African american artist

Aaron Douglas has become known as the pioneer of African American Modernism. Learn more with this free homeschool artist study.

This Black History Month, consider this homeschool artist study about realist painter, Henry Ossawa Tanner. This inspiring artist he has been referred to as, "the greatest African-American painter to date." - Masterpiece Society

This week I took some time to work on making sure the art I'm seeing in my instagram feed is from a diverse group of artists (I followed some hashtags like #blackartists and #blackgirlartshow to make sure I continue to see new-to-me artists on my feed, and did some intentional searching around to find artists to follow). In the process I found some new favorites! Here are ten of my favorite Black artists, some old favorites and some that were new to me.* Pamela Phatsimo SunstrumInstagram…

Use our Juneteenth lesson plans, and try this art lesson about famous African American artist Augusta Savage and make art inspired by her.

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Author, activist, feminist, teacher, and artist bell hooks is celebrated as one of the nation's leading intellectuals. Born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, hooks drew her unique pseudonym from the name of her grandmother, an intelligent and strong-willed African American woman who inspired her to stand up against a dominating and repressive society. Her poetry, novels, memoirs, and children's books reflect her Appalachian upbringing and feature her struggles with racially integrated schools and…

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Learn about these important and influential African American artists, and how you can replicate some of their best-known work with your students.

Black art and artists are more important than ever right now. So as an art teacher - and home educating parent - it feels poignant and pertinent to both learn myself, and teach kids about black art and black artists. Appreciating and understanding black and black artists will not only give us a more diverse and rich art education, but…

African American Photographers have documented african american hisotry and culture. Check out these 5 important African American Photographers