Mr. Robert Reed an African American Painter from Yale School of Art, where he received an M.F.A. in 1962. Despite his highly decorative academic life his experimental work using the bauhaus theory had fell into Oblivion until now…
Reed was born in 1938. He had only recently graduated high school when the Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka ruling was announced (but still did not put an end to segregation in Charlottesville, instead resulting in Virginia Senator Henry Byrd’s “Massive Resistance” policy). Reed then experienced major culture shock after he graduated from Morgan State University, a historically Black college, and started pursuing his BFA at Yale. He grew up in a Black community in segregated Virginia, and his move to Connecticut meant that he, unlike African Americans who were born and raised in northern states, had to learn as an adult to navigate a seemingly integrated, but no less racist establishment. The studio became Reed’s safe haven for freedom to invent and play, and his geometric abstractions allowed him to explore color adventurously while simultaneously creating visual metaphors of his personal experiences. Reed’s paintings address his nimble navigation of a world in which color bore especially oppressive meanings, and they do so via a coded visual language in which colors represent institutions and locales through which he made his complicated way, from the segregation-era South into the halls of the Ivy League. And it was through the formal tools of abstraction he learned through his Bauhaus professors at Yale that provided Reed the visual language to “hide in plain sight.”
His work has been exhibited in America and Europe and has been included in group exhibits at
The Whitney Museum inaugural exhibition “America Is Hard to See”,
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Biennial of the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Hirshhorn Museum
The Walker Art Center, the Minneapolis Institute of Art,
The Yale University Art Gallery.
His solo exhibits include:
The Whitney Museum of American Art,
The Bayly Museum in Charlottesville, Virginia.
The Washburn Gallery in New York, the McIntosh Gallery in Atlanta and the Yale School of Art.
The list goes on….
Reed also authored several intensive studio programs including ACRE, SIX-Summer in Experiment, and The Site Program. He was the founder and director of the Institute for Studio Studies, which was associated with the Yale Summer Session in Auvillar, France, from 2009 until his death in 2014.
Mr. Reed lectured extensively and taught at Skidmore College in 1964 and the Minneapolis College of Art and Design, where he was head of the Foundation Studies Division. He was appointed to the Yale School of Art faculty in 1969 where he served for nearly 45 years as professor of painting/printmaking. He held several appointments as director of undergraduate studies in art at Yale starting in 1969 and also served as director of graduate studies in painting. From 1970 to 1975 he directed the art division of the Yale Summer School of Music and Art at Norfolk, Connecticut.
Reed was a National Council of Arts . He was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. He was a recipient of the 2004 National Council of Art Administrators Distinguished Teaching of Art Award from the College Art Association, and was elected in 2009 to the National Academy Fellows in New York. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Fine Arts degree from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. He served as a board member for the McDowell Colony, the Virginia Center for Creative Arts, The Silvermine Guild Center for the Arts, Second Street Gallery and the Lyme Academy of Art.
Reed received numerous awards including the National Council of Arts Administrators, the College Art Association’s Distinguished teaching award, the William DeVane teaching award, National Academy Fellow and was a recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Marlene Duperley of Doris New York started her line of Black hair products after spending time in her mother’s salon growing up. She notes that the salon is an important gathering place for the Black community. “Community salons, like barbershops for men, are meeting places for women,” she said. “We gossip, laugh, tell stories and create a safe haven for each other greater than most people know.“
Hair has been a true marker of resilience and pride in the Black community. But due to the emphasis of Eurocentric hairstyles in the United States, Black hair continues to be policed, discriminated against, shamed and unrepresented in the hair care industry.
Work is being done to allow members of the Black community to show up as their true selves. There’s the natural hair movement ― which seeks to affirm natural tresses, kinks and curls ― and policies like the CROWN ACT (Create a Respectful and Open Workplace for Natural Hair), which passed in both California and New York State in 2019, addressing discrimination against Black hair at work.
Black entrepreneurs like Karen’s Body Beautiful,Scotch PorterandDoris New York have taken matters into their own hands by creating products and dialogue centered around Black hair care. We talked to these three founders about rising to the occasion and using their businesses as a means of social uplift for the Black community.
Hello, it’s your struggling witch. I decided to make another post because the other one seemed to have lost it’s wind.
I’m a struggling, non binary and black witch — through the previous days, kind and beautiful souls have helped a lot through donations and reblogs.
