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Interview: Acclaimed Singer April May Webb Leads SOUNDS OF A&R at Dizzy's Club
by Rebecca Kaplan - Jan 17, 2025

Multi-hyphenate performer April May Webb will be performing at Dizzy’s Club on 2/21. Together with trumpeter Randall Haywood, Webb leads Sounds of A&R, a boundary-pushing ensemble blending jazz with gospel, R&B, country, and global influences.

April May Webb Wins 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan Internatioinal Jazz Vocal Competition
by Stephi Wild - Nov 25, 2024

As part of NJPAC’s TD James Moody Jazz Festival, the New Jersey Performing Arts Center  announced April May Webb as the winner of the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition.

Top Five Finalists Revealed for 13th Annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 10, 2024

The New Jersey Performing Arts Center revealed the top five finalists for the 13th annual Sarah Vaughan International Jazz Vocal Competition, featuring emerging talents from around the world. Learn more!

2024 Hudson Jazz Festival Announces Complete Line-up
by Blair Ingenthron - Aug 11, 2024

Hudson Hall at the historic Hudson Opera House has announced the complete lineup of the 2024 Hudson Jazz Festival, running October 4-6

Frist Art Museum To Hold Weekend-Long FRIST ARTS FEST, November 4�"5
by A.A. Cristi - Oct 5, 2023

Join us for the next Frist Arts Fest! Enjoy artist talks, dance, music, tours, art-making activities, and more at the Frist Art Museum.

Frist Art Museum Presents MULTIPLICITY: BLACKNESS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN COLLAGE
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 22, 2023

The Frist Art Museum presents Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage, the first major museum exhibition devoted to the rich yet understudied subject. Featuring approximately 80 collage and collage-informed works, Multiplicity explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States.

Rubell Museum DC Announces Inaugural Exhibition
by Stephi Wild - Sep 6, 2022

The Rubell Museum announced the inaugural exhibition, What's Going On, for its new museum opening in Washington, DC on October 29, 2022. Dedicated exclusively to contemporary art, the Rubell Museum DC will reinvigorate the 1906 building of the former Randall Junior High School, a historically Black public school in Southwest DC that ceased operations in 1978.

Frist Art Museum Announces 2023 Schedule Of Exhibitions
by Stephi Wild - Sep 2, 2022

The Frist Art Museum has announced its 2023 schedule of  exhibitions. In the Ingram Gallery, the year begins with Jeffrey Gibson: The Body Electric, a survey of the celebrated Indigenous multidisciplinary artist's vibrant paintings, sculpture, video, and installations.

Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art's IN OUR TIME Collects Works By Contemporary Artists Of The African Diaspora
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 21, 2022

“In Our Time: Selections from the Singer Collection” will open Oct. 1, 2022, at Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art (SMoCA).

Pérez Art Museum Miami Announces POLYPHONIC: CELEBRATING PAMM'S FUND FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN ART
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 2, 2020

Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) has announced Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM's Fund for African American Art, an exhibition showcasing a selection of artworks acquired through the museum's Fund for African American Art, which allows the museum to purchase and showcase contemporary art by African American and African diasporic artists for its permanent collection.

Anne Ellegood Named Next Executive Director Of The Institute Of Contemporary Art
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 10, 2019

The Board of Directors of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles announced today the appointment of Anne Ellegood as the museum's next executive director. Ellegood is currently the senior curator at the Hammer Museum. She succeeds Elsa Longhauser, who is stepping down from her position after 19 years of leadership and notably oversaw the museum's transformation from the Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) into the Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (ICA LA). Ellegood will assume her new role on September 16, 2019.

Breaking: OKLAHOMA!, TOOTSIE & More Earn Drama Desk Awards Nominations- The Full List!
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 25, 2019

In the past few weeks, we've watched the nominations roll in. Today the final crop of nominees have been revealed, all leading to next week's ultimate announcement- the 2019 Tony nominations.

New Film Series Featuring Swizz Beatz, Carrie Mae Weems, Terence Nance, Arthur Jafa, And More Launches Today
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 23, 2019

UTA Artist Space and Kasseem "Swizz Beatz" Dean are pleased to announce the launch of a one-on-one interview series that puts distinguished creatives across contemporary art, music, and film in conversation and in front of the camera. The series launches today, March 22, 2019, and features Swizz Beatz, Carrie Mae Weems, Troy Carter, Terence Nance, Arthur Jafa, and more.

UTA Artist Space & Kasseem 'Swizz Beatz' Dean Present DREAMWEAVERS
by Julie Musbach - Jan 31, 2019

UTA Artist Space and Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Deanare proud to present DREAMWEAVERS, a group exhibition curated by Nicola Vassell that contemplates the surreal in society against a vigorously shifting 21st century. The exhibition opens February 13, 2019, 6-8 PM, at UTA Artist Space.