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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Firsts Press Release – Indiana
Funky Turns 40 Art Exhibit At Black Cultural Center WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — An art exhibit that features key animation art images from the late 1960s and ’70s is now on display at Purdue University’s...
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Oliver W. Harrington
The Museum Of UnCut Funk pays tribute to Oliver Wendell Harrington’s Dark Laughter comic strip series. Oliver Wendell Harrington Oliver Wendell Harrington has been called the greatest Black cartoonist...
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Harlem’s Culinary History
Alvin Starks gestured broadly as he spoke. He was standing in a gallery space in Harlem at the Schomburg Center, a research unit of the New York Public Library. Starks is the Director of Strategic...
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The Lost Cookbooks Of Black Chefs
Of the 100,000+ recipe collections published over hundreds of years of American history through the end of the 20th century, only 200 or so have been credited to black cooks and writers. It’s a stark...
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Garifuna Food and Culture in Harlem
All Black communities living on the Caribbean coast of Central America are called Garifuna or Black Carib, or as they refer to themselves, Garinagu. The Garinagu are the descendants of Caribs Indians...
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George L. Lee circa 1976
George L. Lee was born in Jamestown, New York on July 27, 1906. In the 1910 U.S. Federal Census, Lee was the youngest of two sons born to George and Grace. They lived in Jamestown at 839 North Main...
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From Shaft To Fat Albert, NJ Duo Preserves 1970’s Black Pop Culture
Pamela Thomas remembers the moment when she realized her hobby was a little different from knitting. It was when she found herself trying to get to the post office before it closed, so she could send...
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Women in Comics NYC Collective International: Black Women in Comics...
Pamela Thomas is the Co-Owner and Co-Curator of the Museum Of UnCut Funk (museumofuncutfunk.com), an avid collector of Black memorabilia and an expert on 1970’s Black culture. Over the past eighteen...
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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution At The Reading Public Museum
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution – Exhibition Results From Reading Public Museum. Schedule: September 19, 2015 – January 3, 2016 Stats: 3,695 people saw this exhibition Highlights: “Great...
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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution Press Release – Pensacola
The PMA gets Funky with New February Exhibit: Funky Turns Forty February 23rd-April 9th Contact: Morgan Mills, Marketing Manager morgan@pensacolamuseum.org (850) 432-6247 For Immediate Release:...
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Funky Divas Fly w/ QATAR: Let the Games Begin – Will the Deaths Ever End
Qatar Airways has kicked off beefing up their locations for commercial flights across the country. Qatar is the world’s third largest cargo operator with more than 150 destinations. The airline...
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Funk Ad(d)s Up To Dollars – Part 9: All About The Isleys
I just featured The Isley Brothers in this series in “Part Seven” http://museumofuncutfunk.com/2015/11/16/funk-add-up-to-dollar-pt-even/ It seems like I blinked and here comes that sound… of FUNK,...
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FUNK AD(D)S UP TO $$$ – PART X: SLY STRIKES AGAIN!
Sly & the Family Stone’s “Everyday People” is the new song for selling Farxiga. Farxiga is a drug to aid people suffering from Type 2 Diabetes, more commonly known as “High Blood Sugar.” Last...
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PRINCE DOES IT AGAIN – “Hit-N-Run: Phase 2”
Prince’s release “Hit N Run,” was a definite favorite of mine last year… http://museumofuncutfunk.com/2015/12/07/the-funky-top-10-for-2015/ – Now his majesty has followed it up with “Hit N Run: Phase...
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A Quick Chat with Museum of UnCut Funk Curator Pamela Thomas
The Museum of UnCut Funk isn’t a traditional brick and mortar display art house. Nope, it’s a virtual presence and traveling exhibition created and curated by Pamela Thomas, aka Sista ToFunky. From the...
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Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution At The Pensacola Museum Of Art
Funky Turns 40: Black Character Revolution – Exhibition Results From The Pensacola Museum Of Art. Schedule: February 23, 2016 – April 9, 2016 Stats: 1,179 people saw this exhibition Highlights:...
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ROGER ORTEGA HIT “THE LOTTERY”
Roger Ortega, a.k.a. RO, has hit “The Lottery”! It wasn’t by way of a “Lottery” ticket though, but through his choices to relish in his fortune, and appreciating the benefits that life has afforded...
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Museum Of UnCut Funk Meets Steve Adubato On One On One
Guess who met Steve Adubato on his One On One TV program!! The Museum Of UnCut Funk was definitely in the house, with props and everything! We always come prepared. We always bring THE FUNK! We had a...
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A Chronology of Black Characters In Comics Pt. 3
The Chronological History of Black Characters in comic books is not a new phenomenon. There have been many of organizations, historians and comic book professionals who have studied the black...
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A Chronology of Black Characters In Comics Pt. 2
The Chronological History of Black Characters in comic books is not a new phenomenon. There have been many of organizations, historians and comic book professionals who have studied the black...
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