We Know What You've Been Watching on YouTube
Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:13:00 -0400
A court has ordered Google to turn over a database that links users to every video they've watched on the popular Web site YouTube. Jennifer Urban, director of the University of Southern California Intellectual Property and Technology Law Clinic, says the ruling has big implications for online privacy.
A Vintage Photography Flash Lamp In Action
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 15:41:00 -0400
Jacob Riis, a writer and photographer who exposed poverty in late 19th century New York City, used crude tools to light up his subjects. He ignited magnesium powder with a pistol, and later a frying pan. A vintage photography hobbyist demonstrates a flash lamp similar to Riis'.
Comic Cheech Marin Champions Chicano Art
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:11:00 -0400
The iconic funnyman rose to fame as one half of the pothead duo Cheech and Chong. Over the years, he has acquired one of the largest collections of Chicano art in the world. By sharing his favorite works with the public, he hopes to help people see that Mexican-American art is mainstream.
Broadway's New Kid on the Block: Lin Manuel Miranda
Mon, 30 Jun 2008 12:00:00 -0400
Young playwright Lin Manuel Miranda is taking Broadway by storm. Miranda's musical In The Heights, which won big at last week's Tony Awards, tells the immigrant story of New York's Washington Heights neighborhood. The multi-talented actor, composer and playwright speaks candidly about his art.
So You Want to Learn Cartooning? Hit the Book
Sun, 29 Jun 2008 00:01:00 -0400
Two comic artists have created a textbook, Drawing Words and Writing Pictures, that teaches people the grammar of comic art, from penciling a story ever so lightly on tracing paper to inking a bubbly "The End" to the finished strip.

 

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Art and Life in Africa Project - An extremely rich source of information on African art and its cultural contexts. Based on the Stanley Collection at the University of Iowa.

The Maurer Collection - Collection of artifacts used in rites of divination in Central and West Africa. Extensively illustrated with scholarly text.

Kumbu Kumbu Gallery - Contemporary African sculpture, batiks, watercolors and oil paintings.

Tribal Artifacts - New York dealer.
Meta Description: [ Ethnix African & Tribal Arts Gallery in New York City provides authentic artifacts chosen for their ethnographic and cubist merit to purchase from the African continent and beyond ]

Adinkra Symbols of West Africa - A guide to the Asante traditional symbols, with photos of adinkras in use.
Meta Description: [ An illustrated guide to the African symbols called Adinkra used in Ghana, West Africa, with an adinkra index and high-quality adinkra images. ]

Adire African Textiles - Hand-woven textiles including Ashanti kente and adinkra, Ewe kente, Yoruba adire and aso oke, Kuba raffia cloths, and Bogolan mud cloth from Mali.

Affrica Gallery - Informative site run by gallery in Washington, D.C.

Africa Direct - A variety of African tribal art, with good cultural information on many of the objects.
Meta Description: [ Authentic arts and crafts from the tribal cultures of Africa. ]

Africa In Stone - Zimbabwean Shona sculpture in materials such as African jade, serpentine, and soapstone.

Africa-Photo - Databank with over 4,000 photos from 1870 to the present and much cultural information.
Meta Description: [ www.africa-photo.com ist die weltgrößte Bilddatenbank zum Thema Afrika im Internet, über 4.000 Fotos von 1870 bis heute, Afrika Forum zu Afrikanischer Kunst, Naturmedizin, Shop, Projekte, Bücher... ]

AfricaClub - Wide assortment of arts and crafts, with considerable cultural background on the objects.
Meta Description: [ Exposicion y venta de arte y artesania de Africa. Exhibition and sale of art and handicrafts from Africa. Exposition et vente d'art et d'artisanat de l'Afrique. ]

African Antiques - Belgian dealer's site, with ethnographic information.
Meta Description: [ african art, antiques shop. Tribes, masks, people. A guide to cultures and forms. Includes tips on collecting and discussions. ]

African Art and Artists - Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts.
Meta Description: [ Bridget McNulty trades in contemporary and traditional African art and crafts. ]

African Art Center - Nonprofit organization promoting black artists and craftspeople of KwaZulu Natal and South Africa.
Meta Description: [ The African Art Centre, a non profit organization founded 1960 promotes the work of the black artists, craftspeople in KwaZulu Natal and South Africa. ]

African Art Collection - African tribal arts dealer. Photographs and descriptions including some information on cultural significance.
Meta Description: [ African art at affordable prices. Large collection of museum quality tribal masks, sculptures, and bronzes. ]

African Art Course - Materials for a University of Virginia course on African arts, with images, bibiliographic information, and web links.

