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[1] [2] It was originally a one-week long summer festival which was held biennially starting in 1998. [1] It was started after the Fulton County Arts Council (in Atlanta, Georgia) commissioned a study to explore the feasibility of creating a festival dedicated to celebrating the work of artists of African descent. With Fulton County government ...
Atlanta also hosts one of the largest free jazz festivals in the country, the Atlanta Jazz Festival. [6] In 2017, the Atlanta Jazz Festival will celebrate its 40th year and include 40 Days of Jazz leading up to the Memorial Day weekend event that takes place in Piedmont Park.
William Sidney Arnett (May 10, 1939 – August 12, 2020) [1] was an Atlanta-based writer, editor, curator and art collector who built internationally important collections of African, Asian, and African American art.
In 2017, he moved to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Nzewi has curated the Nigerian Afrika Heritage Biennial three times, the Dak'Art biennial in 2014, and independent exhibitions at Atlanta's High Museum of Art and New York's Richard Taittinger Gallery. Nzewi also exhibited internationally as an artist and artist-in-resident.
An example of an African American museum: The Dr. Carter G. Woodson African American History Museum. Woodson was the founder of Black History Month, and a noted educator. This is a list of museums in the United States whose primary focus is on African American culture and history. Such museums are commonly known as African American museums ...
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First African-American man to receive an Oscar: James Baskett (Honorary Academy Award for his portrayal of "Uncle Remus" in Song of the South, 1946) [22] (See also: Sidney Poitier, 1964) First African-American composer to have an opera performed by a major U.S. company: William Grant Still (Troubled Island, New York City Opera) [23]
The Milwaukee African Cultural Festival was held July 6 at Brown Deer Park and embraces diversity through music, food, clothing and more.