by Cieslafdn | Oct 1, 2014 | Rosenwald Grant Recipients
Hank Stuever, writing for The Washington Post, gave a positive review to Martin Scorsese and David Tedeschi’s new documentary about the New York Review of Books. Stuever writes that the film, called The 50 Year Argument, “does a thoughtful and appealing job of opening up the rarefied literary realm of the NYRB to a viewer who may have never heard of it.” Stuever mentions Rosenwald Fund fellow James Baldwin as one of the authors frequently found in the pages of the NYRB.
You can read more about the new documentary at The Washington Post.
by Cieslafdn | Oct 1, 2014 | School Restorations
The newly restored San Domingo Rosenwald School, where we filmed on Saturday, August 23rd, was the subject of a lovely profile by Karen Chen in yesterday’s Washington Post. The 1919 Rosenwald School was beautifully restored over ten years by community members led by Newell Quinton, an alum of the school. Saturday was the school’s grand reopening as a community center and event space.
Click here to read more about the history of the school, the restoration and the people who made it possible at The Washington Post. Click here to read our blog post about the shoot.
by Cieslafdn | Oct 1, 2014 | Ciesla Foundation
The outgoing attorney general Eric Holder posed for a picture in February with Edward H. Levi, a previous attorney general who served under President Ford. Levi was the grandson of Rabbi Emil Hirsch, a strong advocate for Civil Rights for African Americans in turn of the century Chicago. Holder has been called a “champion of Civil Rights” as well by The New York Times. You can read more about Holder and see the photo of him with Levi’s portrait in the New York Times article.
by Cieslafdn | Sep 28, 2014 | Social Justice Work
Lawrence Downes, a writer for The New York Times, recently took a trip to locations around the city where Woody Guthrie spent half his life: New York. Downes was guided by two grandchildren of the great folk singer, Anna Canoni and her brother Cole Rotante, and wrote an entertaining article about the experience.
On a related note, “My Name is New York” is the name of a recently published guide book (in paperback and audio format) to the city written by Guthrie’s daughter, Nora Guthrie. The book follows the traces of Guthrie’s movements and residences around the city – click here to get your copy today.
Guthrie was living in a community of like-minded artists and musicians in New York around 1943 when he first applied to the Rosenwald Fund for assistance writing a book. During his Rosenwald grant period, Guthrie worked on several projects, the most prominent of which, entitled House of Earth, was finally published last year.
You can read more about Guthrie landmarks in the Big Apple in the online version of the New York Times article, which also includes a video of Canoni and Rotante exploring some of the locations in New York inhabited by their famous grandfather.
by Cieslafdn | Sep 28, 2014 | Rosenwald Grant Recipients
The Washington Post reports that the William H. and Camille O. Cosby collection, which contains masterpieces by many great African and African American artists, will have a rare exhibition at the Smithsonian Museum of African Art starting in November of this year. In keeping with Camille Cosby’s statement on the importance of “[showing] people that African American artists have been working for a long time,” the collection has many works from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries by artists of color. 20th century pieces in the collection include works by Rosenwald Fund-supported artists like Elizabeth Catlett, Jacob Lawrence, Eldzier Cortor and Augusta Savage.
Don’t miss this chance to see the Cosby collection in person. Read more about the show at The Washington Post.
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