African Art Shop - Tribal Art (mostly African), links, and descriptions of some African styles.
Meta Description: [ african art, antiques shop. Tribes, masks, people. A guide to cultures and forms. Includes tips on collecting and discussions. ]

African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning - A nicely annotated on-line exhibition of African art from the University of Virginia.

African Art: Makonde - Links to some sites specializing in Makonde arts and crafts.
Meta Description: [ Contemporary Makonde Art Zeitgenössiche Makonde Kunst ]

African Arts and Culture Discussion Group - Discussion group about African art and culture.
Meta Description: [ African_Arts: African Art & Culture ]

African Millennium Foundation - International trader and exhibitor of Zimbabwean Shone stone sculptures. Site displays news about recent events and images from exhibitions and galleries held in Toronto and London.
Meta Description: [ African Millennium, top trader and exhibitor of Zimbabwean stone (Shona) sculpture, frequently exhibits this powerful fine art in Toronto and Europe. ]

African Odyssey Interactive - Wide range of resources, originates at Kennedy Center (Washington, DC).
Meta Description: [ The Kennedy Center African Odyssey Arts and Education Resources--Index ]

African Quintessence - African art, mainly from Benin, with nice images and descriptions of cultural significance.
Meta Description: [ African Art Gallery Featuring High Quality Ancient African Tribal Art And Antiquities In Wood, Bronze, Ivory And Terra Cotta ]

African Sculptural Art - Papers on the development of sculptural art in Africa, from pre-iron age to modern.
Meta Description: [ An instructive Web site: containing information about the arts in Wales since c.1950 ]

African Sculpture - Images of a private collection.
Meta Description: [ Die Puretecpr�senz www.african-sculpture.de ]

African Tribal Art Museum - A comprehensive collection of African art (700 objects; 90 ethnic groups) and lots of information African tribal peoples.
Meta Description: [ African art museum. Major collecton of tribal masks, statues, sculptures and bronzes. ]

Africarts - Collection of African art objects: exchange of information and/or of objects
Meta Description: [ Arts africains - African Arts : sculptures, masques et autres objets. Présentation d'une collection d'objets d'art africain, échange d'informations et/ou d'objets., African Arts : sculptures, masks and other objects. Presentation of a collection of African art-objects : exchange of mutual infor... ]

Akan Cultural Symbols - Explanations of the iconography of Akan art.

All About Shoowa - Rich source of information about Shoowa raffia textiles.

Art and Oracle: Metropolitan Museum of Art Exhibition - African art and divination rituals. Includes a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination.
Meta Description: [ Explore African art and the rituals of divination exhibited in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Included are links to exhibit descriptions, a map of sub-Saharan Africa, and essays on divination. ]

Art Creations Africa - Stone sculpture gallery and exhibitions of work of African artists, including Shona Stone sculpture.

Art of Africa - Bushmen/San arts and crafts from the Kalahari.
Meta Description: [ information about african tribal art designs, rock painting, wood sculpture, ethnic masks, Bushmen art, ancient african stone sculpture, bushman pics, the kalahari bushmen, tribal shields, art sculpture, tribal sculptures and stone carvings, Read all about the khoi san bushmen, their traditional ... ]

ArtSite Africa - Directory of websites related to African art, arranged in categories.
Meta Description: [ The leading portal to African and African Diaspora Art resources on the World Wide Web. Updated calendar of African art exhibits and shows at museums and galleries. Over 1,000 carefully selected online image and information resources spanning ancient antiquity to the present contemporary scene. L... ]

Axis Gallery - Gary van Wyk's gallery, with exhibitions. Emphasis on South Africa.

Azani Stone Gallery Zimbabwe Shona Sculpture - Zimbabwe Shona stone sculpture, including busts, abstracts and wildlife art.

