Playing to Win – Aziza Gibson-Hunter

National and International News and Events. This lists the news for the National and International events and articles.  The events are listed first by the end date of the event.  These will be added before the event starts and deleted when the event is over.  The news items will remain as long as they are relevant and will be remove after one year.  An archive of the News items over one year old will be kept separately.  The designation NEW! will remain on an item line for 30 days and each line has the date the event or article was posted.


National News


  • (Posted 3/9/2020) PER(SISTER) EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTS THE STORIES OF INCARCERATED WOMEN IN LOUISIANA THROUGH ART AND SOUND ; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 2/13/2020) UNLIKELY JOURNAL FOR CREATIVE ARTS ANNOUNCES OPEN SUBMISSIONS ISSUES 6 AND 7; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 12/26/2019) CHICAGO NONPROFIT WILL AWARD $900,000 TO ARTISTS OF COLOR; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 12/26/2019) MUSEUM OF MODERN ART; A FULL GALLERY DEVOTED TO THE WORK OF GORDON PARKS; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 12/26/2019) LATEST NEWS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN ART TOM FINKELPEARL ABRUPTLY DEPARTS NYC CULTURAL AFFAIRS KAMBUI OLUJIMI AT LINCOLN CENTER PROSPECT NEW ORLEANS; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 12/26/2019) MOMA’S HEADY INTRODUCTION TO BETYE SAAR, “THE CONSCIENCE OF THE ART WORLD”; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 11/6/2019) BRITISH MUSEUM IS WORLDS LARGEST RECEIVER OF STOLEN GOODS SAYS; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 10/2/2019) THE BEAUTY AND BURDEN OF BEING A NIGERIAN BRIDE; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/18/2019) WANGECHI MUTU ADORNS THE MET MUSEUMS FAÇADE WITH IMAGES OF AFRICAN QUEENDOM; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) HOW KENYAN BORN ARTIST WANGECHI MUTU IS TAKING OVER THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART SCULPTURES; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) A NEW DEFINITION OF “MUSEUM” SPARKS INTERNATIONAL DEBATE; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) THE ARTIST WASN’T PRESENT; ON MoMA’S FUMBLED FIRST SHOWING OF BLACK AMERICAN ART; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) CALL AND RESPONSE POETICS VISUALITY AND ARTIST WRITERS ON THE ARCHIVE; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) WADSWORTH JARRELL, AT KAVI GUPTA CHICAGO; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) POPE L INSTIGATION ASPIRATION PERSPIRATION; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) AMY SHERALD WORKED WITH MURAL ARTS PHILADELPHIA ON AN AMAZING SIX STORY PORTRAIT THAT CELEBRATES YOUNG BLACK WOMEN; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) THE CONSISTENCY IN HOWARDENA PINDELLS ART AND DEFIANCE; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/1/2019) ALICIA KEYS SWIZZ BEATZ SNAP UP WORK FROM SOUGHT AFTER ARTIST; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 8/9/2019) The art world has its eyes fixed on the Whitney Museum after new evidence—courtesy Forensic Architecture—surfaced regarding one of the weapons manufacturers partially owned by Whitney Vice Chair; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 8/16/2019) THE LA ARTISTS WHO ADVANCED BLACK STORIES THROUGH ART-MAKING; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 8/16/2019) Swizz Beatz and Alicia Keys Are Opening an Art and Music Center in Upstate New York to Build a ‘Global Creative Community’; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) NATASHA L-LOGAN APPOINTED DEPUTY DIRECTOR AT CREATIVE TIME THE PUBLIC ARTS NONPROFIT IN NEW YORK CITY; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) COURTNEY J MARTIN APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART AN OPPORTUNITY THE YALE ALUM CALLED TOO GOOD TO PASS UP; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) TENNESSEE TRIENNIAL CURATORS LAUREN HAYNES TEKA SELMAN; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) MARY SCHMIDT CAMPBELL JOINED THE BOARD OF THE GETTY TRUST IN LOS ANGELES; VIEW MORE INFO


International News

  • NEW! (Posted 8/13/2020) ART AND ARTISTS BAND TOGETHER TO RAISE BEIRUT FROM THE RUBBLE; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 9/18/2019) ROBIN RHODE IN JOHANNASBURG; VIEW MORE INFO
  • (Posted 9/1/2019) GET UP, STAND UP NOW, LONDON; VIEW MORE INFO
  • Posted 8/16/2019) THE LARGELY UNKNOWN HISTORY OF BLACKFACE IN CANADA; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 8/16/2019) David Koloane, Whose Art Was a Weapon Against Apartheid, Dies at 81; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 8/16/2019) In Paris, ‘Black Models’ Show Offers Essential Insights on Figures Excluded From Art History; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) BENIN RECEIVES 22.5 MILLION LOAN FROM FRANCE FOR NEW MUSEUM; VIEW MORE INFO

  • (Posted 7/17/2019) ON VIEW GET UP STAND UP NOW GENERATIONS OF BLACK CREATIVE PIONEERS AT SOMERSET HOUSE LONDON; VIEW MORE INFO