http://www.blackartists.org.uk We not defeated by rejection. It serves to heighten our determination Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:17:18 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Paving the Empire Road (BBC Television and Black Britons) By Darrell M. Newton Publisher: Manchester University Press (27 Oct 2011) ISBN-13: 978-0719081675 This book takes a new perspective on the arrival of West Indians to Britain from 1948 onwards. It concentrates on the portrayal of the influx from a media perspective, which I found ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/617 John Amaechi. O.B.E NBAA colleague, friend and mentor received his 2010 award for his work in the voluntary sector on both sides of the Atlantic. http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/614 FREE event but DONATIONS to NBAA are welcome. Speaker: Anne Tucker, Friends of Platt Fields Park Tuesday 17/01/12 5.30pm - 7.00pm New Black Arts Alliance (NBAA) 18 Swan Street Manchester M4 5JW A fascinating talk by Anne Tucker, Committee Member of the Friends of Platt Fields, looking at the history of Platt Fields Park ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/608 CUSP By Graham Mort Publisher Seren ISBN-13: 978-1854115485 £8.99 Can you identify a man by his art? I think not.  Mort is a local lad born in Middleton with the deadpan humour that Mancunians are known for. This is also a man who defends human rights and freedom, even if ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/596 THE LADIES ARE UPSTAIRS By Merle Collins Publisher Peepal Tree Press ISBN: 9781845231798 Price: £8.99 My expectations of a novel full of the sort of laughter that is concealed by a raised hand were not totally      disappointed when I realised that this is a collection of ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/598 The Rampage Story ISBN-13: 978-0956905703 Publisher: Global Carnival Centre Price £9.99 Cynics might say “OK it’s a book on carnival so what, the pictures are pretty”. What they do not realise is that Rampage is an important record of the Caribbean’s stunning art form which is carnival. Pax Nindi as editor and interviewer ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/591 Creating Memorials, Building Identities: The Politics of Memory in the Black Atlantic ISBN-13: 978-1846317590. Liverpool University Press (28 Feb 2012) The word expert is often (too) liberally banded about; it becomes particularly irksome when the “expert” is not of the group under research. Alan Rice wears this mantle comfortably and deservedly so ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/587 AA2A - Artists Access to Art Colleges - helping artists realise their ambitions and students visualise their future The AA2A project is a national set of schemes, providing visual artists and designer makers with the opportunity to undertake a period of research or realise a project, using workshop and supporting facilities in ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/582 Merle Collins VIP Dinner for Twelve  Guest. November 19th 2011 NBAA is delighted to welcome Merle as a friend, colleague and mentor.The UK poetry scene lost its lustre when Grenadian born poet and fiction                      writer, Collins left the ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/569 The first was led by Professor Brian Ward on the African American all round entertainer Florence Mills. His presentation was as warm as it was informative. Welcome back any time. The second considered the Pan African Congress under the guidance of Washington Alcott, who managed to bring the ... http://www.blackartists.org.uk/archives/564