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St. James Guide to Black Artists collection
- Title
- St. James Guide to Black Artists collection, 1997.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Mixed material | Use in library | Sc MG 860 Box 1 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Mixed material | No restrictions | Sc MG 860 Box 2 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Mixed material | No restrictions | Sc MG 860 Box 3 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Mixed material | No restrictions | Sc MG 860 Box 4 | Schomburg Center - Manuscripts & Archives |
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- Description
- 1.6 lin. ft. (4 archival boxes)
- Summary
- The St. James Guide to Black Artists collection consists of materials that were sent by the artists as resource material for their entries. There are files for 114 of the 400 artists in the book. Included are painters, sculptors, mixed-media artists, ceramicists, photographers, and printmakers. Artists from across the Diaspora are represented including Mestre Didi (Brazil), Iba N'Diaye (Senegal), Howardena Pindell (US), Edgar Brierre (Haiti), Valentim Rubem (Brazil), Sonia Boyce (Britain), Julien Hudson (US), Jules Lion (France), Petrona Morrison (Jamaica), and Valente Malangatana Ngwenya (Mozambique). The collection contains a variety of materials including biographical sketches, resumes, business cards, photographs, reproductions, newspaper and magazine articles, and exhibition programs.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Artist files.
- Works of art.
- Photographs.
- Sketchbooks.
- Resumes.
- Source (note)
- Unknown
- Biography (note)
- The St. James Guide to Black Artists, published in 1997, contains information on almost four hundred black artists from around the world. At the time, the Guide was a unique publication as it covered a significant number of artists and provided short critical essays accompanying each entry. Seventy-two contributors wrote entries, among them Terry Bain, Diedre Bibby, Harry Henderson, and Leo Twiggs. Edited by Thomas Riggs, the Guide was created in association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The advisory board included Howard Dodson, David C. Driskell, Edmund Barry Gaither, Leslie King-Hammond, Samella Lewis, Richard A. Long, and Richard J. Powell. There is currently only one edition of the Guide in publication.
- Call Number
- Sc MG 860
- OCLC
- 809212887
- Title
- St. James Guide to Black Artists collection, 1997.
- Biography
- The St. James Guide to Black Artists, published in 1997, contains information on almost four hundred black artists from around the world. At the time, the Guide was a unique publication as it covered a significant number of artists and provided short critical essays accompanying each entry. Seventy-two contributors wrote entries, among them Terry Bain, Diedre Bibby, Harry Henderson, and Leo Twiggs. Edited by Thomas Riggs, the Guide was created in association with the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. The advisory board included Howard Dodson, David C. Driskell, Edmund Barry Gaither, Leslie King-Hammond, Samella Lewis, Richard A. Long, and Richard J. Powell. There is currently only one edition of the Guide in publication.
- Source
- Unknown Gift, 2001 20030113 SCM 02-74.
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- Research Call Number
- Sc MG 860