Archive for the 'Art' Category
• June 18, 2013 •
5 Comments
Posted in Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Health, Joni Mitchell, Joni Mitchell, Love, Music, Race, Sexuality, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: "Free Man in Paris", African Americans, Alanis Morissette, Album Covers, Ambrose Akinmusire, Art, Artist, Big Sleep, Blacks, Brian Blade, Canada, Canadians, Chuck Mitchell, Don Alias, Folk Music, Growing Up, Humphrey Bogart, Jann Wenner, Jian Ghomeshi, Joni, Joni Mitchell, Los Angeles, Luminato, Mark Gaillard, Marvin Gaye, Residents, Roberta Anderson, Slim Gaillard, The Seventies, The Sixties
• June 10, 2013 •
Comments Off on It’s Maurice Sendak’s Birthday! Google Doodles a Tribute to An American Illustrator and His Beloved Children’s Books
Posted in Animals, Art, Books, Class, Cultural History, Love, Maurice Sendak
Tags: Children, Children's Books, Doodle, Google, Growing Up, Gumby, In the Night Kitchen, Lauren Davis, Maurice Sendak, New Zealand, United States, Where the Wild Things Are
• April 12, 2013 •
Comments Off on Princess Caroline is a Grandmother; Andrea Casiraghi and Tatiana Santo Domingo Welcome a Son to the House of Grimaldi
Posted in Art, Celebrities/Royals, Class, European History, Gossip, Health, Pregnancy/Pre-Natal Issues, Sexuality, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Rest of the World, Women
Tags: Andrea Casiraghi, Brazil, Caroline Princess of Hanover, Charlene Princess of Monaco, Charlotte Casiraghi, Columbia, Ethical Fashion, Fashion Sustainability, Hossein Alikhani, House of Grimaldi, Julio Mario Santo Domingo, Media Heiress, Monaco, Muzungu Sisters, Princess Caroline, Rio de Janeiro BRAZIL, Santo Domingo, Tatiana Santo Domingo, Vera Rechulski
• October 16, 2011 •
Comments Off on On The Dedication of The King Memorial in Washington, D.C.
Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Art, Black People, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Homelessness, Joblessness, Journalism and Ethics, Love, National Issues, Protestant Denominations, Public Intellectualism, Race, Religion, Spirituality, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "I Have a Dream" Speech, Africa, African Americans, Aretha Franklin, Blacks, Call and Response, China, Civil Rights Activists, Drum Major, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Georgia, Homeless, King, Lei Yixin, Mao Anqing, Martin Luther King, Maya Angelou, Memorial, Monument, Nobel Peace Prize, Philosophy, Poverty, Prisoners, Robert Pierre, Stevie Wonder, Sweet Auburn, The King Memorial, Tiananmen Square, United States, Vietnam
• October 11, 2011 •
Comments Off on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon” Strikes Again: Yo Gabba Gabba Stars Do “We’re Gonna Party Today!” with Some Help from DJ Lance Rock, Bootsy Collins, Biz Markie and The Roots
Posted in Art, Black People, Bootsy and Catfish Collins, Celebrities/Royals, Children's Shows, Class, Education, Late Night TV, Love, Music, Television, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Music is Awesome Vol. 3", "Pillow Talk", African Americans, Biz Markie, Black Women, Bootsy Collins, Brobee, Children, Children's Songs, Children's Television, Children's TV, Christian Jacobs, DJ Lance Rock, Elijah Wood, Erykah Badu, Foofa, Growing Up, Jimmy Fallon, Lance Robertson, Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, Mark Mothersbaugh, Muno, Nick, Nick Jr., Nickelodeon, Plex, Scott Schultz, Soul, Sugar Hill Records, Sugarhill Gang, Sylvia, Sylvia Robinson, The Seventies, Ting Tings, Toodee, William "Bootsy" Collins, Yo Gabba Gabba
• September 14, 2010 •
3 Comments
Posted in African American History, Art, Big Beautiful Women, Black People, Class, Cultural History, Education, Love, Race, Varnette Honeywood, Women
