Smithsonian Education的动态

Arts education makes the world a more beautiful place. ?? Kids captured their world through their own lens in this photography workshop at the New Thing Arts and Architecture Center in Washington, D.C. From 1967 to 1973, the organization offered photography, creative writing, filmmaking, and music workshops to Black youth in the nation’s capital. Recognizing the need for more educational opportunities for Black children in the city, Howard University alum and architect Colin “Topper” Carew established the New Thing in D.C.’s Adams Morgan neighborhood. In addition to weekend and summer classes, the organization also hosted weekly concerts, which featured legendary performers, such as Stevie Wonder and B.B. King. Due to funding restraints, the New Thing closed its doors in 1973. But in just a few short years, the organization inspired countless young people to explore the arts and left a legacy of Black arts education and activism in the nation’s capital. Meet a few of the students and teachers who made D.C. a center for Black arts education in “A Bold and Beautiful Vision: A Century of Black Arts Education in Washington, D.C., 1900-2000” at our Smithsonian's Anacostia Community Museum. ??: Stephen Thomas, in the collection of our Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum