/tags/griot-museum-of-black-history-and-culture Griot Museum of Black History and Culture en-US Copyright © 2024 ÍâÍøÌìÌà Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2022-11-22/griot-museum-celebrates-st-louis-black-history-with-art-piece-from-smithsonian-designer The Griot Museum of Black History will soon receive a public art installation by a world-renowned Black architect. David Adjaye is creating a work that will share the St. Louis region’s Black history. Tue, 22 Nov 2022 11:15:00 GMT /arts/2022-11-22/griot-museum-celebrates-st-louis-black-history-with-art-piece-from-smithsonian-designer Chad Davis /culture-history/2022-10-17/black-herstory-celebrates-the-legacy-of-black-women-with-monuments-across-st-louis The Griot Museum of Black History is gearing up for a permanent exhibit that pays tribute to Black women who helped shape the St. Louis region. Its Black HerStory project will use monuments to honor doctors, historians, community leaders, judges and politicians. Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:00:00 GMT /culture-history/2022-10-17/black-herstory-celebrates-the-legacy-of-black-women-with-monuments-across-st-louis Chad Davis /culture-history/2021-12-03/black-herstory-to-highlight-contributions-by-black-women-in-st-louis-history The Griot Museum of Black History has received a $100,000 grant to honor the historic contributions of Black St. Louis women. Fri, 03 Dec 2021 11:34:20 GMT /culture-history/2021-12-03/black-herstory-to-highlight-contributions-by-black-women-in-st-louis-history Chad Davis /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-03-25/6-st-louis-visual-artists-to-showcase-their-work-from-harvard-fellowship The "In the City: Memories of Black Presence" exhibit debuts March 26 at the Griot Museum of Black History and Culture. It showcases the works of St. Louis artists examining the city as part of a fellowship at Harvard University. Thu, 25 Mar 2021 20:50:58 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2021-03-25/6-st-louis-visual-artists-to-showcase-their-work-from-harvard-fellowship Lara Hamdan /arts/2021-02-18/black-st-louis-artists-explore-generations-of-racial-trauma-and-how-joy-heals Today, Black artists are describing the trauma of police brutality, the agony of seeing friends suffer violent deaths and the pain of losing loved ones to COVID-19. Black artists in the St. Louis region will showcase works that connect grief and joy in a virtual exhibit from the Griot Museum of Black History on Saturday. Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:00:54 GMT /arts/2021-02-18/black-st-louis-artists-explore-generations-of-racial-trauma-and-how-joy-heals Andrea Y. Henderson /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-01-22/new-harvard-fellowship-boosts-6-st-louis-visual-artists This spring, a cohort of six talented St. Louis-based visual artists will head to Cambridge, Massachusetts, as part of a new initiative founded by local… Wed, 22 Jan 2020 20:40:39 GMT /show/st-louis-on-the-air/2020-01-22/new-harvard-fellowship-boosts-6-st-louis-visual-artists Lara Hamdan /arts/2019-07-19/designer-and-activist-de-nichols-heads-to-harvard-to-enhance-st-louis-griot-museum Five years after a white Ferguson police officer shot and killed 18-year-old Michael Brown, a black man, there is no permanent, local display of the art… Fri, 19 Jul 2019 11:10:51 GMT /arts/2019-07-19/designer-and-activist-de-nichols-heads-to-harvard-to-enhance-st-louis-griot-museum Nancy Fowler /arts/2019-04-03/large-gift-gives-st-louis-griot-museum-of-black-history-a-break-from-hard-times For two decades, Lois Conley, founder of St. Louis’ Griot Museum of Black History, has struggled just to pay the bills, hoping the roof, heating and air… Wed, 03 Apr 2019 10:05:00 GMT /arts/2019-04-03/large-gift-gives-st-louis-griot-museum-of-black-history-a-break-from-hard-times Nancy Fowler /arts/2018-09-14/griot-photo-exhibition-to-feature-peaceful-moments-of-protests-in-ferguson-and-st-louis Updated at 4:12 p.m. with clarification — When early photos of the 2014 Ferguson protests flashed across photographer Eric Pan’s phone and computer… Fri, 14 Sep 2018 10:19:17 GMT /arts/2018-09-14/griot-photo-exhibition-to-feature-peaceful-moments-of-protests-in-ferguson-and-st-louis Nancy Fowler /arts/2018-07-20/st-louis-art-project-on-a-historic-black-community-a-finalist-for-national-arts-funding Lois Conley of St. Louis grew up in Mill Creek Valley, where everything was in walking distance, and neighbors kept a close eye on each others’… Fri, 20 Jul 2018 10:20:01 GMT /arts/2018-07-20/st-louis-art-project-on-a-historic-black-community-a-finalist-for-national-arts-funding Nancy Fowler