BAT Centre - Community centre in the small craft harbour, Durban, promoting local arts and culture talent of South Africa.
Meta Description: [ The BAT Centre is an arts and culture community center found in the small craft harbour, off Durban's Victoria Embankment., The BAT Centre is an arts and culture community centre in the small craft harbour, Durban. Our Mission: celebrate the arts and culture of South Africa by promoting local tal... ]

Belgium's Royal Museum for Central Africa - Periodic on-line exhibitions as well as a guide to the Brussells museum. Includes a search facility for finding websites with information about central Africa.
Meta Description: [ The Royal Museum for Central Africa is home to some truly remarkable collections. Its collection of ethnographic objects from Central Africa is in fact the only one of its kind in the world. It also has in its keeping the entire archives of Henry Morton Stanley. The scientists are active in the f... ]

BlueArt Shop - Original Products from Africa, Ebony Wood,Paintings
Meta Description: [ Fascynujący świat sztuki Afrykańskiej. Kolekcje rzeźb. Galerie zdjęć. Artykuły o sztuce.Upominki, Pamiatki, rekodzielo artystyczne, import sztuki z Afryki ]

Charles Jones African Art - Traditional African art, with many images and explanations of cultural significance of the objects.
Meta Description: [ Charles Jones African Art carries traditional African Art for collectors of african art ]

Davis Gallery - Art and sculpture of West and Central Africa

deYoung Museum African Collection - Extensive collection of images and information from the San Francisco museum.

Dimondstein Tribal Arts - Many images and information on African tribal art.
Meta Description: [ Founded by Morton Dimondstein in 1970, Dimondstein Tribal Arts deals primarily in African tribal art. With an emphasis on tribal art from West Africa, we offer objects from throughout the continent. ]

Douglas Yaney - African tribal art objects, with sections for items likely to interest the beginner and those likely to interest more advanced collectors.
Meta Description: [ We cater to the top collectors of African art in the world as well as museums with African art collections. Some of the tribes represented are Songhay, Bassa, Temne, Mende, Chockwe, Baule, Kongo, Senufo, Yaka, Guro, Hemba, Bongo, Lega, Luba-Zella, Ibo, Gurunsi, Limba, Makonde and many more ]

Emory University Collection of African Art - An exhibition of part of the university's permanent collection of African art. Good accompanying essays on various aspects of African art.
Meta Description: [ Sub-Saharan African Art permanent collection page for the Michael C. Carlos Museum ]

G. I. Jones -- S.E. Nigerian Art and Culture - An outstanding collection of photographs, many showing objects of art in their cultural settings.

Galerie Peter Herrmann - A commercial gallery. Bilingual (German and English), with many images of African items. Also has a section describing ongoing African art related exhibitions and events elsewhere.
Meta Description: [ Die Galerie Peter Herrmann arbeitet auf den Feldern zeitgen�ssischer internationaler Kunst mit Schwerpunkt Afrika sowie traditioneller afrikanischer Kunst. �ber die Ausstellungen in den eigenen R�umen hinaus beraten und gestalten wir als Experten im In- und Ausland. Wir fertigen Expertisen und We... ]

Gallery Quackelbeen - Brussels dealer with images of pots, masks, textiles and statues.
Meta Description: [ Ethnic Art bvba;African tribal and ethnic art galery. Specialized in masks ,statues, ethnogrphics,pots, textiles from, rep.dem. congo, tanzania,zambia,uganda,soudan,angola,mozambique,kenya ]

H-AfrArts Expressive Cultures of Africa - A seriously scholarly site, with moderated discussion boards. From Michigan State University.
Meta Description: [ H-AfrArts, Expressive Cultures of Africa H-AfrArts is composed of two parts, a discussion list and a web site cosponsored by Humanities and Social Sciences OnLine (H-Net) and the Arts Council of the African Studies Association (ACASA). Its content focuses on the expressive cultures of Africa a... ]

Hamill Gallery of African Art - A commercial site with nicely documented thematic exhibitions that change every few months. Past exhibitions are viewable as well.

Jembetat Gallery of African Art - Tribal art from West and Central Africa.
Meta Description: [ The Jembetat Gallery offers Museum Quality African Art and Tribal Objects. Our pieces are primarily African Art from West and Central Africa; including Masks, Statues, Textiles, Weapons, Bronze Figures, Wooden Bowls, Old beads, Tuareg Jewelry and Djembe drums and other types of African Art. ]

Kerr Museum Productions - Consultants on African art and display installations. Offers 3-D images of African sculpture.
Meta Description: [ KMP was created to aid public institutions and private collections to identify conserve and display their collections utilizing the latest systems and technology. Our staff and associated consultants can provide accurate identification and appraisal of your individual object or your complete art ... ]

Masks and More - Masks, african art and primitive paintings, beautifully presented.
Meta Description: [ It is about masks and more. Masks painted by me but also African, wooden masks. I'm really crazy about the primitive art! You can see an exhibition of my paintings and illustrations, but you can also see some beautiful photos I made in New Zealand. Have a nice time on the web! ]

McCue Tribal Art - Many images and some cultural information.
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Moba Art - Information on Moba (Togo and Ghana) sculpture.

