Our annual Black History Month surf takes us to the far ends of the cyberworld to find some exciting new and memorable talent! This is a continuing series, so we welcome your input and participation
Each year we like to take a look at outstanding contributions to art and design from the black community. This year we have an all-new crop, and we’ve fixed some of the broken links from years past.
As always we invite and encourage your input … send your favorites, or suggest resources for our continuing Black History Month series! You can contact me here!
David Cowles’ Black History Month
In honor of Black History Month, illustrator David Cowles has put together a fabulous gallery as a Facebook Album…
28 portraits of noted African American activists, celebrities, and entertainers. It’s a great collection of illustrations in a variery of styles, all of them distinctive and memorable.
Full story : David Cowles on Facebook (Requires Facebook)
Nicole Alesi
In celebration of Black History Month, Nicole Alesi illustrates a series of iconic black divas which will be featured throughout the month of February.
The work can be viewed on her blog, Stuff by Nicole (www.alesiartist.blogspot.com) To view more of her work visit …
Aphro chic design
We thought it was spelled “Afro” but the online fabrics store seems to have given it their own spin! They write:
Throughout the month of February many companies are celebrating the contribution black artists, designers and innovators have made to the design industry.
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Illustration by Shane Evans in the Chronicle
Lots of very nice illustrations of famous Black Jazz and Sports celebrities. Many are illustrated for Black History Month … there are a bunch of them…
Shane Evans, 36, is the Kansas City, Mo., artist whose work has accompanied the monthlong Black History Month profile series in The Chronicle’s Datebook section. To date, Evans has illustrated 30 children’s books, including the critically praised titles “Bintou’s Braids,” “Osceola: Memories of a Sharecropper’s Daughter” and “No More! Stories and Songs of Slave Resistance.”
BHM at FDU
Black History Month celebrations at Fairleigh Dickinson University
Founded in 1942 by Dr. Peter Sammartino and his wife, Sylvia (Sally), Fairleigh Dickinson University has grown into the largest private university in New Jersey. Today, more than 12,000 students from 32 states and 72 countries are enrolled on the University’s two campuses in northern New Jersey and its international campuses in Wroxton, England and Vancouver, Canada.
Designing Inside Out
Tamara Anthony is a driven and multitalented freelance Graphic Designer with a multidisciplinary design background and extensive experience in print media, web design, marketing, corporate signage design/ brand management, and commercial architecture.
Tamara is based in Atlanta, GA
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Black History Month Display
Scot Sterling for Library Graphic Design — a Graphic Designer from Gainesville, Florida —
Unfortunately it’s a Blogger site, so there’s no contact and Scot didn’t provide any means of contact.
Afrocentric Culture by Design
Here’s a site that has lots and lots of important (and not-so-important) info …
This site is in Blogspot’s “Flip Card” format, so you see lots of thumbnails
Event posters by Archetype
Great outdoor posters for Black History Month community event — Southwark Council (for hey moscow)
Nathalie Alburjas, founder of Archetype, lives and works in London, UK. Nathalie has a bold, intuitive and versatile approach built over 10 years of professional experience.
Black History Month spots by Saxton Moore
Visit Saxtoon Moore’s blog to check out the swell animated spots he created to help celebrate Black History Month for Nick Jr./Noggin by honouring noteworthy black inventors.
Shown here: Lonnie Johnson, inventor of the Super Soaker!
We’ll be updating here in the future, so we invite your contributions and suggestions for our BLACK HISTORY MONTH series!
Continue with our Black History entries from the past
And, thanks for reading
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