Week 3: Performing & Visual Arts
VISUAL ARTS
Jordan Casteel: Returning the Gaze is an exhibition at the Denver Art Museum featuring nearly 30 paintings by Denver-born artist Jordan Casteel, who is now based in Harlem, New York.
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PERFORMING ARTS
Hamilton Cast
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Misty Copeland
"I never thought I could make a career out of something I enjoyed doing something I was passionate about, something that gave me a voice."
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Marian Anderson
“As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold the person down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.”
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Josephine Baker
Click here to learn about activist and entertainer Josephine Baker.
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MUSIC
Billie Holiday
Click here for more information about Billie Holiday and the meaning behind the song Strange Fruit.
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Kendrick Lamar
Click here to learn about Kendrick Lamar's Pulitzer Prize in Music for the album 'DAMN'.
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FILM
Ava DuVernay
Ava DuVernay is the FIRST black woman to direct a film nominated for a Best Picture Oscar.
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Ryan Coogler
"Black Panther: director Ryan Coogler sits down with CNN's Van Jones to discuss the film's success, the politics of the superhero genre, and the explosion of black art across the industry.
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