Tags: "The Cosby Show", African American, African American Art, African Americans, Art, Artist, Bill Cosby, Black Art, Black Women, Blacks, California, Delta Sigma Theta, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Los Angeles, Los Angeles CA, Love, Marriage, Originals, Southern California, Terry McMillan, The Eighties, The Huxtables, The Nineties, Tulane University, United States, Varnette Honeywood, Varnette P. Honeywood
• September 6, 2010 •
Comments Off on Buddhist Altars I Have Made
Posted in American History, Art, Class, Cultural History, Django Reinhardt, Love, Music, SGI Nichiren Buddhism
Tags: Architecture, Berklee College of Music, Building Arts, Butsudan, Cabinetry, Creativity, Difference, Django Reinhardt, Japanese Buddhism, Joel Bitton, Mahayana Buddhism, Medford MA, Morning Sun, Nakayama Butsudans, SGI, SGI Buddhism, SGI Buddhists, SGI-USA, Shrine, Woodworking
• July 20, 2010 •
Comments Off on “The Radiant Child” Basquiat Documentary to Open in 25 Cities, Including…Milwaukee
Posted in African American History, Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Cultural History, Documentary, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Spirituality, Wisconsin
Tags: "Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child", "The Radiant Child", African Americans, Artist, August, Basquiat, Biracial, Black Harvest Film Festival, Blacks, Chicago IL, Documentaries, Documentary, Fame, Famous, Gene Siskel Film Center, Haiti, Haitian American, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Marketing, Milwaukee WI, October, Packaging, The Eighties
• March 2, 2010 •
2 Comments
Posted in Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Documentary, Film, Haiti, Haitians/Francophone Caribbean, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Love, People of Color, Puerto Ricans, Race, Spirituality, The Rest of the World
Tags: African American, Andy Warhol, Blacks, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn NY, Director, Dope, Growing Up, Haitian American, Heroin, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Julian Schnabel, Latinos, Music Video, Music Videos, New York, Nominee, OD, Portoriqueña, Portoriqueño, Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, Sundance Film Festival, Tamra Davis, The Eighties, Voodoo, Voodou
• January 9, 2010 •
Comments Off on Art Clokey, Creator of Gumby and Pokey, Dies at 88
Posted in Art, Art Clokey, Children's Shows, Clay Animation, Documentaries, Film, History, Love, Memoir, Religion, Science, Television
Tags: "Black Bart", "Gumbasia", "Gumby Dharma", "Mandala", "The Adventures of Gumby", Art Clokey, Clay Animation, Clokey, ComicCon 2009, Dallas McKinnon, Davey and Goliath, Eddie Murphy, Fourth Street, Gender, Ginny Tyler, Google, Gumby, Gumbyana, Joseph Clokey, Kinesthetic Film Principles, Matt Groening, Nancy Wible, Native American, Norma McMillan, Pokey, Raceless, Robina Marchesi, Ruth Clokey, San Rafael CA, Slavko Vorkapich, Southern California, Stop Motion Clay Animation, The Eighties, The Nineties, The San Rafael Art Center, The Sixties, The Sundance Channel, You Tube, Zen Buddhism
• January 4, 2010 •
Comments Off on Raw Tiger on February 2009 Cover of “Vanity Fair” w/Update
Posted in Art, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Fashion, Journalism and Ethics, Mental Health/Psychology, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, Sports, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "Oz", "Vanity Fair", Annie Leibovitz, Boxing, Cover Photo, Eldrick Woods, Half-Naked, Insurance Policy, Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jumpoffs, Miss America 1984, Naked, Raw, Sex, Sex Scandal, Shirtless, Sport, Sports, SUV, Suzette Charles, Thug, Tiger Woods, Vanessa Williams, Womanist Musings
• December 31, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Art, Commercials, Film, History, Television, Warner Bros. Cartoons
Tags: Arthur Q. Bryan, Billy West, Bugs Bunny, Commercials, Elmer Fudd, Elmer J. Fudd, GEICO, Golden Age of Warner Bros. Cartoons, Greg Burson, Hunter, Mad City, Mel Blanc, Old Grey Hare, Pronunciation, Rabbits, Rs, Slurring Speech, Speech Impediment, Tweety Bird, Wabbits, Warner Bros., Ws
