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Take a look at Chicago-based designer Lashun Tine’s work for the 2013 Diaspora “The Art of Blackness” exhi­bi­tion. (See the 2012 edi­tion right here.)

A bit of background:

As the Art Director and Public Relations Chair for The MetroBoard of the Chicago Urban League, one of the high­lights of my tenure has been the cre­ation of The Diaspora “Art of Blackness” Exhibition. What makes this exhi­bi­tion so spe­cial is that it is the only annual group arts-show jointly spon­sored by The MetroBoard, The STA and The AIGA (Chicago) in obser­vance of Black History Month and in sup­port of bur­geon­ing African American artists.

In broad con­trast to the look and feel of the 2012 exhi­bi­tion, this years exhi­bi­tion “uti­lized” a Minimalist theme: a stark black and white color palette (an ode to the African ances­try of exhibit­ing artists) and bold typog­ra­phy were used to push the impor­tance of Diaspora’s mis­sion for the 2013 spon­sor­ship proposal.