The J.Cochran Art Fund, Inc. awarded 3 grants in its inaugural year: $25,000 to Elizabeth Catlett, matched by the San Francisco Fine Arts Museums (DeYoung Memorial Museum) for a sculpture to remain on permenent exhibition after it is unveiled in October 1999; $15,000 to Radcliffe Bailey; and $10,000 to Chakaia Booker, both of whom will engage in short term residencies at Howard and Hampton universities.
"ON DECEMBER 1, 1998, AN UNDATED PAINTING BY TANNER SOLD AT CHRISTIE'S NY FOR $101,500 AGAINST AN ESTIMATE OF $20,000 TO $30,000, EVEN THOUGH SOME OBSERVERS HAD RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE WORK'S CONDITION ... 'THE MARKET FOR WORKS BY AFRICAN-AMERICAN ARTISTS IS GROWING STEADILY AS COLLECTORS BECOME MORE EDUCATED' SAYS MICHAEL ROSENFELD" ART & AUCTION, Feb/99 p. 28
Designed by an African American company, MJ Internet Consulting (www.mijohn.com), the site features a virtual tour of the Black Heritage Trail, information about the Museum and its programs, a Museum Store, and Black History Month links. The site invites visitors to learn more about the history of African Americans in New England.
"Our main priorities are accountability and being as resourceful as possible. This web site helps us meet these two important goals, given the number of children, educators, and visitors to our site who want to know more about the vibrant history of African Americans in New England," said Sylvia Watts McKinney, Executive Director of the MAAH.
Michelle Johnson, owner of MJ Internet Consulting, which produced the site, is an African American small business owner whose clients include non-profits, small businesses, and media. InnerCity Software (www.innercity.com), of Dorchester, Mass., also African- American owned, will host the site.
"The Museum is a significant African American cultural institution, and this site makes an important contribution to Afrocentric and historical content on the web," Johnson said.
The Museum of Afro American History, located on Boston's Beacon Hill, maintains the African Meeting House Beacon Hill, African Meeting House Nantucket, and The Abiel Smith School, hosts a variety of special exhibits and programs.
Thomas Riggs has edited a new book entitled BLACK ARTISTS; published in association with the New York Public Library's Schomburg Center. 400 prominent black artists of the 20th century are included.
The estate of Norman Lewis has received a Judith Rothschild Foundation grant. These grants support the work of an under-recognized artist who has died within the past 20 years. Awards range from $4,000 to over $42,000.
Art & Auction always has information on the latest relating to Latin American and Tribal arts
In the winter ARTNOIR SHOWCASE will be starting a database listing of past exhibitions; and, exhibition catalogs - it will be arranged by year, the cut-off date will be 1975. We have a publisher interested in reproducing this as a reference tool with a locational aid. There will be a separate artist's index which will be cumulative and alphabetically up-dated. If you have any catalog's you would like included please
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