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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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