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Art and Performance

Art

African American Artists: An on-line portal for both African America Artists and African American History.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning: A wonderful electronic exhibition catalog of African Art maintained by the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.
African-Images.com: African-inspired home decor, products, books, resources and decorating articles.
African Sand Stained Glass: Artwork from artist Angela Smith
Afrocentric Art Gallery: Featuring the works of Evens Christopher Merine
The Black Art Directory: Beautiful and Inspirational Africa and African American Art
Brian Owens Art: Sculptor, Painter, Portrait Artist and maker of African American Sculpture
Cora Marshall Online Gallery: Features both original paintings and limited edition Giclee prints. Additional works are also available at Cora Marshall's Portfolio Gallery.
Crown Portaits: Portraits by Ron Stephens, father of Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, John Legend.
Darius White: Afrocentric Art
JacarandaStyle: Specializing in contemporary home accents, tableware and jewelry created by some of South Africa's most talented artisans.
Jacaranda Tribal: Online Gallery of South and East African Tribal Art including Zulu, Shona, Tsonga, Xhosa and Ndebele artifacts.
Jerry Taliaferro: Photographer and creator of the one-man traveling exhibition, "Women of a New Tribe".
Mahogany Art & Home: African American Art and Home Decor featuring masks, art, carvings and paintings celebrating the culture, symbolism and influence of Africa.
National Museum of African Art: The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, features African art from antiquity to the present.
October Gallery (Philadelphia, PA): African American Art
OctoberLive: African-American art radio broadcasts from Philadelphia's October Gallery.
Orpheuss: Photographic Interior Decorator
Stankin Studio: Funktionally unique handcrafted art which is a visual cornucopia of innovation, optical illusions and iridescent illustrations.
Terra Treasures: Gifts From the Earth

Black Cinema

Black Film Center/Archive (BFCA): The BFC/A is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
blackfilm.com: An online resource which links the Black film community while cultivating national and international audiences interested in their work.
BlackMovieReviews.com: Post your comments on the best and worst movies!
Sweet Patootee: An independent media production company specializing in historical documentaries for television. Their recent production " The First Black Britons" was broadcast on BBC Television.

Performing Arts

AfriClassical.com

African Heritage in Classical Music - A Web site featuring composers and musicians of African descent.

Afrocentric Voices in "Classical" Music

Information on African American performers and composers and on the music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and spiritual arrangements. The site includes extensive bibliographies, biographies and music links.

ArtistStuff.com

Artist and Elaine Thornton Foundation for the Arts (Dallas, TX)

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (Dallas, TX)

Blacken Blues Theater (Dallas, TX)

African American Theater in Dallas

Classic in Black

A Dialogue of Civilizations African Culture and Classical Music

Dallas Black Dance Theatre (Dallas, TX)

DBDT is the oldest, continuously operating, professional dance company in Dallas.

The Dance Theater of Harlem (New York, NY)

A Neoclassic Dance Company

The Ebony Strings Quartet