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Elizabeth

@afroartnerd

Art historian and HBCU Professor | Author: Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic | elizabethchamilton.com Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle March 7, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle March 6, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle March 3, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

03.03.2026 16:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle March 1, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

01.03.2026 16:18 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! 😊

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As we close Black History Month, I want to share some exciting news: I earned tenure and promotion to Associate Professor. The girl who dreamed of being like Whitley Gilbert, is now a tenured art historian at an HBCU.

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 27, 2026 🎨 πŸŸ₯ 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

27.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 24, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

24.02.2026 16:14 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Black Crossword | A free daily mini puzzle | Play online now Black Crossword is a free daily puzzle with a focus on cultural references from across the African diaspora. Available online and in book format.

I just solved Black Crossword's puzzle "Monday, February 23, 2026" in 1:26. Can you beat my time? Visit blackcrossword.com to play. crosshare.org/crosswords/S...

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*These Heathens* is my favorite read of 2026.

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β€œCranes in the Sky” feels like gospel music.

24.02.2026 00:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 23, 2026 🎨 πŸŸ₯ πŸŸ₯ πŸŸ₯ 🟩 www.nga.gov/Artle

23.02.2026 13:03 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 21, 2026 🎨 πŸŸ₯ πŸŸ₯ 🟩 ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

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Toni Morrison reading.

Toni Morrison reading.

β€œWhat's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?” β€” Toni Morrison, Jazz

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 16, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

16.02.2026 13:07 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 14, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

14.02.2026 14:54 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 13, 2026 🎨 πŸŸ₯ 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 12, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

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Me too. I saw her in concert in 2015 and she was amazing!

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Artle – the daily art exploration game. Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.

Artle #Artle February 10, 2026 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle

10.02.2026 16:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Text of Alice Walker’s poem β€œBe Nobody’s Darling”

Text of Alice Walker’s poem β€œBe Nobody’s Darling”

enslavement. Her definition of Womanism expanded boundaries for me in thinking about Black women and feminism. The Color Purple is one of my favorite books. In addition to being an essayist and novelist, Walker is also a poet and wrote one of my favorites, which I’ll share here: #BHM

09.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The ninth day of Black History Month is Alice Walker’s birthday. Her work has been foundational to me as an art historian. β€œIn Search of Our Mother’s Gardens” argues for the reclamation of quotidian forms of beauty as art. It revolutionized how I think about Black women’s cultural production during

09.02.2026 20:34 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Free features a standing female figure in a quilt-patterned dress that refers to the paintings to John Biggers. Her leather jacket and pin nod to the Black Panthers. Her hair is inspired by Esi Sagay’s African Hairstyles: Styles of Yesterday and Today. #BHM

08.02.2026 19:12 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0