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If you're ever wondering what Black Artist Forward is doing in the community, you've found the right spot. Learn more about our current work in the community, and upcoming events and projects here.

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History

Alvin Ailey's Flowers

Alvin Ailey's story is one of resilience, creativity, and the transformative power of art.

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History

Selma Burke's Flowers

At seven years old she dug her small mahogany hands into the soft clay at the riverbed. "It was there [...] that I discovered me,"

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Sep 182 min read

Advocacy

Where are the black artists?

I can tell you from memory about Vincent van Gogh's life as most school children can. I can't tell you anything about Mark Bradford...

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