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February is Black History Month, also known as African American History Month, in the USA, a national observance which celebrates and pays tribute to African Americans and their contributions, struggles, history, perseverance and achievements.

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Art by Tequitia Andrews, a Make Art That Sells student who is now represented by Lilla Rogers Studio after Lilla spotted her art in class.

We are thrilled that more than 4,000 students have taken up the opportunity to engage in our FREE art history course, Redrawing Black History, which covers four key eras of Black American history under the expert guidance of brilliant educator, Tamisha Anthony. In particular, students have focused on some overlooked Black American female artists, and we’re delighted to share some of their art in today’s newsletter as we come to the end of Black History Month 2022.

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Here’s what some of our current students have said about this course:

  • “Combining illustration skill-building with key learnings about creative Black women in history is as brilliant an idea as it is a critically necessary one. Phenomenal course!” – Greg Vineyard
  • “I am loving the assignments and Tamisha is such a great teacher! She makes it really fun and inspiring.” – Sredna Kunowski
  • “For me, it’s a totally new approach to dive into a specific era and its art, music, fashion and architecture for research and inspiration around one portrait. I’m enjoying the class so much, and I think this approach has already influenced an editorial job I had last week about Mary Montague, an 18th century vaccination ‘influencer’. I really like the movie, book and audiobook recommendation too.” – Silke Müller
  • “This class is definitely pushing me to do some things differently. I am by no means an illustrator, but I love seeing all of the work here and how things are put together. Signing up for this class has been a happy little accident!” – Cheryl Handy
  • “This class is fun, educational and encouraging. What a remarkable opportunity! Feeling fortunate to have this class to take. Tamisha is a wonderful teacher and an inspiration. The videos with Lilla and Tamisha are great!” – Lisa Clements
  • “This class has been brilliant in showing me how to take new approaches in researching each era, which has led to creating more purposeful and meaningful art. Thank you Tamisha for the joy and inspiration you bring each week!” – Hykie Breeze

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On with the show!

Edmonia Lewis

In Week 1, students learned a little more about Black American history in the 19th century and their fight for freedom. Tamisha talked about the clothing and hairstyles of the period and highlighted some important Black artists, including Edmonia Lewis.

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Portraits of sculptor Edmonia Lewis by Make Art That Sells students Ali Parks (left) and Maruga Koops (right).

Edmonia Lewis was the first African-American and Native American sculptor to achieve national and then international prominence. A sculptor who was born free in upstate New York, her work is known for incorporating themes relating to Black people and indigenous peoples of the Americas into Neoclassical-style sculpture.

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Portraits by Make Art That Sells students Audrey Szabo (left) and Kay Wolfersperger (right).

 

Gwendolyn Bennett

Week 2 is all about the jazz era of the 1920s and 30s. Gwendolyn Bennett was an American artist, writer, and journalist, and an influencer of African-American women rights during the Harlem Renaissance.

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Portraits by Make Art That Sells students Alice Negri (left) and Jackie Gigliotti (right).

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Portraits by Make Art That Sells students Tequitia Andrews (left) and Hykie Breeze (right).

Weeks 3 and 4 cover the protest era of the 1940s and 50s and the Black is Beautiful movement of the 1960s and 70s – but who features in the weekly assignment? Register now and find out!

Lots of love

The Make Art That Sells team xxx

P.S. If you’re kicking yourself for not signing up for Bootcamp Special: Character Play then look out for some very exciting news coming up next week!

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