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Black Art and Artists Matter: Collection Assessment and Expansion in Watson Library
Special Collections and Slavic Languages Librarian Jared Ash discusses Watson Library’s collection of works by African American artists.
Jared Ash
February 3, 2021
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Met Stories: Belonging
Watch episode eleven of Met Stories with Dariel Vasquez.
Dariel Vasquez
December 17, 2020
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Jacob Lawrence: An Intimate Portrait, 1993
In this short feature, produced to accompany a 1993 LACMA exhibition of Jacob Lawrence’s series on Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, hear from the artist and those who knew him well.
October 9, 2020
A black-and-white photo of Jacob Lawrence resting his head in his hand in front of one of his paintings
Reckoning with American History in Jacob Lawrence’s “Struggle”
In this 1968 interview, Lawrence discusses the importance of centering Black contributions to U.S. history.
The Digital Editors
October 1, 2020
A black-and-white photo of a man shrouded in all-white cloth
Visualizing a Sahelian Past
How art from the Sahel brings the region’s underappreciated past to life.
Alisa LaGamma and Hakimah Abdul-Fattah
September 10, 2020
A black and white photo of two men in front of a mud building
Building on Architectural Traditions of the Sahel
Renowned architect Francis Kéré and photographer James Morris reflect on the past, present, and future of Sahelian architecture.
Francis Kéré and James Morris
July 15, 2020
Five people smile and stand in front of an ivory wall with white text that reads: "On the Shores"
Introducing New York to the Cultural Wealth of Medieval West Africa
Two recent fellows from Senegal reflect on their time at The Met conducting outreach for the exhibition Sahel.
Oumy Mbaye and Mouhamet Traoré
June 4, 2020
Senegalese singer Baaba Maal, in blue, performs an acoustic concert with Cheikh Ndiaye (left) at The Met.
Baaba Maal’s Songs of the Sahel
The world-renowned Senegalese singer carries the stories of the Sahel to The Met.
Will Fenstermaker
May 6, 2020
Storytelling and West African Cinema
Filmmakers Rahmatou Keïta and Fanta Nacro speak about their work’s relationship to narrative traditions of the Sahel.
Yaëlle Biro, Rahmatou Keïta, and Fanta Régina Nacro
April 22, 2020
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Met Stories: Connection
Watch episode four of Met Stories with Jenita Pettway and Ariun Sanjaajamts.
Jenita Pettway and Ariun Sanjaajamts
April 3, 2020