{"id":12169,"date":"2022-03-14T10:30:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T10:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/?page_id=12169"},"modified":"2022-04-13T01:44:16","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T00:44:16","slug":"arts-and-culture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/arts-and-culture\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts and Culture"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_custom color_primary with_shape\"><div class=\"l-section-shape type_triangle-2 pos_bottom\" style=\"height:6vh;\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 64 8\" preserveAspectRatio=\"none\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\">\r\n\t<path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M64 8 L0 8 L0 0 L48 7.9 L64 0 Z\"\/>\r\n<\/svg><\/div><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><h1 class=\"w-post-elm post_title entry-title color_link_inherit\">Arts and Culture<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"l-section wpb_row us_custom_916d5e53 height_custom\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_flex valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"w-separator size_small\"><\/div><div class=\"w-grid type_grid layout_12109 cols_3 pagination_ajax overflow_hidden\" id=\"us_grid_1\" style=\"--gap:15px;\" data-filterable=\"true\"><style>@media (max-width:1024px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:50%}}@media (max-width:600px){#us_grid_1 .w-grid-list{margin:0}#us_grid_1 .w-grid-item{width:100%;padding:0;margin-bottom:var(--gap,0px)}}.layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h{background:var(--color-footer-bg);border-radius:1.25rem;box-shadow:0 0.04rem 0.08rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0 0.13rem 0.4rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1);transition-duration:0.3s}.no-touch .layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h:hover{box-shadow:0 0.16rem 0.32rem rgba(0,0,0,0.1),0 0.53rem 1.6rem rgba(0,0,0,0.15);z-index:4}.layout_12109 .usg_vwrapper_1{transition-duration:0.3s;transform-origin:50% 50%;transform:scale(1) translate(0%,0%)}.layout_12109 .w-grid-item-h:hover .usg_vwrapper_1{transform:scale(1) translate(0%,0%);opacity:1;background:var(--color-content-primary)!important;color:#ffffff!important}.layout_12109 .usg_post_title_1{color:#f5f5f5!important;font-size:1.8rem!important;margin-bottom:5%!important}.layout_12109 .usg_vwrapper_1{border-radius:20px!important;background:var(--color-footer-bg)!important;padding:1rem 1.5rem 1rem 1.5rem!important;box-shadow:0 10px 30px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.12)!important}.layout_12109 .usg_post_content_1{color:#f5f5f5!important}<\/style><div class=\"w-grid-list\">\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13093 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13093\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alma-thomas\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Alma Thomas\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/alma-thomas\/\">Alma Thomas<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Alma Thomas was a pioneering abstract artist who dared make her way in a white, male dominated abstract art world<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13073 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13073\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/aubrey-williams\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Aubrey Williams\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/aubrey-williams\/\">Aubrey Williams<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Aubrey Williams (1926 Guyana &#8211; 1990 London), is a key figure of PostWar painting in Britain.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13104 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13104\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/augusta-savage\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Augusta Savage\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/augusta-savage\/\">Augusta Savage<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">In 1939, the artist Augusta Savage was the first African American woman to open her own art gallery in America, the Salon of Contemporary Negro&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13154 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13154\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/chris-ofili\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Chris Ofili\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/chris-ofili\/\">Chris Ofili<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Christopher Ofili is the first Black British artist to receive the prestigious Turner Prize. He was also one of the Young British Artists (YBAs), a&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13194 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13194\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/claudette-johnson-mbe\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Claudette Johnson MBE\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/claudette-johnson-mbe\/\">Claudette Johnson MBE<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Claudette Elaine Johnson MBE (born 1959) is a British visual artist. She is known for her large scale drawings of Black women and for her&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13114 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13114\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/donald-rodney\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Donald Rodney\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/donald-rodney\/\">Donald Rodney<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Donald Gladstone Rodney was a British artist. He was a leading figure in Britain&#8217;s BLK Art Group of the 1980s and became recognised as one&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13161 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13161\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/edmonia-lewis-wildfire\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Edmonia Lewis Wildfire\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/edmonia-lewis-wildfire\/\">Edmonia Lewis Wildfire<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Mary Edmonia Lewis, Wildfire was an American sculptor of mixed African American and Native American (Mississauga Ojibwe) heritage.<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13146 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13146\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/eugene-palmer\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Eugene Palmer\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/eugene-palmer\/\">Eugene Palmer<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">In the early 1990s, Palmer turned certain art and social conventions on their head, embarking on what art historian Eddie Chambers described as \u201cthe employment&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13267 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13267\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/sir-frank-bowling-obe-ra\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Frank Bowling OBE RA (Sir)\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/sir-frank-bowling-obe-ra\/\">Frank Bowling OBE RA (Sir)<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Bowling was elected a member of England&#8217;s Royal Academy of Arts. He was among about a dozen artists proposed to fill one of two vacancies&hellip;<\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t<\/article>\r\n\t<article class=\"w-grid-item size_1x1 post-13136 us_portfolio type-us_portfolio status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry us_portfolio_category-arts-and-culture\" data-id=\"13136\">\r\n\t\t<div class=\"w-grid-item-h\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/gordon-parks\/\" class=\"w-grid-item-anchor\" aria-label=\"Gordon Parks\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-vwrapper usg_vwrapper_1 align_left valign_top\" style=\"--vwrapper-gap:0.5rem\"><h2 class=\"w-post-elm post_title usg_post_title_1 has_text_color entry-title color_link_inherit\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blackhistorywales.org.uk\/resources\/resource\/gordon-parks\/\">Gordon Parks<\/a><\/h2><div class=\"w-post-elm post_content usg_post_content_1 has_text_color\">Parks was born in Fort Scott, Kansas, the son of a farmer, Andrew Jackson Parks and Sarah Rosson 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