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Pigment International® is a Black woman founded and led multi-media platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art Founded in 2018 in Chicago, Pigment serves as a connector within our community of Black creators, collectors, curators, investors, and other stakeholders
We are conveners bringing together the Black art ecosystem for inspiring, cross generational dialogue We are the publishers of Pigment Magazine and The Black Gallery Guide + and founders of Black Fine Art Month® Follow Pigment International on FB and IG
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Launched in December 2018, Pigment Magazine has as its focus art, innovation and curation The 56 page, glossy, fourcolor magazine is broken into three sections featuring stories on artists, collectors and others in the Black fine art ecosystem. We are three time winners of the publishing industry's prestigious OZZIE Award for “Best Cover Design ”
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International has produced four issues of its award winning magazine the latest documents our travels to the Venice Biennale and chronicles Galerie Myrtis’ exhibition at the European Cultural Centre (ECC)
The Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined mounted by Galerie Myrtis for the European Cultural Center (ECC) during the 59th Venice Biennale features prominently in our current Pigment Magazine
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Launched in April 2023 this resource guide lists Black owned galleries art fairs and services across the globe It is a print and on-line product
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Quarterly pageable magazine created in partnership with Black owned galleries across the country to focus on individual artists Distributed via ISSUU and via the Pigment Newsletter
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Pigment Salon Talks: Forums for artists curators and others in the Black Art ecosystem Hosted in person and virtually and available on YouTube
'Who's Got Next' at South Side Community Art Center. Historian Kaila Austin
Held each October is a global celebration of the Black fine art aesthetic an annual recognition of artists, innovators, collectors, curators and those vested in the Black Art tradition, and an opportunity to commemorate and elevate these contributions through programming that highlights our constituents – artists, art collectors, curators, gallerists, educators and others
BFAM is an initiative of Pigment International® founded in 2019 It has been entered into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Robin Kelly
The 2023 theme was A Discourse on Monuments”
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Back Row - Jade Williams, Mark Clements, Phyliss North. Front Row - Moderator Devorah Crable, Jen Ash, Naomi Green and Dr. Patricia Jones Blessman. The group discussion on art and social justice was the highlight of Black Fine Art Month 2023.
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Each August Pigment International travels to Martha’s VIneyard where we host Art Salons, Artist Talks, Gallery Walks and events that highlight Black art Dates for 2024 are August 4 - 18th
Pigment International’s Lois Mallou Jones Photo Shoot in Oak Bluffs.
TEAM SAAM! The team from the Smithsonian American Art Museum celebrated the end of a successful art week at Farm Neck Cafe in Oak Bluff.
MV Gallerists and Museum Director's Breakfast
Each year Pigment International is a Media Partner to The Other Art Fair an international art fair hosted by Saatchi held in the Ravenswood Neighborhood in Chicago. Pigment's 2023 booth at The Other Art Fair was themed 'When I Think of Home' and featured work by EDO, Candace Hunter, D Lammie Hanson, and Jade Williams, who curated the space Pigment hosts students for tours of this traveling fair
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Each year Pigment International participates in one of the largest art events in the country - Art Miami We serve as a media partner to the SCOPE Art Fair and to Miami Convention & Tourism’s Art of Black. Among our customized events are Salon Talks and hosted events
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The Chicago Youth Art Challenge invites talented young artists from high schools across the Chicagoland area to showcase their creativity and passion for art!
The Chicago Youth Art Challenge is organized by Pigment International and The Four Arts Men a collective of four local, yet world renowned artists based in Chicago whose mission is to provide a platform for young artists to express themselves connect with their peers, and inspire positive change through the power of art
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Pigment International's three pillars are Art – Innovation – Curation. A Black Canvas will explore these pillars through conversations with artists, collectors, curators, and gamechangers in the Black art ecosystem
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