Rose Library Highlights: Amos Kennedy, Jr.
On March 15, 2016, acclaimed printmaker Amos Kennedy, Jr. participated in a public conversation about his archival holdings in the African American collections at Emory University’s Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library. Best known for artist books that narrate African American history in striking 3-D format, Kennedy also creates posters featuring tongue-in-cheek phrases about southern cultures […]
LiFT Art Salon: Hammonds House II
My childhood family vacations included mandatory excursions to museums, libraries, and historical sites. To ensure that my little brother and I “enjoyed” cultural experiences of all stripes, we toured the Smithsonian in Washington, DC, Martin Luther King Jr.’s grave at the King Center in Atlanta, Georgia, and the Boston Children’s Museum. Much to my parent’s […]
LiFT Art Salon: Hammonds House
Overview I grew up in metro Atlanta watching revitalization efforts spread across the city’s many neighborhoods. The rebranding of City Hall East, Krog Street, and the Atlanta Railroad as Ponce City Market, Krog Street Market, and the celebrated Atlanta Beltline underscores a shared aesthetic at the heart of development projects that map new bastions of commerce onto existing urban footprints. Many mixed-use projects include residential neighborhoods replete with spaces […]
Sankofa Series: What Must Be Remembered
“The Nation and the Negro” is one of the most striking images from What Must Be Remembered in its visual representation of the lived experience of the international slave trade and its depiction of slavery as “catalyst [and] economic juggernaut for US development.”1Pellom McDaniels III, interview with author, December 14, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia. Transcription by author. The […]
LiFT Art Salon: Gallery 72
In collaboration with ELEVATE, Atlanta’s annual city-wide art event, LiFT Art Salon sponsored an October 18, 2015 gathering to discuss hip hop, technology, and fine art. Fahamu Pecou, Emory Institute of Liberal Arts (ILA) graduate student and ELEVATE 2015 curator, placed Atlanta hip hop production company, Organized Noize, at the heart of this week-long arts celebration: “Organized Noize Productions and the Dungeon Family […]
MARBL Highlights: The Black Comic Books Collection
Overview Antonio Valor. Character drawing by Dawud Anybwile. Courtesy of Dawud Anyabwile. Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library recently acquired several independent black comic book series as part of a concerted effort to expand the African American periodicals collection. The three-volume trade paperback Brotherman: Dictator of Discipline is one of the new acquisitions. Philadelphia brothers Dawud […]
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Photographer Chip Simone on Atlanta and Photography
Overview Atlanta Intersections features Atlantans in conversation with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). In collaboration with Southern Spaces, MARBL presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics. Chip Simone. Photo courtesy of Chip […]
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Photographer Stephanie Dowda on Topophilia
Overview Atlanta Intersections features Atlantans in conversation with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). In collaboration with Southern Spaces, MARBL presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics. “Sense of Awakening,” Topophilia, 2013. Photograph […]
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Jesse Peel on the Geography of Atlanta’s LGBT Community
Overview Atlanta Intersections features Atlantans in conversation with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). In collaboration with Southern Spaces, MARBL presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics. Jesse Peel, MARBL Woodruff Room, Atlanta, Georgia, October […]
MARBL Presents Atlanta Intersections: Susannah Darrow on Arts Organizations in Atlanta
Overview Atlanta Intersections features Atlantans in conversation with Randy Gue, curator of Modern Political and Historical Collections at Emory University’s Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library (MARBL). In collaboration with Southern Spaces, MARBL presents clips of the full interviews to spur conversations and encourage research on the featured topics. In this interview, Susannah Darrow, executive […]