Harlem Renaissance
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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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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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Review | “Miss Anne in Harlem” by Carla Kaplan
‘Miss Anne in Harlem,’ by Carla Kaplan By MARTHA A. SANDWEISS Published: September 20, 2013 Time hasn’t been kind to the white women who participated in the Harlem Renaissance. As philanthropists and activists, authors and patrons, they sought a place for themselves in that remarkable outpouring of African-American art during the 1920s and ’30s. Some,…
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The Hobby Horse
This empty lot at 205 West 136th Street is the site of a former bookstore and cafe that catered to the black avant-garde. I just learned that my great-aunt went there back in the day. So thrilling!
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deep thoughts
LoBagola, a trickster from B’mo, who pulled the wool over the eyes over the Negrotarians: From Wikipedia: Bata Kindai Amgoza ibn LoBagola (1877 – 1947) was an early 20th century American impostor and entertainer who presented an exoticized identity as a native of Africa, when in reality he was born Joseph Howard Lee in Baltimore,…
CAMARA DIA HOLLOWAY 