Museum for African Art - New York's Museum for African Art.

National Museum of African Art - The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution. Site includes exhibitions, articles, museum calendar of events.
Meta Description: [ The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, features African art from antiquity to the present. ]

Pan-Africa - Multilingual categorized collection of links to sites about African art.

Picard Trade Bead Museum And African Art Gallery - Dealer in African art and trade beads, with a trade bead museum.
Meta Description: [ Direct importers and wholesalers of Czech glass beads and African trade beads. Trade bead museum. Beads from the West African Trade book series. African Art. ]

Ralph Proctor Gallery - A gallery of African art, with periodic thematic exhibitions.
Meta Description: [ On-line exhibits of African art. All items in the exhibits are for sale. ]

Rand African Art - Images of a private collection with lots of pictures and information.
Meta Description: [ randafricanart.com is a website dedicated to my collection and contains pictures and information relating to the item and the tribes that produce the items. I have a nice collection of Senufo firespitter masks, also known as Senufo Kagba mask, Senufo Wanyugo mask and Senufo Kponyugo mask and also... ]

Ryann Willis Ancient Art - Dealer specializing in ancient African arts (mostly terracotta), with nice exhibitions.
Meta Description: [ Ryann Willis is a highly respected dealer of African art and antiquities. yann Willis Ancient Art is devoted to the appreciation and understanding of ancient African terra cotta sculptures. ]

Sculptures of Zimbabwe - Gallery of Shona stone sculpture..
Meta Description: [ Art of Zimbabwe is dedicated to offer stone sculptures of high quality from Zimbabwe to an international public. ]

Senufo Art - Brief description of the Senufo aesthetic tradition; part of an auction house series.
Meta Description: [ Topic: Senufo Carvings (African Tribal Art). Biddington's Pedigree & Provenance is a frequently changing feature that defines words and terms related to fine art, antiques and collecting. ]

Shani Gallery - African masks and sculpture with brief descriptions of their traditional significance.
Meta Description: [ Shani Gallery Specializes In The Sale Of Quality African And Tribal Fine Art. An array of masks, tribal artifacts, carvings and musical instruments to grace your collection are available online., Shani Gallery Specializes In The Sale Of Quality African And Tribal Fine Art. An array of masks, tr... ]

Shona Sculpture - A collection of 67 Shona sculptures from Zimbabwe, with some history of this genre.
Meta Description: [ African Art. The beneficiary of all profits from the sale of this private collection will be Mrs Natty Petrosino's charitable cause in Argentina. ]

StoneAge Art Company - Shona sculpture from 250 Zimbabwe carvers.
Meta Description: [ We represent over 250 Shona sculptors living in Zimbabwe whose sculptures we display in our gallery here on Granville Island, Vancouver, Canada. ]

Sukuma Museum - Museum devoted to the culture and art of the Sukuma (Tanzania, Africa).

Tamarin Gallery - A gallery of African art. Periodic exhibitions and a collection of links to other sources.

Tellem Gallery - Sculpture (masks, statuettes, etc.) and jewelry from many African regions; pre-Columbian art and pottery.

The World of Beduin Weaving - Extensive information on weaving by the Beduins of North Africa.

Tribal Art Africa - Dealer in tribal African artifacts (mostly masks and statues).

UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History - Emphasis on works from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, and the Americas, past and present.
Meta Description: [ Welcome to the UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History explores art and material culture from Africa, Asia, Oceania, Native and Latin America, past and present. ]

Yahoo! Groups: AfricanAntiques - Discussion board on African art.
Meta Description: [ AfricanAntiques: AfricanAntiques is for all lovers of Genuine African Art. ]

Zambezi Sculpture - Zimbabwe stone sculpture, Shona and others using traditional techniques.
Meta Description: [ Exotic African sculpture imported from Zimbabwe Africa ]