Black Dolls Reflecting an Array of Cultural Ideas
Dolls may not seem like the most obvious items to exhibit at a world-class museum that showcases arts and culture. Yet, given deeper examination through... Read More
Ellen Levitt
Gateways Music Festival: A Feast for the Ears and the Eyes
“Hats Off” to the Gateways Festival for a rather enjoyable and enlightening Saturday, April 23rd, in the East Village of Manhattan. First the agenda was... Read More
Gateways Music Festival and African-American Classical Music
You can certainly “Take it to the Bank” if you asked the average person in the United States to name a classical music composer or... Read More
Comic Books, Cartooning, AfroFuturism and Women Cartoonists
Many of us regularly read syndicated cartoons online or in print publications. Others enjoyed reading comic books as youngsters and have done so later on... Read More
Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid
African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her... Read More
Faith Ringgold’s Retrospective Exhibit “American People”
What is North American art? Who are the North American People? There are many answers to these two questions — and more likely — curators,... Read More
Sun Ra and his Arkestra then (1992) and now (2022)
When the 2022 Afrofuturism series was announced by Carnegie Hall, I scrolled eagerly through the rather eclectic line-up of the festival. I was hoping it... Read More
AfroFuturist Period Room “almost woke” at the MET?
Reclaiming the Past While Being Future Forward The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a selection of what are called “period rooms.” As in many other... Read More