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The following essays about Black History Month were submitted to the Auburn Human Rights Commission from students at Auburn elementary schools. The essays are also on display in the Community Room at Fingerlakes Mall. The essays have been republished jus
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In May 1933 Vanity Fair magazine ran a cheeky illustration billed as “The Tree of Modern Art—Planted 60 Years Ago.” The artist was Miguel Covarrubias, a Mexican-born caricaturist who was the Al Hirschfeld of his time. Covarrubias, who portrayed many Harl
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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 30: A silver vase of flowers decorate a table in front of a Jacob Lawrence painting in The Green Room during the first viewing of the 2011 White House Christmas decorations November 30, 2011 in Washington, DC. The theme,... View Photo »
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SWIMMING carnivals can bring out the competitive side in many and, for Marlie O'Shea and Siggy Walsh, it was also an excuse to bring out the war paint. Dressed in red capes and scarlet lips, the pair flaunted their Cameron clan spirit at the Scots PGC sw
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Starting with works by James McNeill Whistler, Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, To See As Artists See: American Art From the Phillips Collection which is on view at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts through May 6 runs chronologically through a stunn
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SEVEN members of Warwick Little Athletics Centre won multiple medals at the Darling Downs Regional Championships at the weekend in Toowoomba. Jack Bannister won the shot-put, high jump, javelin and discus, setting a record in the under-14 age group. In t
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Jacob Lawrence with his state medal. WARWICK Little Athletics Centre member Jacob Lawrence won two 400m/800m doubles during an athletics development tour of New Zealand last month. Lawrence ran close to personal bests in the Dunedin club meet and backed
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After nearly 10 years on the road, a collection of African-American artwork will finally come full circle tonight and make its way back home to the university. "Successions: Prints by African American Artists from the Jean and Robert Steele Collection,"
About Jacob Lawrence
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Jacob Lawrence (September 7, 1917 - June 9, 2000) was an African American painter; he was married to fellow artist Gwendolyn Knight. Lawrence referred to his style as "dynamic cubism", though by his own account the primary influence was not so much French art as the shapes and colors of Harlem. Full Article
