Emory Douglas was born May 24th, 1943 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He has been a resident of the San Francisco California Bay Area since 1951. Douglas attended City College of San Francisco, where he majored in commercial art. He was politically involved as Revolutionary Artist and then Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party, from February 1967 until the Early 1980s. Douglas’s art and design concepts were always seen on the front and back pages of the Black Panther Newspaper, reflecting the politics of the Black Panther Party and the concerns of the community. Douglas has continued to reflect the politics and concerns of the community. In March 2020, in collaboration with filmmaker Spike Lee’s graphic designer, Art Sims, he created one of the PR posters for Spike Lee’s film production Da 5 Bloods. More recently in September 2020, Douglas had a 40-print exhibition curated by the Kansas City Art Institute that includes the student’s artwork and works by an Afro American Art Collective.
Sponsored by: Otis College Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAS).
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