Jacob Lawrence Archives - Harlem World Magazine

“The New Negro: The Life Of Alain Locke,” Who Believed Art Was Key To Black Liberation

A tiny, fastidiously dressed man emerged from Black Philadelphia around the turn of the century to mentor a generation of young artists including Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, and Jacob Lawrence and call them the New Negro -Continue reading

Rare Photograph Of Harlem’s “Jacob Lawrence,” Signed Autograph

A rare hand collectible signed in blue ink marker photograph by Harlem renaissance Harlem artist Jacob Lawrence from Harlem, New York.Continue reading

Harlem’s Jacob Lawrence Rare Signed Autograph Photo, November 29th, 1976

A rare hand collectible signed in black ink marker photograph by Harlem renaissance Harlem-based artist Jacob Lawrence from Harlem, New York.Continue reading

“Mounting Frustration: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power” With Susan E. Cahan In Harlem

Consider this: Prior to 1967, fewer than a dozen museum exhibitions in the U.S. had featured the work of African American artists.Continue reading

February Highlights At Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling

The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling is the perfect way to celebrate this February with programs from art to storytelling camp.Continue reading

Allen Stringfellow Essay in Collage At Essie Green In Harlem

Drawing from diverse sources, including European Impressionism, Romare Bearden's collages, William Carter's tranquil oil paintings, and the bold and colorful modernist paintings of Jacob Lawrence, Stringfellow has constructed his own distinctive artistic vocabulary.Continue reading

A Conversation With Arva R. Rice And Dr. Khalil G. Muhammad

Join us for a special conversation with President and CEO of the NY Urban League's Arva R. Rice and Schomburg Center's Dr. Khalil Muhammad Chief of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture to discuss the intersection of Jacob Lawrence’s work with civil rights organizations and cultural institutions.Continue reading

Steffani Jemison Sings Harlem Inspired Promise Machine At MOMA

On Thursday, June 25th, Brooklyn-based artist Steffani Jemison presents her new multipart commission Promise Machine, inspired by the Utopia Neighborhood Club, a Harlem-based women’s social service organization that directly supported Jacob Lawrence. Continue reading

MoMA Launches Walking Tour Of Jacob Lawrence’s Harlem

The current Museum of Modern Art exhibition One-Way Ticket: Jacob Lawrence's Migration Series and Other Visions of the Great Movement North expands uptown, beyond the Museum's galleries, with the launch of a self-guided walking tour that explores the Harlem that nurtured Lawrence as a young artist in the 1930s.Continue reading