Art

'That is our job in theatre – I'm gonna make you love me!' Noma Dumezweni meets Harriet Walter

The stars of stage and screen chat about playing witches, seeing ghosts and stepping into another legend’s shoesThey have enjoyed huge success on TV with The Undoing and Killing Eve, respectively, but Noma Dumezweni and Harriet Walter started out on stage. They met in 1999, when Dumezweni played a witch and understudied Walter as Lady Macbeth for the Royal Shakespeare Company. The pair caught up to discuss Dumezweni’s role as Hermione Granger in Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, theatre ghosts ...
Tags: Television, Film, Theatre, Culture, Stage, Broadway, Harry Potter, Royal Shakespeare Company, Black Lives Matter, Walter, Noma Dumezweni, Hermione Granger, Noma, Lady Macbeth, Harriet Walter, Dumezweni

These Classical Music Organizations Have Always Been Focused On Racial Equity

The long-overdue work that larger institutions have started on in the wake of last summer’s Black Lives Matter protests has been the day-in-day-out project of some other groups. Joshua Barone talked to people at seven of them — among them the Sphinx Organization, Imani Winds, and Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra — about what they do and what advice they’d give the wider classical industry. – The New York Times
Tags: Art, Music, Black Lives Matter, Joshua Barone, 01.27.21

Seattle Theatre Leaders Help The Arts World Understand How To Go Far Beyond Lip Service To Anti-Racist Changes

Theatre leaders met in May to hash out a response to the Black Lives Matter protests and the extrajudicial killings of George Floyd and other unarmed Black people. “They were beginning a process to overhaul the entire ecology of their field, at every level — casting, staffing, fundraising, boards, tech crews, audiences, everything — and inject anti-racism into its DNA. … If this broad coalition of theater makers effectively transforms one part of the arts world in one city, it might just set a ...
Tags: Art, Theatre, America, Seattle, Black Lives Matter, George Floyd, 12.19.20

Virtually Visit Black Lives Matter Street Art

One enduring element of social movements is street art. Stories are told, lives are honored, and activism promoted through murals and graffiti. In recent months (and years), anti-racist protesters have produced a large swath of street art on walls and sidewalks across the country, and you can now visit many of those…Read more...
Tags: Art, Protests, Lifehacks, Street Art, Black Lives Matter, Covid 19, Anti Racism

A New Digital Archive Preserves Black Lives Matter & COVID-19 Street Art

What happens when anti-racist protesters gather in the streets and are not met with tear gas, rubber bullets, and batons? For one thing, they make art and graffiti. Lots of it, on walls, streets, sidewalks, courthouse doors, the plywood of boarded-up windows, wherever. Public activist art serves not only as a memorial for victims of state oppression, but as a way to imagine what the future needs and visually occupy the space to make it happen. In the intertwining “mutual relations of the politi...
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At Least One London Theatre Has Kept Busy Throughout The Pandemic

“The Bush Theatre in London [has] produced a series of timely Monday Monologues online, curated The Protest series of digital pieces inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement and posted a number of Master Classes. It even became one of the first theatres in London to reopen its building — not for regular theatre performances, but for socially distanced community programs. … At the helm of it all is Lynette Linton, the young writer-director who took reins at the Bush just last year.” (podcast ...
Tags: Art, London, Theatre, Black Lives Matter, Audience, Bush, 08.18.20, Lynette Linton

Can you tell whether it's elevating and not racist to compare Black Lives Matter artists to cavemen?

I'm trying to read "New York’s Sidewalk Prophets Are Heirs of the Lascaux Cave Artisans/What street art adorning boarded-up storefronts tells us about our shared political realities and the ways our stories are connected. A critic’s tour deciphers the signs and symbols" in the New York Times.Maybe to answer my question you need to know more about the racial identification of the writer, whose name is Seph Rodney. I'm just going to give you a sample of the prose:What became apparent to me is that...
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Seattle Children’s Museum In Turmoil Over Black Lives Matter Post

Staff posted to social media but the museum’s director later deleted “Black Lives Matter” from the posts. Some museum staff went on strike, and then were laid off. – The New York Times
Tags: Art, Black Lives Matter, Visual, 08.04.20

The Strange New Life Of Objects In The Coronavirus Era

There are the familiar objects that suddenly seem to glow with importance – toilet paper rolls, Lysol wipes – and then there are the new objects: the to-go cocktail pouch, the ultra-large Burger King social distance crown, the virus piñata to hit and kill, and, of course, Black Lives Matter facemasks. – The New York Times
Tags: Art, Black Lives Matter, Burger King, Visual, 08.01.20

The art of the virtual experience

The live magic may be gone, but the National Arts Festival showcases some exhilarating work The post The art of the virtual experience appeared first on The Mail & Guardian.
Tags: Comedy, Theatre, Dance, Friday, Black Lives Matter, Eastern Cape, Cyril Ramaphosa, Top Six, South Africa (country, Makhanda, COVID-19, National Arts Festival, National Lockdown, Jefferson Tshabalala, Leila Anderson, Lulu Prudence Mlangeni

Bubbling Brown Sugar

It is true that historically the American musical theatre has been dominated by white artists and white stories. There have been a couple of periods of increased activity and evolution in the black musical, in the 1910s and 20s, and again in the early 1970s, but only recently have black artists and stories taken a more active, more visible role in moving our art form forward.New Line has produced Passing Strange but no other explicitly black musicals. We are proud that our casts are always dive...
Tags: New York, Musicals, Theatre, America, History, Chicago, New York Times, Amsterdam, Broadway, African American, New Orleans, Savion Glover, Theater, Buffalo, Alice Walker, Black Lives Matter

