In this book, art historian Darby English explores the year 1971, when two exhibitions opened that brought modernist painting and sculpture into the burning heart of United States cultural politics: Contemporary Black Artists in America, at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and The DeLuxe Show, a racially integrated abstract art exhibition presented in a renovated movie theater in a Houston ghetto. 1971: A Year in the Life of Color looks at many black artists’ desire to gain freedom from overt racial representation, as well as their efforts—and those of their advocates—to further that aim through public exhibition. Amid calls to define a “black aesthetic,” these experiments with modernist art prioritized cultural interaction and instability. Contemporary Black Artists in America highlighted abstraction as a stance against normative approaches, while The DeLuxe Show positioned abstraction in a center of urban blight. The importance of these experiments, English argues, came partly from color’s special status as a cultural symbol and partly from investigations of color already under way in late modern art and criticism. With their supporters, black modernists—among them Peter Bradley, Frederick Eversley, Alvin Loving, Raymond Saunders, and Alma Thomas—rose above the demand to represent or be represented, compromising nothing in their appeals for interracial collaboration and, above all, responding with optimism rather than cynicism to the surrounding culture’s preoccupation with color.

Fill your ENTIRE year with color! Coloring is proven to help with stress relief and meditation. Caution: coloring may cause periods of intense fun and happiness too! Inside you will find a variety of drawings to color. Levels of difficulty range from the novice hobbyist to the coloring expert. This book focuses on seasons and Holidays throughout the year. Take a journey from spring flowers straight through to Valentine's Day, stopping at each season and Holiday along the way. Color according to the current season, skip ahead or bounce around, it's all up to you. Perhaps you would like to color an inviting field of sunflowers in January? Just remember to make it fun, beautiful and last all year long. Enjoy!

Start the new year off on a colorfully calm and collected note with Amber Anderson's beautiful illustrations. Each week, you'll find a new illustration, complete with a page for your creative doodles and flashes of inspiration, one week at a time. Coloring has proven to be the perfect antidote to a busy life: it is sufficiently distracting that it allows you to simultaneously focus and switch off from the stresses of the day. And it's surprisingly satisfying too. So, whether it is spring, summer, autumn or winter, Amber's intricate and sophisticated drawings are all inspired by the natural world and are a perfect way to providing a soothing and mindful experience for those in need of a creative stress-buster any time of year.

A year of Color Happy all in one place! My newest coloring book is a collection of all things happy and wonderful with 40 new designs inside. You'll find festive holiday pages, fun geometric kaleidoscope patterns, and designs you won't find anywhere else. And of course, all the quirky favorites like smiling pastries and extra cute flamingos and foxes. Color Happy is both adult and child-friendly. With seasonal themes and non-tedious designs, the only stress this book will bring you is trying to hide it from your kids when you realize you want to keep it all to yourself! Each page is one-sided, so you don't have to worry about any colors bleeding through the other side (I recommend slipping an additional piece of paper in between, just to play it safe though) and the perfect size to throw in a bag and take on the go!

The famous artist presents 30 different ready-to-color designs that can be completed with crayons, markers, and colored pencils. When the fun is over, the book's cover fastens with a Velcro binder to become a portfolio.

The Flower Year is a flower coloring book celebrating of a year of of flowers, birds, butterflies and small creatures to color in, adding up to a year's worth of coloring enjoyment. The Flower Year is a hardcover book, with intricate illustrations by Leila Duly, a textile print designer. Duly's work is inspired by old Victorian etchings, unique vintage finds and the English countryside. Leila's first book was Floribunda: A Flower Coloring Book, published by Laurence King in 2016 followed by Floribunda, A Flower Coloring Journal and a calendar. "Beautiful, silken ivory pages in these smaller sized, hardback books. Laurence King Publishing produce top quality journals and this Journal, and Book, are right up there. As you'll see from the video, the Journal has a few blank pages between the drawings. The Flower Year has interesting quotes on the title page for each month and at the back is a pictorial index to the images that lists the plants in each drawing. You'll be referring to this a lot as you research your flowers and leaves. Pencils will be fine but make sure you test any water based pens on an inconspicuous page. The covers continue the soft pink covers that we associate with Leila." Prue, Colour + Blog "This is a very beautiful book filled from cover to cover with detailed images of delicate flowers. Every page is different, it never feels like you're coloring the same picture twice because there is so much variety. There are single page drawings, pages with a collection of single flowers along with their names and larger pictures that cover a double page. I particularly liked the index pages at the back of the book which gives you the names of all of the plants used in the pictures. I would definitely recommend, it's my new favorite." Amazon reviewer

Ann Kullberg started COLOR magazine in 1999 with one idea in mind: to help people become better colored pencil artists and inspire newbies and masters alike to pick up their pencils and create art. Today, COLOR is THE magazine for colored pencil artists, packed full of artist profiles, how-tos from CP masters, tips, insights, and of course gorgeous colored pencil art. Inside this issue: From My Desk: Ann shares some COLOR Magazine history and invites you to take part. Step-by-Step: Lady Night -- Elena Adam's exotic tutorial encourages you to experiment with your imagination and creativity. Polycolor 144-Pencil Set -- Koh-I-Noor has released a new Polycolor 144-pencil set, and Harry wants to make sure COLOR readers are among the first to know. Animal Magnetism: Meet artist Kathryn Hansen, who shares her gorgeous artwork, her adventures in colored pencil, and why she loves creating animal art. The Society Page -- Strategies for keeping yourself safe from hackers, scammers, and bots from CPSA Communications Director Denise Howard. 21st Annual CP Magazine Member Show -- Here's how to enter COLOR's annual online show, where all experience levels are welcome. Especially for Beginners! Starting Point -- Just how do you make pencil strokes and when do you use them? Jan Fagan has your answers. Critique: Louise Harmon's drawing of Roscoe -- Find out what Ann loves about a heart-warming seal named Roscoe. Passion Sells -- Corrina Thurston explains why you need to find the people who are looking for your art.

While the color kittens are trying to make green paint, their mixing leads to pink, orange, and purple.

The Color of Food sheds light on the issues that lie at the intersection of race and farming. It challenges the status quo of agrarian identity for people of color, honoring a history richer than slavery and migrant labor. By sharing and celebrating their stories, this collection reveals the remarkable face of the American farmer.