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Government of Canada supports Wildseed Centre for Art & Activism in Toronto

Parliamentary Secretary Madeleine Chenette announces funding for the Wildseed Centre for Art & Activism in Toronto. TORONTO, Sept.…
#Canada #Toronto #activism #Blackartists #CanadianIdentity #culturalspaces #MadeleineChenette #ParliamentarySecretary #Wildseed
https://www.europesays.com/canada/203539/

"Untitled," Minnie Evans, 1959.

Evans (1892-1987) was a self-taught Black folk artist who didn't begin drawing until she was in her 40s, working at the ticket booth at Airlie Gardens in Wilmington, NC.

Inspired by her inner visions, her religious faith, her regard for her ancestors, and her surroundings, she created many intricate images of faces amid flowers and foliage. The faces could be her ancestors, or her version of spiritual guides, or something else altogether.

She once said that her flower paintings were her vision of heaven, dismissing the idea of heaven as white and full of clouds, but instead a joyous garden of rainbow colors.

Her work, which began in the 40s, was in many ways a forerunner to psychedelic art of the 60s and 70s; this would not have been out of place on the wall of a hippie's flat.

From the American Folk Art Museum, New York.

#Art #MinnieEvans #OutsiderArt #VisionaryArt #BlackArtists #WomenArtists #BlackHistory #WomensHistory #AmericanArt #FlowerFriday

#WMPG honors #BlackHistoryMonth

"WMPG recognizes Black History Month with special programming throughout the month of February, highlighting the voices, music, history, and lived experiences of Black artists, activists, and storytellers.

Tune in to hear programs that celebrate Black creativity and resilience across genres and generations, from music that shaped movements to conversations that deepen our understanding of the past and present."

Segments include:
#MarshaPJohnson, #RobertLewis, #EarthaKitt, #MalcomX, #AlvinAiley, #BobGreen, #ChadwickBoseman, #DukeEllington, #LewisLatimer, #AudreLord, #ATribeCalledQuest, #OtisRedding, #NelsonMandela, #GarzaCullorsTometi, #LeslieOdomJr, #NinaSimone, #AudraMcDonald #BelHooks, #Beyonce, #FlorencePrice, #JamesBaldwin, #MuhammadAli, #ScottJoplin, #GraceVenuzaRogers, #BobTheDragQueen, #GordonParks, #KobeBryant, #WEBDubois, #BarackObama, #AudreLorde, #Lizzo, #KatherineJohnson, #ClaudetteColvin, #RhiannonGiddens, #TaranaBurke, #TeresaKachindamoto, #ShirleyChisholm, #ThurgoodMarshall, #HarrietTubman, #JohnBrownRusswurm, #StevieWonder, #LeadBelly, #MaryMcleodBethune, #ShirleyChisolm, #LeonardCummings, #MaeJemison, #BadBrains, #CornelWest, #MaconBollingAllen, #SpikeLee, #BeverlyGlennCopeland, #AngelaDavis, #SojournerTruth, #HankAaron, #BillieHoliday, #GeraldTalbot, #TrevorNoah, #JosephineBaker, #JackieRobinson, #ArethaFranklin, #ToniMorrison, #RobertLewis, #IndigoArts

Listen:
https://www.wmpg.org/wmpg-honors-black-history-month/

#BlackHistory #BlackArtists #BlackMusicians #BlackActivists #CommunityRadio #CollegeRadio

Are you #WhiteLikeMe & trying to do #Antiracism?
Take time this #4thOfJuly to ponder & grieve the excruciating loss to our nation that's *inevitable* now that #WhiteMediocrity has been legally bulwarked by this #CorruptSCOTUS

#BlackArtists #BlackDoctors #BlackLawyersMatter

Make a personal plan to support meaningful #Reparations in whatever way you can, whether local or federal

#Vote like People's lives depend on you, bc they do
:solidarity: :af: :iww: :better_pride:

Watch "Shut Up and Paint," a 20-min doc directed by artist Titus Kaphar: https://vimeo.com/779982589 #TitusKaphar #BlackFilmmakers #BlackArtists