Photos: Artists spread anti-racism message on boarded-up storefronts

Artists and businesses have found a canvas for artwork and social justice murals, inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, on boarded-up storefronts. People pass a mural in support of the Black Lives Matter movement on a boarded up building on Spring Street in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 10, 2020. The Starbucks Coffee was looted last month as demonstrators protested police brutality and George Floyd’s death. (Photo by Sarah Reingewirtz, Los Angeles Daily News/SCNG) A man looks at ar...
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When Luxury Stores Decorate Their Riot Barricades With Protest Art

Upscale companies have been commissioning art for their boarded-up stores in response to the Black Lives Matter protests. The efforts ring hollow.
Tags: Art, News, New York City, Black People, Police Brutality, Black Lives Matter, Graffiti, Black Lives Matter Movement, Murals, Misconduct and Shootings, Shutdowns (Institutional, Looting (Crime, George Floyd Protests (2020

When Luxury Brands Pretend That ‘Protest Art’ Is Enough

Upscale companies have been commissioning art for their boarded-up stores in response to the Black Lives Matter protests. The efforts ring hollow.
Tags: Art, News, New York City, Black People, Police Brutality, Black Lives Matter, Graffiti, Black Lives Matter Movement, Murals, Misconduct and Shootings, Shutdowns (Institutional, Looting (Crime, George Floyd Protests (2020

Museums Are Finally Taking a Stand. But Can They Find Their Footing?

As cultural institutions scramble to declare their support for Black Lives Matter, their gestures have felt both self-aggrandizing and too little too late.
Tags: Art, News, Museums, Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter Movement, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Race and Ethnicity, Culture (Arts, Jafa, Arthur (1960-, George Floyd Protests (2020

SLAVE PLAY Creative Team and Producers Donate $10,000 to National Bailout Fund

The creative team and producers of Slave Play have released a statement, standing in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. They have also donated 10,000 to the National Bailout Fund, and are encouraging others in the community to do the same. [Author: BWW News Desk]
Tags: Theatre, Black Lives Matter, BWW News Desk, National Bailout Fund

Warner Music Group Pledges $100 Million To Support Social Justice Groups

The fund comes amid backlash against entertainment companies that have shared messages of support for the Black Lives Matter movement on social media, without putting actions behind their words. – Los Angeles Times
Tags: Art, Music, Black Lives Matter, Warner Music Group, 06.03.20

Adobe celebrates International Women’s Day with 16 global female artists

Adobe celebrates International Women’s Day with 16 global female artists AoiroStudioMar 08, 2019 Today is the day to celebrate International Women's Day and our friends from Adobe decided to feature 16 global female artists who embody the spirit of the holiday by uplifting and empowering women with their work. We have featured a few below and you can check out the entire list on Adobe blog. If you wanna learn more about the movement #BalanceforBetter, check ...
Tags: Design, Adobe, Black Lives Matter, McCulloch, Paola Mathé, Everyday Black America, Danielle Villasana, Fanm Djanm, Latin America Sheila Pree Bright A, Anna O Brien

Here’s How You Remake A Classic Opera To Make It Politically Relevant Today

“The original “Fidelio” took place in 18th-century Spain and explored the vindictive nature of a tyrannical prison governor. Heartbeat Opera’s rendition takes place in modern-day America where an African-American woman named Leah disguises herself as a correctional officer named Lee. She goes to work at a prison where her husband, Stan, is being held in abysmal conditions by a vengeful warden for being a Black Lives Matter activist. – Columbia Spectator
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Artist Lauren Woods explores allegations of police violence against African Americans at Cal State Long Beach’s art museum

Turntables in Lauren Woods’ American MONUMENT interactive sound installation are used to play recordings of different circumstances under which African-Americans have lost their lives to police brutality on display at the University Art Museum at Cal State University Long Beach on Sunday, September 16, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Lauren Woods’ interactive sound installation, American MONUMENT, on display at the University Art Museum at Cal State University Long ...
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Artist Lauren Woods explores allegations of police violence against African Americans at Long Beach State’s art museum

Turntables in Lauren Woods’ American MONUMENT interactive sound installation are used to play recordings of different circumstances under which African-Americans have lost their lives to police brutality on display at the University Art Museum at Cal State University Long Beach on Sunday, September 16, 2018. (Photo by Drew A. Kelley, Contributing Photographer) Lauren Woods’ interactive sound installation, American MONUMENT, on display at the University Art Museum at Cal State University Long ...
Tags: Art, Florida, New York, News, Sport, Things To Do, Soccer, Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman, Higher Education, Long Beach, Dallas, Mike Brown, Department Of Justice, Local News, St Louis

James Baldwin's Nearly Forgotten Final Book (Whose Time May Now Have Come)

"Arguably no single work by Baldwin is as connected to the issues animating Black Lives Matter as his final nonfiction book, The Evidence of Things Not Seen (1985), but the work was written long after Baldwin had lost the public's affection. ... Written in response to what came to be known as the Atlanta child […]
Tags: Art, Atlanta, Words, Black Lives Matter, James Baldwin, Baldwin, 05.14.18

Movie Industry Turns To The Patron Martyr Of The Black Lives Matter Movement

Sixty-one years after the night 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched, “the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement and the string of controversial killings of black men by the police have given new impetus to efforts to film the story of Till, with at least three screen adaptations in the works.”
Tags: Art, Media, Black Lives Matter, Emmett Till