Now, the goal (that is to help me pay my bills so I won’t go into debt — created by education and a certificate that I need to work in my area, that is psychology) is close, so close to being reached
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If you can, and want to, please reach a helping hand — if you want, I have an Etsy store (on blog’s description) and I’m offering exclusive services over here on tumblr, which you can acquire by donating and contacting me through DM to let me know which one you want:
HEALING SEXUALLY: BLACK RAPE SURVIVORS, FEAR OF ASKING FOR HELP, STIGMA BEHIND THERAPY IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
Q: In what ways do sexuality and intimacy problems resulting from sexual violation manifest themselves differently for African Americans that for other racial and ethnic groups?
STOVALL: I don’t think there’s a way in which those things manifest differently. I do think there can be differences in what happens afterwards that are culturally related and culturally bound. For example, people of color are less likely to seek out help from mental health professional. The longer it takes to get help, the longer a person suffers. Also, the symptoms worsen and they become more resistant to treatment. So, getting help early is very important.
Black people are more likely to believe that what happens to them is their fault—that if they feel badly about something, then they’re not pulling themselves up by their bootstraps. Unfortunately, they also feel that they are not being prayerful. I’ve had more than one person tell me that God helps those who help themselves. Fortunately, things are changing. The African-American community is more accepting of the idea that a good mental heal professional can be a prayer answered.
Q: what is the greatest challenge to sexual healing for African Americans?
STOVALL: The biggest barrier that exists for African Americans is the notion that they’re not supposed to ask for help. This is the single, largest issue that gets in the way.
I WILL SURVIVE
THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN GUIDE TO HEALING FROM SEXUAL ASSAULT AND ABUSE
Gentrification is the urban version of colonization. The same way Europeans take the land away from Africans is the exact same way White people are taking away the communities from black people. As a result of this many black families are forced to move out of their homes. White people are not only moving into this communities but they’re opening businesses as well. Keep in mind these businesses that they’re opening used to be in areas where these black families used to live. At the end of the day, gentrification like colonization doesn’t benefit black people.
@thehippesthop is proud to endorse Joe Biden for president of the United States.
We believe that what America needs most is a compassionate and comprehensive leader who not only knows how to get the job done, but also cares to listen to those who have long felt voiceless. Joe Biden has a strong track record of keeping his word and welcoming opinions that differ from his own. He and Sen. Harris will confront systemic racism and work tirelessly to unite the American people.
We’re ridin’ with Biden because he is a leader who is not afraid to assert that BLACK AND BROWN LIVES MATTER and will work to advance the economic mobility of minority groups and close the racial wealth and income gaps that plague black and brown communities. Joe Biden’s plan to assist minority groups centers around economic and educational reform, not incarceration and division.
A Biden/Harris administration will be ready to take on COVID-19 from day one by actually listening to science, ensuring public health decisions are informed by public health professionals, and restoring trust, transparency, common purpose, and accountability in our government.
@thehippesthop encourages YOU to make your voice heard. Send a message to Washington that will resonate for generations. We must leave no doubts on election day. Remember, the president just confirmed the sixth conservative judge who will serve on the Supreme Court. If we leave any doubt in this election, the president will turn to his 6-3 majority conservative Supreme Court to serve as the tiebreaker. We MUST vote.
Q: But, but, won’t Joe Biden raise my taxes?
A: Do you make over $400,000 a year? If so, yes! If not, no! Don’t listen to the celebrities who are trying to protect their own coin.
Q: Hmm. But Joe Biden is a career politician who hasn’t done anything!
A: First off, Joe Biden has never been president of the United States. He has never had the supreme power that the current president flaunts on a daily basis. Joe Biden has dedicated his live to public service, an accomplishment that business man, President Trump, often ridicules. Who would you trust more to care about your well being: a cutthroat businessman whose slogan is “You’re fired,” or a small town gentleman who chose a life of public service?
Q: I don’t like either candidate, so I’m not voting…
A: You have rights that allow you to make this choice on your own. However, these same rights are being put into question by the current administration. How many times has the current president pissed you off with his antics? His homophobic, misogynistic, and racist rhetoric? Remember, in regard to women, he said he likes to “grab them by the p____”? Or when he called Mexicans rapists and drug dealers? Or when he called white supremacists, “very fine people”? Or more recently, when he blatantly refused to denounce white supremacy? Can you imagine your children hearing this from the president of the United States? We must stand up to bullies and for American values.
