D.C. Muralist Shares His Experiences as a Black Artist
D.C.-based painter and illustrator Aniekan Udofia spoke on the experiences of developing his career and how race affects the art world at the VCUarts Depot on Feb. 8. The event was part of the Department of African American Studies’ spring lecture series, “The Black Artist in Perspective,” which is co-sponsored by the VCUarts Department of […]
National Book Award winner combines magical realism with history
Author of “The Underground Railroad” and winner of the 2016 National Book Award for fiction spoke at Cabell Library on Feb. 9 for VCU Libraries’ 15th annual Black History Month lecture. Colson Whitehead’s “The Underground Railroad” follows the main character, Cora, who is a young slave working on a Georgia plantation. Cora is searching for […]
Postmodern Jukebox reimagines modern songs
The performance group Postmodern Jukebox performed an array of modern songs arranged into “vintage” genres, such as jazz and swing, on Feb. 10 at The National. Pianist and composer Scott Bradlee founded Postmodern Jukebox, a music collective — meaning musicians rotate through for recordings and live performances. The group uploads videos of new songs every […]