Artist Titus Kaphar on His Debut Documentary, and How It Centers the Need for Black Artists to Engage Black Communities

Artist Titus Kaphar on His Debut Documentary, and How It Centers the Need for Black Artists to Engage Black Communities

‘Shut Up and Paint’ details Kaphar’s balancing of the ‘dichotomy between the art world and the community I was raised in.’ A lot of people would still be surprised to find out that not too long ago, artist Titus Kaphar…

Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America

Sculptor Edmonia Lewis Shattered Gender and Race Expectations in 19th-Century America

As the orphaned child of a black father and a Native-American mother, Lewis rewrote the 19th-century definition of sculptor Kidnapped, beaten and left to die, Edmonia Lewis, a talented artist with both African and Native-American ancestry, refused to abandon her…

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