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Soul of a Nation @ The Brooklyn Museum

STOP! You need to take a day trip to the Brooklyn Museum and check out the Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power exhibition before February 3rd. There are over 150 works of art from Black American artists, like Barkley Hendricks and Emma Amos. This exhibition is two floors of soul, pain, joy, and pride that will feed your spirit in ways you will not understand right away. Now, stop reading this and go to the Brooklyn Museum ASAP!

Today's Black History Spotlight...

Palmer C. Hayden (January 15, 1890 – February 18, 1973) was an American painter who depicted African-American life, landscapes, seascapes, and African influences. He sketched, painted in both oils and watercolors, and was a prolific artist of his era.

THE COLOR OF ART

Murry DePillars: art spans themes from ancestral Africa, the period of American slavery, and more recent historical events including the Civil Rights Movement, as well as contemporary cultural traditions.

DePillars was a longtime member of AfriCOBRA (African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists) an organization with the mission to explore and define the Black visual aesthetic. DePillars, a longtime Richmond resident, passed away in 2008.

Some of his early works include detailed line drawings and imagery of civil rights episodes from the 1960s. The pivotal Aunt Jemima work transforms an image regarding Aunt Jemima on the pancake and waffle package, but also commemorates the protest by John Carlos and Tommy Smith at the Mexico City Olympics.

The stars behind the Aunt Jemima, upon closer inspection, are police badges.  Mrs. Mary DePillars, DePillars’ wife, explained that the art was created following the violent summer of 1968, and the badge symbols were a direct response to the raid of the Black Panther headquarters.