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Point from which creation begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis
Benjamin Looker
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Description for Point from which creation begins: The Black Artists' Group of St. Louis
Hardcover. From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists' Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved with theater, visual arts, dance, poetry, and jazz. This book narrates the group's development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; AB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists’ Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved with theater, visual arts, dance, poetry, and jazz. Inspired by the reinvigorated black cultural nationalism of the 1960s, artistic collectives had sprung up around the country in a diffuse outgrowth known as the Black Arts Movement. These impulses resonated with BAG’s founders, who sought to raise black consciousness and explore the far reaches of interdisciplinary performance—all while struggling to carve out a place within the context of St. Louis history and culture.
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From 1968 to 1972, St. Louis was home to the Black Artists’ Group (BAG), a seminal arts collective that nurtured African American experimentalists involved with theater, visual arts, dance, poetry, and jazz. Inspired by the reinvigorated black cultural nationalism of the 1960s, artistic collectives had sprung up around the country in a diffuse outgrowth known as the Black Arts Movement. These impulses resonated with BAG’s founders, who sought to raise black consciousness and explore the far reaches of interdisciplinary performance—all while struggling to carve out a place within the context of St. Louis history and culture.
A generation of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Missouri Historical Society Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781883982515
SKU
V9781883982515
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About Benjamin Looker
Benjamin Looker is a native of Ann Arbor, Michigan. He received his bachelor of arts degrees in 2000 from Washington University in St. Louis, with majors in urban studies and music. Looker earned a master's degree from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and recently held a Fulbright scholarship to Canada for study of immigration and the arts.
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