• November 3, 2009 •
2 Comments
Posted in Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Education, Fashion, Film, Health, Love, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Music, New Orleans, People of Color, Race, Sexuality, The Jackson 5/Michael Jackson, The Rest of the World
Tags: "Blazing Saddles", "Dancing Is a Man's Game", "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral", "Rawhide", "The King of Pop", "This is It", "This Is It" Soundtrack, Band, Dancers, Frankie Laine, Gene Kelly, Joan Crawford, Junior High, Michael Jackson, Michael Joseph Jackson, Otis Redding, Race, Rehearsals, San Carlos CA, Sex, Sexuality, Singers, The Circle Star Theatre, The Esquires, The Fantastic Johnny C, The Staples Center, Tribute, Uncritical Audience
• October 18, 2009 •
Comments Off on He Lied, He Covered Up, He Stole…But It’s Shepard Fairey
Posted in American Politics, Art, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Crime, Public Intellectualism
Tags: Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz, Appropriation, Boston, Boston MA, Charles Moore, Copyright Law, CREAM, Fair Use, Freelance Photographer, Graffiti Artist, Jeff Koons, Larry Lessig, Lying, Mannie Garcia, Media, Money, Photography, Shepard Fairey, Steelerbaby, The Associated Press
• October 6, 2009 •
1 Comment
Posted in Art, Celebrities/Royals, Education, Music, The Beatles
Tags: "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today", "Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds", "Puff the Magic Dragon", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club", Altered Consciousness, Cynthia Lennon, Derek Taylor, Epilepsy, Hallucinatory Drugs, John Lennon, Julian Lennon, Kaleidoscope Eyes, King's Lynn, Lewis Carroll, Lucy, Lucy O'Donnell, Lucy O'Donnell Vodden, Lucy Vodden, Lupus, Michael O'Donnell, Migraines, Psoriasis, Psychedelics, Ross Vodden, The Beatles, Vodden
• July 18, 2009 •
Comments Off on Why Do Black People Care About the Burr Oak Cemetery Tragedy?
Posted in Art, Black People, Class, History, Hurricanes, Love, Memoir, Religion
Tags: African American, African Americans, Alsip IL, Beth Shalom B'nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation, Black Jews, Blacks, Bones, Buddy Bolden, Burial Culture, Burr Oak Cemetery, Charles "Buddy" Bolden, Chicago IL, Cook County, Delgado Community College, DNA, Funeral Decorations, Grave Markers, Graves, Grief, Headstones, Holt Cemetery, Hurricane Katrina, Jewish Law, Madison WI, Martin Luther King Jr., Metairie, New Orleans, New Orleans LA, New York City, Orleans Parish, Potter's Field, Rabbi Capers Funnye, Reburials, Robert Charles Riots, The African Burial Ground, The Graveyard Rabbit of the Quad Cities, Wall Street
• July 16, 2009 •
5 Comments
Posted in Andy Warhol, Art, Crime, Gossip, Health, Memoir, Mental Health/Psychology, Michael Jackson, Music
Tags: "Off the Wall", "The Daily Mirror", "Thriller", Chi-Lites, Constables on Patrol, Diprivan, Dr. Conrad Murray, Frank DiLeo, Gambino Family, Ian Halperin, Joe Jackson, LAPD, Las Vegas, LaToya Jackson, Marshall Thompson, Michael Jackson, New York, O.J. Simpson, Propofol, Quack, The Jackson 5, The Jackson Five, The Network, The Vired Gallery, Tito Jackson, TMZ.com
• May 5, 2009 •
3 Comments
Posted in Art, Books, History, Paul Gauguin, Vincent Van Gogh
Tags: Art, Hans Kaufmann, Impressionism, Madness, Paul Gauguin, Post-Impressionism, Rita Wildegans, The Guardian, Van Gogh's Ear: Paul Gauguin and the Pact of Silence, Vincent Van Gogh
• April 28, 2009 •
4 Comments
Posted in Art, Black People, Ernie Barnes, Varnette Honeywood
Tags: "A Life Restored", "From Pads to Palettes", "Good Times", "I Want You", "The Bench", "The Cosby Show", Arts, Baltimore Colts, Bullying, Denver Broncos, Ernie Barnes, Football, J. J. Evans, Jimmy "J-J" Walker, Kanye West, Marvin Gaye, Michelangelo, Raphael, San Diego Chargers, Sports, Sports Art, The Haight, The Seventies, Varnette Honeywood, Visual Arts
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