Words without Borders; The Home of International Literature

Words without Borders; The Home of International Literature
Check out an interview with Rwandan Writer Scholastique Mukasonga

Saturday, August 27, 2016

2016 Fall Courses at the Barnes Foundation

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The Barnes Foundation

Philly folk, check out the course offerings at the Barnes Foundation this fall. Scholarships are available. I am interested in this one.
Albert Barnes and African American Culture
MONDAYS, OCTOBER 24–NOVEMBER 14 (4 CLASSES)
6–8 PM
Instructor: Kimberly Camp, MSc
Explore Dr. Barnes’s ideas about education, activism, and art in the context of his interest and involvement in black culture of the early 20th century. Discuss larger issues of art and race that are debated among museum professionals.
$200; members $180
Here is a link to more info:  http://barnesclasses.org/

Woman in an Abstract Field - After Beauford


 As many of you know, Sojourner Ahebee, my daughter, is a 2016 BOSP Continuation International Fellow for the Haas Center for Public Service at Stanford University. She is currently serving as the Paris intern for the .Wells International Foundation

By Beauford  Delaney-Untitled (Woman in an Abstract Field)
(1966) Oil monotype, with hand-painted additions in oil, 
on cream wove paper
Image courtesy of Swann Auction Galleries
Please read the following poem Sojourner was ask to write inspired by this Beauford Delaney painting of Marian Anderson. Read this on  the 
Les Amis de Beauford Delaney  blog: Here is the link:  http://lesamisdebeauforddelaney.blogspot.com/2016/08/woman-in-abstract-field-after-beauford.html