The Colored Girls Museum

10/03/2023

TCGM on the move! We celebrate the legend and dear friend, Barbara Bullock.

Woodmere Art Museum is pleased to present "Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision," a retrospective of the artist’s illustrious career. On view September 23, 2023, through January 21, 2024, "Fearless Vision" will showcase Bullock’s development over sixty years of creative practice, from the paintings and drawings of the late 1960s and 1970s to the cut, painted, and sculpted works in heavy-weight paper she is known for today. The exhibition will demonstrate the artist’s participation in a national movement in the arts to strengthen Black identity through explorations of African art, music, and dance and the impact of her extensive travels through Africa and the Caribbean.

https://woodmereartmuseum.org/experience/exhibitions/barbara-bullock.

Image: "Child in the Land of the Spirits," 1997, by Barbara Bullock (Collection of the artist)

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10/01/2023

10/01/2023

# charitybeginsathome

"Newsom is under the delusion that there’s a sizable pool of powerful Black women in California who are eager to put aside their own political ambitions and break ranks with the sisterhood to accept his offer to serve as an “interim appointment” to the Senate. This caretaker would agree to merely finish out Feinstein’s term and not run again — and make it harder to ensure there’s a Black woman in the upper chamber at all.

Who wouldn’t want that?"

California's governor vowed to pick a Black woman to fill the vacancy in the Senate. But he won't get many takers without the ability to run again.

10/01/2023

Venture capital firm Fearless Fund had its grant program for black female business owners blocked by a United States appellate court Saturday.

09/20/2023

📣Woodmere Art Museum is pleased to present "Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision," a retrospective of the artist’s illustrious career. On view September 23, 2023, through January 21, 2024, "Fearless Vision" will showcase Bullock’s development over sixty years of creative practice, from the paintings and drawings of the late 1960s and 1970s to the cut, painted, and sculpted works in heavy-weight paper she is known for today. The exhibition will demonstrate the artist’s participation in a national movement in the arts to strengthen Black identity through explorations of African art, music, and dance and the impact of her extensive travels through Africa and the Caribbean.

Please join us for the Opening Reception celebrating "Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision" on Saturday, September 23rd from 1PM-4PM. The event is free and open to the public. To register, visit https://woodmereartmuseum.org/experience/exhibitions/barbara-bullock.

Image: "Child in the Land of the Spirits," 1997, by Barbara Bullock (Collection of the artist)

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09/20/2023

Temple University Acting President JoAnne A. Epps died suddenly after a memorial service at the school Tuesday afternoon, the school announced. She was 72.

09/20/2023

📣Woodmere Art Museum is pleased to present "Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision," a retrospective of the artist’s illustrious career. On view September 23, 2023, through January 21, 2024, "Fearless Vision" will showcase Bullock’s development over sixty years of creative practice, from the paintings and drawings of the late 1960s and 1970s to the cut, painted, and sculpted works in heavy-weight paper she is known for today. The exhibition will demonstrate the artist’s participation in a national movement in the arts to strengthen Black identity through explorations of African art, music, and dance and the impact of her extensive travels through Africa and the Caribbean.

Please join us for the Opening Reception celebrating "Barbara Bullock: Fearless Vision" on Saturday, September 23rd from 1PM-4PM. The event is free and open to the public. To register, visit https://woodmereartmuseum.org/experience/exhibitions/barbara-bullock.

Image: "Child in the Land of the Spirits," 1997, by Barbara Bullock (Collection of the artist)

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09/19/2023

That juxtaposition – of smiling children in their Sunday best standing behind bars – captured national attention. Lyon’s photos were published in the SNCC newspaper and Jet Magazine; the press dubbed them The Stolen Girls. The photos were eventually seen by New Jersey Senator Harrison A. Williams who entered the images into the Congressional Record.

In July 1963, at the height of the Civil Rights Movement, teenager Shirley Reese joined a peaceful protest with other young Black girls.

09/19/2023

Dr. Clayton led Philly schools from 1982 until 1993. She was the city’s first Black superintendent and also the first woman in that role.

09/16/2023

By becoming a member you join a network of passionate peers with diverse skills and interests, eager to collaborate or share experiences. Join a conversation, an event, or maybe a committee.

09/16/2023

Lifting up Four Girls today. It hurts to remember but we can never forget.

Tribute to Four Girls
Ceramic Vessels Michael Clemmons co-founder /curator Colored Girls Museum

09/16/2023

TCGM Special Newsletter -

Hi this is Ian Friday, Associate Director of The Colored Girls Museum and I am pleased to share with you that the museum celebrated its 8th birthday!  We are so grateful to all that have journeyed with us, supported us, helped and loved us along the way.  There is more work to be done, more fun to...

09/12/2023

Listen to TCGM museum artist, Barbara Neely, speak on her involvement in TCGM, her impressions of the museum, and her eventual hopes for TCGM.

09/12/2023

Today The Colored Girls Museum turns 9! We are so grateful to all that have journeyed with us, supported us, helped and loved us along the way. There is more work to be done , more fun to be had and more dreams to be hatched. We look forward to celebrating with you all this season.

The number 9 is powerful. It represents completion, although not a final ending—more like the fulfillment of one cycle so that you can prepare to initiate the next one. It's a recognition of life's ongoing ebb and flow.

