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The second part of a three part series on the artist Robert S. Duncanson.

Half of this episode covers the Cincinnati riots of 1841, but because this is the year that Duncanson arrived in Cincinnati, it's good to have context of the social climate that he was stepping into at the start of his artistic career. 

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Sources:

· Bearden, Romare and Henderson, Harry, A History of African-American Artists: From 1792 to the Present, Pantheon, 1993

· Crowfoot, Silas, “Community Development for a White City; Race Making, Improvementism and the Cincinnati Race Riots and Anti-Abolition Riots of 1829, 1836 and 1841.” PDX Scholar (2010)

· https://www.theclio.com/entry/13933

· https://walnuthillsstories.org/stories/riots-of-1841/

· https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45364/the-lotos-eaters

· https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1827&context=etd

I decided to really dig in and give you as much as I could, without going down a rabbit hole. So, unlike the other artists on this podcast, I’ve broken Robert S. Duncanson’s story into three parts. In this one, of course, I'll cover his earliest years – Please note, though, that I won’t go too early because there’s not a lot of information on his childhood.

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Sources:

· A History of African – American Artists: From 1792 – to the Present, by Romare Bearden and Harry Henderson, pp. 19-39

· Hamilton County Officials, January 27, 2016 PDF document

· Mount Healthy Historical Society: http://www.mthealthyhistory.org/history.html

· “For the Liberation of Black People Everywhere: The African Blood Brotherhood, Black Radicalism and Pan African Liberation in the New Negro Movement, 1917 - 1936

Usually, we only talk about visual artists on this podcast however, I wanted to cover Hughes because of his prominence in the Harlem Renaissance and his inspiration to writers, poets, actors and artists in our community.  And today is his birthday! February 01, 1902.

Here's the link to our film's crowdfunding campaign for "Two Three" by clicking here.

Sources:

Langston Hughes (1940). The Big Sea. p. 36. ISBN 0-8262-1410-X.

https://www.biography.com/writer/langston-hughes

Rampersad, Arnold (2002). The Life of Langston Hughes: Volume II: 1941-1967, I Dream a World. Oxford University Press. p. 85. ISBN 978-0-19-988227-4.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/06/06/AR2008060604509.html?nav=rss_email/components

https://www2.oberlin.edu/external/EOG/OYTT-images/JMLangston.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Coussey

"I try to work toward peace, to say that art is the meaning of love, that living on earth is a spiritual quest." -Louis Delsarte (Painter, draftsman, muralist, printmaker and poet)

This is Part II of the two part series on David C. Driskell. I’ve listed my sources for the last two episodes below.

Also, when you get a chance, watch the HBO documentary titled, “Black Art: In the Absence of Light.” It’s based upon one of Driskell’s major exhibitions he organized and curated.

Sources:

We're breaking from our usual format this time. This is the first part of a two part series on the life and work of David C. Driskell. Driskell has done so much that there was no way I could feel comfortable cramming it into a single episode. 

Excerpt:

His student, Mary O’Neal, who later became a distinguished fine artist, but was only then a student and the girlfriend of Stokely Carmichael, told Driskell that he was teaching the course in cultural disguise – meaning it was not just art history but a very passionate kind of civil rights art course. She called it an action course. It focused on topics of where one had to prove that he or she had something to give in society and in art.

This episode is a little different. I consider it a "pre-episode" episode. It's more like an introduction into the work of David Driskell, the artist I'll be covering next on The Whole Art Nebula. In this, I discuss his work titled, "Jazz Singer (Lady of Leisure, Fox)" with my good friend ElleBeah.

This is just a portion of a longer conversation. I've given access of the entire conversation to Patreon members at the Oasis level as in incentive to support our brand new art history podcast. To visit our Patreon page, go to, https://www.patreon.com/thewholeartnebula. Otherwise, please enjoy.

Warning: This episode may cause laughter.

Clark, in his lifetime, has received many awards, his work has been exhibited all over the world and is part of collections in several art institutions and museums. He guarded his private thoughts on worldviews and his background from unwelcomed intruders, allowing his work and innovation to speak for itself.

Sculptor and arts activist, Frank J. Brown, had a big presence in the St. Paul art scene, lending his voice and talent to the discussion of the plight and future of humanity and African American people.

Brown’s sculptures can be found in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Southern Illinois University and the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City.

Emma Amos was a woman who found her voice in the art world - constantly pushing and batting at the resistance of male dominance and racial exclusion - then, blurring the lines of fine art and traditional craft.

Oh yeah, and W.E.B. DuBois used to pop up at her parents' house from time to time.