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SouthBound: Photographs of and about the New South
Representing the largest exhibition of photographs of and about the American South in the twenty-first century, Southbound: Photographs...
May 26, 20211 min read
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#1960now Traveling Show At Riverside Art Museum Riverside, CA
#1960Now is Sheila Pree Bright's journey documenting the responses to police shootings in Atlanta, Ferguson, Baltimore, Washington,...
Feb 17, 20211 min read
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Re-Birth, Sheila Pree Bright Photographic Art Installation
“As I observe the state of the country, I feel art can be a form of activism to create awareness and bring shared communities together...
Nov 10, 20202 min read
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Sheila Pree Bright: Art & Activism
Conversation with Creativelive.com a brand new episode of 'We are Photographers podcast. Click here to watch.
Sep 3, 20201 min read
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Activism Through Photographs: Sheila Pree Bright, Steve Schapiro Display Works Side by Side at Jack
Alicia Garza, founder of the international Black Lives Matter movement, has said "the civil rights movement was not one period in history...
Aug 14, 20201 min read
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BuzzFeed News
An Intimate Look At the Activists Involved In The Black Lives Matter Movement #1960Now series featured in BuzzFeednews "It took...
Jun 29, 20201 min read
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THE WASHINGTON POST MAGAZINE
THE ENDLESS CALL "Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be. Let it be the pioneer on the plain seeking a home...
Jun 11, 20201 min read
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Carved In Stone
My photo essay, 'Carved In Stone' in The Washington Post Magazine, 'Visualizing Racism.' ©2019 Sheila Pree Bright
Dec 28, 20191 min read
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Art, Activism & The Legacy of Tamir Rice
Honored to attend the 5th-anniversary legacy luncheon of Tamir Rice. On November 22, 2014, Tamir a 12-year old African-American, was...
Nov 20, 20191 min read
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Visual Literacy: Seeing, Making, and Reading Images across the Disciplines Peter Wall Institute Inte
I had a great time at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver as a keynote speaker, participating in the Visual Literacy...
Oct 23, 20191 min read
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The Black Aesthetic in the Visual Arts
Had a great time at the University of California, Santa Barbara as speaker and portfolio reviewer with the MFA students ! Photo with...
Oct 3, 20191 min read
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The New American Homeless
Glad I had the opportunity to work with writer Brian Goldstone for the New Republic Magazine about the ”working homeless.” “If the term...
Sep 4, 20191 min read
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Contact High: A Visual History of Hip-Hop Documenting the Rise of a Cultural Phenonmenon
The rapper Scarface image is featured in the exhibition; I photographed in the 90s. The exhibition is celebrating the photographers who...
Apr 26, 20191 min read
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Honoring Black Mothers Who Lost Their Sons to Police Bruality.
I'm honored to reveal the 'Mothers March On' mural whose children have died at the hands of the police along with the iconic photographer...
Feb 5, 20191 min read
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Sheila Pree Bright's Human Rights History Lesson
"Her goal is to foster better understanding—between old and young, black and white, viewers and subjects—“because we really don’t know...
Jan 16, 20191 min read
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Jan 1, 20190 min read
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#1960Nowthebook Review 'Decades of The Fight For Equality Ignite A New Generation of Civil Right
#1960Nowthebook review by Kelly Caminero in as we end the year in 2018. "The #1960Now project critically inspects the integration of...
Dec 28, 20181 min read
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#1960Nowthebook review by Feature Shoot.
'Honoring Those Who Give Their Lives to Fight the Power, in Photos' by Miss Rosen.
Dec 19, 20181 min read
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#1960Nowthebook Signing at The Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia.
I was a Working Artist Project Fellow 2015/2016 at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia, Atlanta. #1960Now premier at the Museum...
Dec 13, 20181 min read
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Dec 12, 20180 min read
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