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NMB (New Millennium Butch) by Peggie Miller (Peggie Miller, 2011)

Written by Carla on February 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

NMB (New Millennium Butch). Peggie Miller, with photographs by Akintola Hanif, Tamara Fleming, Paka Khan, and S.D. Nicholas, PMP Enterprise, 2011, $40.
There’s not a tremendous amount of information about this title, which appears to be self-published, but if you follow the link above you can read a bit more and purchase it online.

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UPDATED: Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot” (Temple, 2010)

Written by Carla on February 23, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot” has been selected for the 2011 Susan Koppelman Award for the Best Edited Volume in Women’s Studies published in 2010. Congratulations, Deb, and all the contributors!!
Black Venus 2010: They Called Her “Hottentot”. Edited by Deborah Willis. Temple University Press, 288p, ISBN 978-1-4399-0205-9, $34.95.
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Translating Place by Joy Gregory (Impressions Gallery, 2011)

Written by Carla on February 5, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Translating Place. Joy Gregory, Impressions Gallery, 2011, special exhibition price £5.00 (RRP £7.50).
This publication is available to buy at the Gallery in the Shop or by mail-order (+£2.00 p&p). 

To place your order please send a cheque made payable to Impressions Gallery or call the gallery shop directly on 01274 737843 to pay by [...]

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Free Nueva Luz

Written by Carla on January 27, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Free digital issue of Nueva Luz!

In collaboration with Daylight Magazine, En Foco is pleased to offer a FREE download of Nueva Luz’s most recent issue.
Volume 15#1 features a commentary by Daylight’s own Michael Itkoff, on the work of Alejandro Cartagena, Alejandro Chaskielberg and Teru Kuwayama.
Click here to download
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Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art by Kellie Jones (Duke, 2011)

Written by Carla on January 27, 2011 — Leave a Comment

Eyeminded: Living and Writing Contemporary Art. Kellie Jones, Duke University Press, May 2011, 464 pages, 27 illustrations, cloth ISBN 978-0-8223-4861-0 $99.95; paper ISBN 978-0-8223-4873-3 $29.95.
Check out this wonderful profile on Jones (with lots of photos): Tales of the Real Village People: Or How She Became Kellie Jones. Amazon isn’t even listing this title yet, nor can you pre-order it [...]

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  • Taking a Break February 9, 2012
    Site visitors will probably notice that I haven’t updated here frequently. I am taking a break from my site(s) for at least the summer. I’ve been working in this field for 25 years and I’m burned out on photography and art, the site(s) are in need of major updates/ revamping/ retooling, social media is exhausting, [...] […]
  • What if there were no more art galleries? February 9, 2012
    6×6 – An Art Version of a Music Festival ABOUT THIS PROJECT What is 6×6? Beginning on September 8, 2011, our roaming gallery Baang and Burne Contemporary will present 6×6, (six by six) a series of six, back to back, one week only art exhibitions in New York City. 6×6 was created by artists, for artists. Essentially 6×6, is [.. […]
  • The Stoop Gallery Call for Submissions February 9, 2012
    The Stoop Gallery is currently accepting submissions for the upcoming show date and theme: Art. Science. Body: How art and science merge to create identity narratives. July 30, 2011 This week, Psychology Today published an article focusing on why African American women are less physically attractive than other women. The methodology of the research was not m […]