African Americans have made extraordinary contributions to the history and culture of the United States as part of the nation and apart from it. This month, Auction Finds present s “28 days (Plus 1)” of…
Author: sherry
African Americans have made extraordinary contributions to the history and culture of the United States as part of the nation and apart from it. This month, Auction Finds present s “28 days (Plus 1)” of…
African Americans have made extraordinary contributions to the history and culture of the United States as part of the nation and apart from it. This month, Auction Finds present s “28 days (Plus 1)” of…
African Americans have made extraordinary contributions to the history and culture of the United States as part of the nation and apart from it. This month, Auction Finds presents “28 days (Plus 1)” of this…
I hadn’t thought of the book about a little boy named Turky until I got a letter recently from a reader who fondly remembered reading it as a child. “Turky Trott and the Black Santa”…
Artist Frank J. Dillon as stained-glass designer
Posted in Art, and Black history
I wasn’t focused on stained-glass windows when I walked into the auction house some years ago for a sale of works by African American artist Frank J. Dillon. I wanted a sketchbook that an auctioneer…
Watch a video from my recent book signing
Posted in Art
I love talking about the artists featured in my blog “Auction Finds” and now in my new book “ART WITH HEART.” I have a passion for them, their art and their stories that I share…
The questions were plentiful and the conversation was lively at my Art Talk and Book signing Oct. 26, 2021, at Moody Jones Gallery in Glenside, PA. Thanks to all who attended, including Vernoca L. Michael…
They were three teens from Black neighborhoods in North Philadelphia where graffiti was more prevalent than Picasso. Like most children in insular neighborhoods, they never much ventured outside their area, hindered by little money and…
Benjamin Britt was always a mystery to me. He seemed to be on the periphery of my thoughts, never fully formed, almost an illusion. I would hear his name in snatches, but it was hard…