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Young, Gifted and Black

The Black West
Art Competition

New Deadline May 23, 2008

Bulletin!
Works that are completed by Tuesday, April 29, will be exhibited at City Hall 1st Thursday, May 1st.

Works must be matted and delivered to Jefferson High School, c/o Amy Hargrave, 5210 N. Kerby Ave.

Qualifications, Rules and Guidelines

African-American/African Diaspora  high school students 14-19 years of age* from the Portland Metro area in Public, Charter, Private, Alternative or Home School.

To encourage the study of a rich cultural history as a living legacy and inspire the creation of original works of art.

Throughout time, the study and knowledge of history has given artists a foundation to fashion their visions as they chronicled and interpreted past and present people, places and events.

Original 2 dimensional works, 36”x36” maximum size.
Painting – all media, Printmaking, Collage, Drawing, Mixed Media.

Each entry must be accompanied by a typed 100-200 word essay/outline from readings that provide the basis for your art. Be sure to attach student information: name, address, phone number, school, art teacher's name, year in school.

Entry Form PDF

Contact email: chl@pdx.edu

Delilver entries to:

Jefferson High School
c/o Amy Hargrave
5210 N. Kerby Ave.
Portland, Oregon 97211
Phone 503.916.5180 x1391
Or Mr. Shamsud-Din 503.232.1671

Bibliography:

THE BLACK WEST by William Loren Katz Anchor Press Doubleday 1973

A MAN NAMED MOSES by Donald Richard Whitbeck, W.T. Records & Publishing 1996

OREGON HISTORICAL QUARTERLY Summer 1982 Oregon Historical Society Press

BLACK COWBOYS OF TEXAS by Massey Texas A & M University Press 2000

A PECULIAR PARADISE Blacks in Oregon/NW

THE BLACK SEMINOLES by Kenneth W. Porter University Press of Florida 1996

BLACK SOLDIERS IN BLUE edited by John David Smith, University of North
Carolina Press 2002

VOICES OF THE BUFFALO SOLDIER, by Schubert, University of New Mexico Press 2003

A BLACK WOMAN'S CIVIL WAR MEMOIRS Autobiography by Susie King Taylor
Self published 1902, 5th printing by Markus Weiner Publishers, Princeton
New Jersey

BLACK TOWNS AND PROFIT by Hamilton University of Illinois Press 1991

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outline  Click here for PDF outline guide of figures in the Bilalian Odyssey, Side I, Side II

 

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