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Archive: 2021 (52 Posts)

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Celebrating Artists’ Portraits at the Library of Congress for African American History Month

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following guest post is by Katherine Blood, Curator of Fine Prints, Prints & Photographs Division In honor of African American History Month, this gathering of extraordinary individual and group portraits by contemporary artists features works that speak of community, family, and the envisioned past, present, and future. Nelson Stevens’s vibrant screenprint called Spirit Sister, …

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Flickr Commons: A 13th Anniversary and the COVID-19 American Experiences

Posted by: Barbara Orbach Natanson

The following is a guest post by Adam Silvia, Curator of Photography, Prints & Photographs Division. Thirteen years ago, on January 16th, 2008, Flickr announced The Commons, a space where libraries and museums can share photographs with the public, and the public, in turn, can share its collective knowledge with these cultural heritage archives. The …

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Marking the New Year with an Old Calendar

Posted by: Kristi Finefield

As we transition to a new year, one of the ways we mark the change is acquiring a new calendar. Even though many of us have moved the tracking of our meetings, tasks, birthdays and other important events to a digital format, I still enjoy a physical calendar, and I especially enjoyed a recent look …