Description
Editor–in–Chief
Samella Lewis, Ph.D.
Associate Editor
M. J. Hewitt, Ph.D.
Contributing Editor, International
Jimi Lee
The African American Heartland is the place our artists visit in their minds, when they wish to affirm their traditional values. The mystical legacy of the past—the myths and rituals—as well as the rhythms, the speech patterns, the moral values, and the images of the past are preserved by those who have not been seduced by the promise of fame and fortune.
The African American Heartland is where African dreams are expressed. Visionaries have taken their dreams to their musical instruments and have made the blues. They have taken their dreams to their palettes, and with their paint brushes have made their visions available to everyone. Their dreams were with them when they left the South during the Reconstruction, and during the depressions of the 20th century. Just as African dreams were transplanted into the American South, so they spread from Louisiana, Alabama, Arkansas, and other rural Southern areas to centers of industry in the North.
The African American Heartland is rural, with open spaces, fields, hills, and special people whose natural expressions often require little more than a whittling knife or a banjo.
The Heartland is also a manifestation of current American thought. Although many of its inhabitants have been city dwellers for generations, they are able to incorporate enough of the past to give meaning to the present. Though in many areas whittling has become sculpture, and blues has become jazz, the philosophical structures of their expression continue to reveal the use of symbols, myths and rituals in these art forms.
—Excerpt from “Overview”
Feature Articles and Contributors:
“One Heartland Black Artist Speaks of Other Heartland Black Artists”,
Maya Angelou, Ph.D.
“Overview”
“William Tolliver: Folk/Fine Artist”, John Hart
“Malaika Favorite”, Karla Heusner
“Charles Hutchison, Wildlife Artist”, Maudra Jones
“An Approach to Making a Wildlife Sculpture”
“John Biggers: The Man and His Art”, Mae Tate
“Reginald Gammon: The Carnal Art of the Tattoo”, Lawrence Tyler
Bibliographic Details
Title: The International Review of African American Art
Publisher:
The International Review of African American Art, Los Angeles, California
Publication Date: 1987
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Book Condition: Excellent
Book Type: Quarterly Magazine
Funding:
Made possible, in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Shipping Terms:
All books are padded and wrapped carefully. Most are shipped in a box, unless very small, in which case they will be shipped in a padded envelope.
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