African American Performance Art ArchiveA nascent project, the African American Performance Art Archive (aapaa.org) makes crucial documentation of historically significant performances by African American artists available on-line to artists, scholars, and students in the spirit of intellectual exchange. Edited by John Bowles, Associate Professor of African American Art, Department of Art, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Currently six artists have contributed documentation of one or more performances or other materials to be published or streamed as a part of the archive. Their generosity consisted of 35mm slides, exhibition announcements, posters, photographs, and videos. I am grateful to Maren Hassinger, Senga Nengudi, Clifford Owens, Ben Patterson, Xaviera Simmons, and Saya Woolfalk for playing such an important role in this project.