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August 26, 2016 by Roberta

Artblog Presents Creative Africa – Walé Oyéjidé of Ikiré Jones

…of this video project. Photos of the Ikiré Jones ensemble featured in Creative Africa and of the installation of African fashions: Walé Oyéjidé’a ensemble for men, Creative Africa at the…

July 28, 2016 by Flora Ward

Splashing Around – Creative Africa and Nari Ward on Artblog Radio

https://www.theartblog.org/wp-content/uploaded/2016/07/artblog-convo-summer-of-african-art-copy-1.mp3 This summer, Philadelphia is hosting two big shows celebrating the arts of Africa and the African diaspora. At the Barnes, Nari Ward’s mid-career retrospective, Sun Splashed, stretches from the…

August 23, 2016 by Roberta

Artblog Presents Creative Africa – Akinbode Akinbiyi

…Léki Dago – featured in Creative Africa Akinbode Akinbiyi with some of his work in Creative Africa Installation, work by Akinbode Akinbiyi at Creative Africa, at the press preview, May…

August 19, 2016 by Roberta

Artblog Presents Art Splash at Creative Africa – Philadelphia Museum of Art

…day Art Splash, family making masks after seeing the African artifacts in Creative Africa Art Splash, families and teacher looking at the Vlisco patterned cloth in the Creative Africa exhibition…

August 21, 2016 by Roberta

Artblog Presents Creative Africa – Francis Kéré

…Creative Africa Francis Kéré, installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Perelman, part of Creative Africa Francis Kéré, installation at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Perelman, part of Creative Africa…

December 4, 2016 by guest writer

Creative Africa Through the Eyes of an 8 Year Old – 2016 New Art Writing Challenge

Fabric by Dutch manufacturer, Vlisco, from Creative Africa at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Creative Africa By Marcy, age 8 I went to see the Creative Africa exhibit at the…

June 12, 2020 by Artblog

More strong testimony at City Council hearing, June 9, reinstate funding for arts and culture!

…and resolution no. 200307, specifically against the closure of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, the defunding of the African American Museum, and the elimination of the…

October 27, 2016 by Michael Lieberman

A Walk Through the National Museum of African American History and Culture

…works which incorporate African culture–“symbols of pride that link them to their cultural heritage.” The collection contains the work of both well-known and unknown African American artists, among them: Renée…