Dindga McCannon
Dindga McCannon (bɛ daa dɔɣi o la silimiin goli July biɛɣ'pihita ni yini dali yuuni 1947) nyɛla African-American nucheeni baŋda, karimba, buku sabira n-ti pahi "illustrator".[1] O nyɛla ŋun daa sɔŋ ka bɛ piligi Where We At, Black Women Artists yuuni 1971.[2]
| Dindga McCannon | |
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 “Outspoken: Dindga McCannon, May 7, 2018 | |
| The Artist's Voice: Dindga McCannon, Beverly Smith, and Barbara Smith, ICA/Boston, October 16, 2018 |
Artworks
mali niŋMcCannon nyɛla ŋun mali (titled "Yekk's Song") ka di be Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.[3] Silimiin goli January yuuni 2020, McCannon's oil painting "The Last Farewell" nyɛla bɛ ni daa kuhi shɛli $161,000 ka di nyɛ din daa pahi Johnson Publishing Company's laɣa pooli. Lala tuma ŋɔ nyɛla din daa pahi bɛ "private collection", di shɛŋa nyɛ Henry Ossawa Tanner mini Carrie Mae Weems tumanima.[4]
McCannon nyɛla ŋun daa di alizama zaŋ jandi Statue of Liberty figure.[5][6] Di nyɛla din be "permanent collection" zaŋ n-ti Brooklyn Museum.[7]
Commissions
mali niŋ- 1985: United Community, 50 ft by 6 stories, 25 Furman Ave, Brooklyn, NY, Dept of Cultural Affairs
- 2000: Amazing Life of Althea Gibson, 60 inches by 120 inches art story quilt, Disney Inc for ESPN Zone, 42nd Street and Brady, NYC
- 2001: Winning the Vote, Art Quilt on the Pioneers of Women's voting history America, Scholastic Magazine
- 2008: Zora Neale Hurston, B.O.S.S. (Barnard Organization of Soul Sisters), Columbia University, NY
Notable works in public collections
mali niŋ- Mercedes (1971), Studio Museum in Harlem, New York[8]
- Revolutionary Sister (1971), Brooklyn Museum, New York[9]
- Empress Akweke (1975), Brooklyn Museum, New York[10]
- West Indian Day Parade (1976), Brooklyn Museum, New York[11]
- Woman #1 (1975-1977), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[12]
- Badass Women Who Inspire Me to Soar (2006), National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.[13]
- Charlie Parker and Some of the Amazing Musicians He Influenced (1983/2010), The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.[14]
- A Week in the Life of a Black Woman Artist (2013), Brooklyn Museum, New York[15]
Awards
mali niŋ- 2023 – Anonymous Was A Woman (AWAW) - Individual Artist Grant
- 2005 – N. Y. F. A. Fellowship – Crafts
- 2007 – Urban Artists Initiative, Harlem Arts Alliance
- 2008 – Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance – Individual Artists Grant 2009 – Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance – Individual Artist Grant
Memberships
mali niŋMcCannon nyɛla ŋun daa be Weusi mini Where We At (black woman's collective din daa niŋ yuuni 1970s).[16]
Further reading
mali niŋ- Richardson, Clem (September 6, 2012). "Community Works teams with a bevy of Harlem institutions to display a quilt of Uptown history and culture". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/community-works-teams-bevy-harlem-institutions-display-quilt-uptown-history-culture-article-1.1152539#ixzz2WDH32mLF.
- Farrington, Lisa (2011). Creating their own image : the history of African-American women artists (Print book : English ed.). Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199767601. OCLC 712600445.
Kundivihira
mali niŋ- ↑ Cotter, Holland (2017-04-20). "To Be Black, Female and Fed Up With the Mainstream" (en-US). The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/20/arts/design/review-we-wanted-a-revolution-black-radical-women-brooklyn-museum.html.
- ↑ Gipson, Ferren (2022). Women's work: from feminine arts to feminist art. London: Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-6465-6.
- ↑ Black Threads: An African American Quilting Sourcebook by Kyra E. Hicks, page 158.
- ↑ Dudek, Mitch (2020-02-04). Johnson Publishing Co. art auction fetches nearly $3 million, doubling expectations (en).
- ↑ Curator Catherine Morris runs us through Brooklyn Museum's show, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women (en).
- ↑ Symposium: We Wanted a Revolution - Interview - Dindga McCannon with Catherine Morris (28 April 2017).
- ↑ Brooklyn Museum.
- ↑ Mercedes. Studio Museum in Harlem (13 August 2021).
- ↑ Revolutionary Sister.
- ↑ Empress Akweke.
- ↑ West Indian Day Parade.
- ↑ Woman #1. National Gallery of Art.
- ↑ Badass Women Who Inspire Me to Soar. National Gallery of Art.
- ↑ Charlie Parker and Some of the Musicians He Influenced. The Phillips Collection.
- ↑ A Week in the Life of a Black Woman Artist.
- ↑ The World Catches Up With Dindga McCannon (10 September 2021).