09/09/2023

08/31/2023

TCGM on the move!
We made our way over to the 1040 Gallery also known as the house of Pauline and Sheena to see Keith Scrivens curated show of RL Washington work “Echoes From The Past” a sensational collection of paintings which photos cannot replicate! Go see it!

08/31/2023

Simone Biles achieves a historic milestone by securing her 8th all-around national title at the US Gymnastics Championships.

08/31/2023

The 26-year-old is back and better than ever, is she gearing up for another Olympic sweep?

08/30/2023

08/28/2023

We had such a great summer season. We love when anyone comes home to visit us especially fellow alum from Wesleyan University. So good to visit with Charlotte Hunter and her husband Peter. We hope to have an alumni event at TCGM in the near future.

08/28/2023

Gauff has the charisma and talent to be not just a champion but a star, and this summer she has played better than ever before.

08/28/2023

The city council of Savannah, Georgia, voted Thursday to rename a downtown square after Susie King Taylor, a Black woman who once taught slaves to read and write.

08/28/2023

A conservative activist is suing Fearless Fund, alleging the firm’s grant program for companies run by Black, female entrepreneurs is unconstitutional.

08/26/2023

So honored to be a part of this list of institutions that uplift the breadth of our culture. Thank you for your continued support!

08/24/2023

We are so proud of TCGM’s Executive Director, Vashti Dubois for receiving a special recognition from The Moles Inc. The Moles, Inc., an African American women's social organization with chapters nationwide.

08/23/2023

02/02/2023

Recent events are a reminder that the caste system still determines American life—but we can overcome it, writes Isabel Wilkerson

01/10/2023

Renaissance

She knew if she spoke now, though, her insights would be resisted by Janice, the white woman director of student services. Janice had recently complained about Kiara’s “aggressive” approach and leadership. And yet Kiara’s role required her to raise precisely these concerns. Feeling exhausted, she took a deep breath and spoke in a calm, measured tone.

Here are three ways to set Black women and other women of color up for success in district equity leadership.

01/10/2023

Every colorful outfit Notre Dame head coach Niele Ivey wears on the sidelines is a reflection of who she is on and off the court. “I always want to look elegant…

01/04/2023

There's an expectation that Black women are superheroes who can do it all. It can feel like there is no room for Black women not to be okay.

12/30/2022

The Colored Girls Museum, like black women , perform root work. Underground, providing nourishment for the systemic growth of her community. Planted deep in the soil, a grounding, offering support. This important work goes mostly unseen but is indelibly felt and necessary. Your support waters this work. We thank you for seeing us. Our mission is to be a public ritual for the protection, praise and grace for the ordinary Colored girl of the African Diaspora. Your generosity allows us to do so. Thank you so much.

12/22/2022

Meghan Markle and Megan Thee Stallion are symbols of the jeopardy Black women face, at the nexus of White racism and male sexism.

12/21/2022

These literary works ask readers to rethink the histories of these half-human sea creatures and their role in society today.

12/21/2022

The Black women of the United Order of Tents are scrambling to save their grand Brooklyn headquarters, and to preserve their ambitious future.

12/18/2022

Kyra Kyles recalls the time early in her career when an abrupt staffing change at her communications job caused managers to look to her to fill a leadership role.

12/17/2022

Megan Thee Stallion has been hit with criticism — but also backed by many Black women for whom the disbelief and lack of care are familiar.

12/09/2022

TCGM December Newsletter -

My year in review. Last year at this time I was preparing to leave Philadelphia to begin my four month fellowship at The Clarke Art Institute in Williamstown MA. I have not left the museum for any extended period of time for seven years.  I knew I needed to but I was afraid.  I did it anyway. I am...

12/08/2022

Griner, an American basketball star who had been imprisoned on drug charges, was traded for Viktor Bout, a Russian arms dealer. President Biden said Griner would be back in the United States within 24 hours.

12/06/2022

Huge congratulations to the founder and Executive Director of The Colored Girls Museum, Vashti Dubois! We are so very proud! Big love to all of the cohorts. Yay!!

PHILADELPHIA (Dec. 6, 2022) — The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage in collaboration with The Barra Foundation, Neubauer Family Foundation, William Penn Foundation, and Wyncote Foundation announced today $1,170,000 in fellowships to 12 Philadelphia-area artists and cultural practitioners of color through the Philadelphia’s Cultural Treasures (PCT) funding initiative.
The recipients are artists working in music, performance, film, visual arts, literature, and multidisciplinary and community-based art forms: Daryl Kwasi Burgee, Vashti Dubois, Maori Karmael Holmes, Homer Jackson, Wit López, Roberto Lugo, Louis Massiah, Pepón Osorio, Ursula Rucker, Sinta Penyami Storms, Andrea Walls, and Yolanda Wisher.
These fellowships are awarded as part of the regional component of America’s Cultural Treasures, an initiative created by the Ford Foundation. The PCT efforts specifically support Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) cultural groups, artists, and organizations with exceptional significance to Greater Philadelphia.
The PCT artist fellowships recognize and reward the efforts of remarkably talented, Philadelphia-based BIPOC artists and cultural workers who make a material difference in their communities over and above the already challenging work of sustaining their own careers.