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Painting by Detroit artist Tylonn Sawyer is first work purchased from Black art acquisition fund for DIA

Painting by Detroit artist Tylonn Sawyer is first work purchased from Black art acquisition fund for DIA
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Detroit Institute of Arts receives gift of important work by artist Titus Kaphar

Detroit Institute of Arts receives gift of important work by artist Titus Kaphar Titus Kaphar, Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), 2009, oil on crumpled canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts. DETROIT, MICH .- Expanding the Detroit Institute of Arts collection of African American art, museum supporters Nancy and Sean Cotton have donated Nip Tuck (Portrait of Lillian Dandridge), a 2009 painting by award-winning artist Titus Kaphar, born in Kalamazoo, Mich. in 1976. The Cottons have loaned an additional nine works of art that will be on display beginning May 15, 2021. It s extremely generous of collectors Nancy and Sean Cotton to gift the DIA this powerful painting that uncovers hidden truths in American history, said Valerie Mercer, curator and head of the DIAs Center for African American Art. In that respect, it, along with nine loaned contemporary artworks by various Black artists represented in the Cotton s outstanding collection, refers to the theme of Black Lives

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So much more convenient : Monroe County Schools move registration online

Families have until June 16 to complete the registration process. Author: Taelore Hicks (WMAZ) Updated: 10:05 AM EDT April 25, 2021 MONROE COUNTY, Georgia If you live in Monroe County and are enrolling your child into the county school system, you can now register your child online instead of in-person. When a family joins our community, we invite them to come to our central office, bring an I.D. showing that they are who they say they are, and then we want to see two or three proofs of residency, Valerie Mercer said. Mercer is the Chief Technology Officer of the district, and she says this year, you will be able to do everything online.

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Beloved Detroit artist Charles McGee has died

Listen to this remembrance of Charles McGee. Detroit artist Charles McGee has died at the age of 96. His art spans a period of more than 75 years. McGee’s artwork is scattered across Detroit. His work includes huge murals, sculptures, paintings, and mixed-media. The sculpture United We Stand at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. Credit Lester Graham / Michigan Radio “Charles McGee was a well-loved artist certainly here in Detroit, said Valerie Mercer, curator of African American art at the Detroit Institute of Arts. He’s famous for his public art works as well as his paintings and he had had a very rich history here. His work is in various collections as well as in the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles Wright Museum.”

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A closer look at Robert Duncanson, the Black landscape artist behind the inaugural painting presented to the Bidens

A closer look at Robert Duncanson, the Black landscape artist behind the inaugural painting presented to the Bidens
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