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Art and Performance

Art

African American Artists: An on-line portal for both African American Artists and African American History.
African Art: Aesthetics and Meaning: A wonderful electronic exhibition catalog of African Art maintained by the Bayly Art Museum of the University of Virginia at Charlottesville.
African-Images.com: African-inspired home decor, products, books, resources and decorating articles.
African Sand Stained Glass: Artwork from artist Angela Smith
Afrocentric Art Gallery: Featuring the works of Evens Christopher Merine
The Black Art Directory: Beautiful and Inspirational Africa and African American Art
Brian Owens Art: Sculptor, Painter, Portrait Artist and maker of African American Sculpture
Cora Marshall Online Gallery: Features both original paintings and limited edition Giclee prints. Additional works are also available at Cora Marshall's Portfolio Gallery.
Crown Portaits: Portraits by Ron Stephens, father of Grammy Award winning singer, songwriter, pianist, producer, John Legend.
Darius White: Afrocentric Art
JacarandaStyle: Specializing in contemporary home accents, tableware and jewelry created by some of South Africa's most talented artisans.
Jacaranda Tribal: Online Gallery of South and East African Tribal Art including Zulu, Shona, Tsonga, Xhosa and Ndebele artifacts.
Jan Rose: A collection of framed art, journals, stationary and Rose's Wood
Jerry Taliaferro: Photographer and creator of the one-man traveling exhibition, "Women of a New Tribe".
National Museum of African Art: The National Museum of African Art, Smithsonian Institution, features African art from antiquity to the present.
October Gallery (Philadelphia, PA): African American Art
OctoberLive: African-American art radio broadcasts from Philadelphia's October Gallery.
Orpheuss: Photographic Interior Decorator
Painted Threads: One of a kind fabric art that speaks to the heart.
Pan African Connection: Art Gallery, Bookstore and Resource Center – The Best Short Trip to Africa Without Getting on an Airplane
Stankin Studio: Funktionally unique handcrafted art which is a visual cornucopia of innovation, optical illusions and iridescent illustrations.
Terra Treasures: Gifts From the Earth

Black Cinema

Black Film Center/Archive (BFCA): The BFC/A is a repository of films and related materials by and about African Americans.
blackfilm.com: An online resource which links the Black film community while cultivating national and international audiences interested in their work.
The Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center: A non-profit, public benefit organization designed to advocate, educate, research, develop and preserve the history, as well as the future, of Blacks in film and television.
BlackMovieReviews.com: Post your comments on the best and worst movies!
Sweet Patootee: An independent media production company specializing in historical documentaries for television. Their recent production " The First Black Britons" was broadcast on BBC Television.

Performing Arts

African-American Repertory Theater (DeSoto, TX)

AfriClassical.com

African Heritage in Classical Music - A Web site featuring composers and musicians of African descent.

Afrocentric Voices in "Classical" Music

Information on African American performers and composers and on the music forms they influenced, especially opera, art songs and spiritual arrangements. The site includes extensive bibliographies, biographies and music links.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

ArtistStuff.com

Artist and Elaine Thornton Foundation for the Arts (Dallas, TX)

The Black Academy of Arts and Letters (Dallas, TX)

Blacken Blues Theater (Dallas, TX)

African American Theater in Dallas

Dallas Black Dance Theatre (Dallas, TX)

DBDT is the oldest, continuously operating, professional dance company in Dallas.

The Dance Theater of Harlem (New York, NY)

A Neoclassic Dance Company

Daniel D. (Violinist)

The Ebony Strings Quartet