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Trails Museum alters course on African-American art

A Saturday morning workshop at the National Frontier Trails Museum aimed to teach children the importance of Black History Month while making art.

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Black History Month celebration features noted artist: Global Village

David Driskell, an artist and world-renowned scholar of African-American art, will help celebrate Black History Month with an appearance Feb. 22 in Cleveland. Read more in the Global Village column.

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Groundbreaking Ceremony Date Set for Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture

WASHINGTON , Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WHAT: Groundbreaking ceremony for the National Museum of African American History and Culture     WHEN: Wednesday, Feb. 22   All press must arrive by 9 a.m.; ...

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African museum art featured at Hackensack library

Hackensack's Johnson Public Library will highlight the annual February celebration of African-American History Month by offering a presentation on African art on Feb. 27.

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MutualArt: Owens' Anthology Spotlights African-American Art

Clifford Owens: Anthology (score by Saya Woolfalk). Performance still, August 2011. While recently exploring the bold/often controversial/always original genre of performance art , we came across artist Clifford Owens , who has burst onto the contemporary art scene this year in a big way: The 40-year-old is enjoying his first New York museum exhibition at MoMA PS1.

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