Q: Isn’t Joe Biden a socialist?
A: Joe Biden is NOT a socialist. He is a Democrat. His platform on health care, energy and other issues aligns with moderate Democrats, not socialists. The current president is using this as a fear tactic to scare undecided voters away from voting on a Biden ticket. Do not let fear tactics prevent you from accessing the truth. Remember, this is the same guy who calls any news that he doesn’t like, “fake news.”
Have other questions or concerns? Message us and we’ll do our best to respond publicly.
What is happening in the world right now is horrible, to say the least. The death, and murder of George Floyd is unacceptable, and in this modern day and age should have never have been allowed to happen in the first place. I am a white male and can not relate to George Floyd’s family and the whole of the black community in any level, as I have never, and will never be hindered by others about the colour of my skin. I am aware of my privelages, and they should not exist. The colour of your skin should not have an impact on your life under any circumstances, and you should challenge anyone who opposes that. The best things you can do right now, is educate yourself (if you are white) on your own privelages, donate to the Black Lives Matter movement to help serve justice for George Floyd’s family and help eliminate racism across many countries. This will take time, but it is a movement I strongly agree with. If you disagree with what I am saying, leave. We do not tolerate racism in any way in this community, and not in any of our lives.
I have no funds to spair at this moment, so I want to raise my own money. I will be doing commissions from anyone here for D&D 5e items, backgrounds, spells and monsters for any amount of money (preferably £1, $1 +), USD or GBP. 100% of the money donated will be sent to the Black Lives Matter movement. I know not many people have money to spend, just like myself, and that is fine. Just know that you, we can make a difference right now. This is the most I can do with my resources to help change the world.
If you want to help the cause, DM me about commissions. Sign petitions online. Donate to the movement. Peacefully protest, and stay safe if you are doing so.
It is in my best wishes to see the world change, as I am furious with society in not only the US, but also the UK. Protests in the UK have made clear that racist police are still very real, and do exist in my country too.
I will be trying to invest as much of my own money in to this as possible. A link to donate money for the cause will be provided in this post soon, and future post and in my discord server in case you are unable to find this post in the future.
I will also try and do a lot charity streams on my Mixer account, either playing video games or chatting with all of you. Remember 100% of all donations will be sent to the movement. The link to my channel will be posted when I actually stream for the charity.
Please share this message so we can make as much impact as possible.
Seen something wise in a YouTube comment .. It mentioned how it’s not that Black People Worship drug dealing but moreso look up to someone making something out of nothing . Crucial to this post I also want it reiterate a message I heard Farrakhan say..Basically he said how it was unfair that black folks never got to keep any of the money made from illicit activities while non blacks did. This would be like early 20th century families making money off of moonshine, prohibition & other practices. During this time folks would get caught selling but oddly enough never lost all their proceedings.. A even bigger example would be all families with Old Money . Those who know understand the heinous, unsavory ways that kind of money began.. Hell in 2021 it’s not even a secret that many world leaders & celebs are related oh so conveniently ..A good point to add to that is why isn’t the story of Bumpy Johnson told on the same level as a Scarface or Godfather. On a ending note I wanna say who knows what the retrospective families could’ve done with the money… Big Meech mentioned multiple times he wanted to go Legit before getting caught..
Bruh Bumpy was a cold dude.. I binged the Godfather of Harlem series as well as some YouTube docs on old era gangsters which includes Bumpy Johnson. Bumpy really was that dude. Bruh fought cops,other gangsters, and any other person who tried him(including wytes at that time) Checkout the channel above. He has some good documentation on our legends of our past ..
Dear Black FOLK!! SSSSTOP looking and asking for white people to speak on Black Issues. If they want to speak on our issues then LET THEM, but do NOT rely on people outside the community to speak on the behalf of our problems. My grandmother told me if you want something done and you want to avoid getting disappointed, betrayed, or deceived; DIY!!! Stop looking for the same people who benefit from the same system their ancestors built off our backs to help us. STOP giving their word, and their substantiation more authority than your own people’s. Stop LOOKING FOR THE WHITE MAN TO SAY “YES” and then going back to your brothers and sisters to say “You were right” just because you’re reliant upon other people besides your own. DIY!
