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    Brooklyn Curator Pamela Ford and Sculptor Helen Ramsaran Check Out the New Studio Museum in Harlem

    Fern GillespieWhen Brooklyn sculptor Helen Evans Ramsaran returned to the Studio Museum in Harlem (SMH) for the unveiling of the new building, she was amazed. “I was just overwhelmed with the beauty of this space. The flow of space,” the 82 year-old artist told Our...

    Kwame Brathwaite’s “Beautiful” Story Praised by Family

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