Visual Arts
This well known painting was featured on Marvin Gaye's 1976 album cover "I want you"
What is Sugar Shack?
Afro American female author from the 1970s whose futuristic works were considered ahead of their time.
Who is Octavia Butler?
Afro-American costume designer famous her afrofuturistic costume designs.
Who is Ruth E. Carter?
characteristic of a person or thing that distinguishes them from others.
ex. Ernie Barnes' interpretation of the human form was ____________ and unique.
What is DISTINCTIVE?
Before becoming a world renown artist this man began his career in the NFL.
Who is Ernie Barnes?
This literary genre made Octavia Butler famous.
What is science fiction?
film that features Carter's afro-futuristic designs.
what is Black Panther?
to inspire or fill with a particular quality or feeling.
example: Octavia Butler was able to _______ her work with depth and complexity by using science fiction to explore difficult aspects of humanity.
The number one key characteristic of Barnes' work is...
Afro-futuristic book that incorporates time travel and is modeled on slave narratives.
What is Kindred?
Ruth E. Carter's definition of Afro-futurism.
What is "a style of art that uses technology and imagination to create a future where Black people are free from oppression?
showing great attention to detail; very careful and precise
What is meticulous?
Although Barnes created images of Blacks in a myriad of situations he primarily painted them doing one of two activities as a metaphor for human struggle, triumph and unity.
What is playing sports and dancing?
What makes Kindred, a book about slavery, science fiction?
The main character Dana, involuntarily time travels back to the antebellum south.
goal of Black Panther costume designs.
What is to represent and empower Black culture?
person who enjoys starting businesses.
Who is an entrepreneur?
Other than the Sugar Shack, can you name just one other painting by Ernie Barnes?
What is...
The Graduate, High Aspirations, The Advocate, Victory in Overtime, A Life Restored, The Drum Major, The Bench
What makes Octavia Butler an afro-futuristic writer?
She blends science fiction with history to explore the lasting impacts of slavery.
True/False
Ruth E. Carter only prefers working on Afrofuturistic projects.
False. She got her start in the 1980s costume designing Spike Lee films.
a cultural movement that combines science fiction, history, and fantasy to explore the experiences and futures of Black people.
What is AFROFUTURISM?