ALPHA OMEGA ARTS
By
Gregory & Ernest Disney-Britton
Before
COVID-19, we debated African American vs. Black or
ALAANA (African, Latino, Asian, Arab, Native American) vs. people of color. Now, we consider
BIPOC as
The New York Times capitalizes
Black for the first time. This week, a young man asked, "Who is your favorite artist of the Black Arts Movement? (1960s)" We named
Jacob Lawrence (1917-2000), an artist rooted in the 1930s
New Negro/Harlem Renaissance. An
exhibition of his missing work is
reopening this week at the
Peabody Essex Museum, and that makes
Jacob Lawrence, our artist of the week
NEWS OF 2008-2020 from across the USA, and around the world:
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Alpha Omega Prize. It is our annual recognition each November 1st of one artist's impact on religious dialogue in America.
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| Jacob Lawrence seated in front of Struggle panels 26 and 27, 1958. © Robert W. Kelley/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images. |
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| Jacob Lawrence, We crossed the River at McKonkey’s Ferry 9 miles above Trenton . . . the night was excessively severe . . . which the men bore without the least murmur . . . —Tench Tilghman, 27 December 1776, Panel 10, 1954, from Struggle: From the History of the American People, 1954–56. Egg tempera on hardboard. Metropolitan Museum of Art. © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Knight Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. |
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| Jacob Lawrence, Panel 1. ...Is Life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? – Patrick Henry, 1775, 1955. From Struggle Series, 1954–56. Egg tempera on hardboard. Collection of Harvey and Harvey-Ann Ross. © The Jacob and Gwendolyn Lawrence Foundation, Seattle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. Photography by Bob Packert/PEM. |
