Harlem-on-Thames
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New Publication: “Dark Stars” in American Art
Dark Stars: Reinventing Blackness in the Interwar New York – London Circuit Abstract: Carl Van Vechten created a set of portraits of African American entertainers who knew each other through an interracial New York—London circuit during the interwar period. Less studied than the New York—Paris axis, this network offers rich insights for those interested in…
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Performing Black Womanhood Symposium
I will be giving the talk, “I, Too, Am America: Edna Thomas and Black Stardom in Interwar Harlem,” on Friday, April 28th at Cambridge University. The abstract is as follows: This presentation will consider the life and career of the African American actress Edna Thomas (1886-1974). Thomas is best remembered for her role as Lady…
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“Breaking Free? Anna May Wong in London” at ACRAH/CAA2023
Anna May Wong in Chu Chin Chow (1934) I will be presenting “Breaking Free? Anna May Wong in London” at the Association for Critical Race Art History (ACRAH) session at the 2023 College Art Association (CAA) Annual Conference. The talk is part of a session titled, “Harlem-on-Thames: NY/LON, 1919-1939.” The panel explores the global impact…
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Photographers on Bearden: a conversation with Frank Stewart and Chester Higgins Jr. on 11/9
Photographers on Bearden: a conversation with Frank Stewart and Chester Higgins Jr. Wednesday, November 9, 2022 at 6:30 pm ET on Zoom Register here Join renowned photographers Frank Stewart and Chester Higgins, Jr., in a conversation moderated by Dalila Scruggs, Curator of Photography and Prints at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, who…
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Antagonistic Cooperation: Romare Bearden’s New Paris Blues
The Wildenstein Plattner Institute is proud to host Robert O’Meally, Zora Neale Hurston Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and founder of the Center for Jazz Studies. Professor O’Meally, the author of Romare Bearden: A Black Odyssey, will explore Bearden’s New Paris Blues, an unfinished series of books that spans media, cities,…
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Conversation on Harlem Renaissance and Fashion Rescheduled
This event has gone virtual and will be held on Zoom on 06/16. You must register to attend.
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03/24 Convo on Harlem Renaissance Fashion Postponed
This event has been postponed in response to public health concerns but we hope to reschedule for a later date. Check back for updated information.
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Upcoming convo on fashion and the Harlem Renaissance
I will be having a conversation with Liz Way from the Museum at FIT about the Harlem Renaissance and fashion. Join us on March 24th at the Harlem School of the Arts! Harlem during the Jazz Age was renown for the style of its denizens. The twenties was a time of radical transformation for clothing,…
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SAVE THE DATE: Newberry Seminar 10/04!
I will be participating in this year’s American Art and Visual Culture Seminar at the Newberry Library in Chicago on Friday, October 4th. Check it out if you are in the area: https://www.newberry.org/10042019-camara-holloway-association-critical-race-art-history-and-anne-monahan-fashion-institute My paper is entitled, “Dark Stars, Bright Ambitions: Black Celebrity in Jazz Age NY/LON” and I will be sharing more of my…
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Lecture next week 4/16
Romare Bearden Foundation presents the Cinque Artist Program Series at Harlem School of the Arts James L. Allen: Artist-Photographer of the Harlem RenaissanceWith Dr. Camara Holloway During the Harlem Renaissance, James Allen photographed Harlem’s luminaries and enjoyed a successful career as an award-winning artist. When the story of the Renaissance was later written, though, his name…
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