Dana Byrd

Art historian & human who spends too much time thinking about art and place in America. Living in the North while dreaming of the South.

[Smithsonian’s NMAAHC @NMAAHC]

Our Founding Director Lonnie G. Bunch III was today named the Secretary of the @Smithsonian Institution. As Secretary, Bunch will oversee 19 museums, 21 libraries, the National Zoo, numerous research centers, and several education units and centers. Congrats to Secretary Bunch!

[#WOMENSART @womensart1]

Greek artist Danae Stratou, Desert Breath (1997) collaborative, monumental land art installation (Egyptian desert) covering 25 acres #womensart

[DRR @DiggsWayne]

106 years ago today Harriet Tubman passed away. A photo of her funeral. She is buried in Auburn, NY.

[#FirstGenDocs @firstgendocs]

Be sure to add #FirstGenDocs, too! ☺️

[𝑫𝒂𝒗𝒊𝒅 𝑱𝒐𝒚 @DavidJoy_Author]

Just a reminder you need this book like Vance needs a hot poker in the eye.

“Appalachian Reckoning is the sound of the choir, pitch perfect in its capturing of these mountains and their people.” -me
https://t.co/4FnsjYvzzU

[Hammer Museum @hammer_museum]

"College art museums are more likely to display donated works, keep collections together and incorporate them into the academic curriculum." —@WSJ https://t.co/vm7VtubHsT

[GRAMMYS @RecordingAcad]

Congrats Best Historical Album winner - 'Voices Of Mississippi: Artists And Musicians Documented By William Ferris' William Ferris, April Ledbetter & Steven Lance Ledbetter, compilation producers; Michael Graves, mastering engineer (Various Artists) #GRAMMYs

[Dana Byrd @debyrd]

“The Miscellanous and Unkown Artists category provides opportunities for further research. “

[Fairfield Foundation @fairfieldfound]

Can we get some help from our friends? Please help us get more votes. Like and share this tweet! The top vote-getters receive $4K and $3K to conserve their artifact. Thanks for your support! Vote: https://t.co/7lBWMNI8jh #vatop10 #GloucesterVA #MidPenVA #NNK

[Liz Bucar @BucarLiz]

My department is making sure student evaluations are not hurting our jr faculty (esp women and faculty of color) by inserting language into EVERY promotion and tenure review letter highlighting research about bias (even when evals are stellar). What is your department doing?

[Edward Rothstein @EdRothstein]

We need a paradigm shift in how Native American artifacts are presented in museums. And it isn't the shift the professionals talk about. My review "Art of Native America" @metmuseum WSJ Opinion
https://t.co/2nFVZQUIVl https://t.co/XVnLEsOLsj

[Mickalene Thomas @mickalenethomas]

Honored to be featured on the cover of @sothebys in an issue dedicated to celebrating artists of color. Change needs to come from the top. https://t.co/JcG798qZLE #blackartmatters #artist #art #MickaleneThomas #figuringhistory

[Blair Braverman @BlairBraverman]

“How do you stay warm when it’s 30 below?”

[The Art Newspaper @TheArtNewspaper]

Tributes for the art historian Sister Wendy Beckett who has died, aged 88 https://t.co/KBEx0Gth5i

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

White House State Dining Room fireplace is inscribed with the wish of President John Adams--“May none but Honest and Wise Men ever rule under This Roof”:

[John Bowles @JPBowles]

Credit the student activists & research into Silent Sam's history by students & faculty: Board of Governors rejects the plan to build a new museum for Silent Sam, the Confederate monument @UNC!
https://t.co/pbxe9GD4gS

[Keri Leigh Merritt @KeriLeighMerrit]

Please check us out at the @PeoplesForumNYC! Feb. 8 @ 6 pm.

I'll be talking to a panel of amazing scholar-activists: @HilaryGreen77 @HerecomesDrBob @bookertmattison 🔥🔥🔥

The #South is full of valuable lessons for the nation.
#twitterstorians
#ProgressiveSouth @UniteThePoor

[Eugene Scott @Eugene_Scott]

I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
- Langston Hughes

[Sam Levine @srl]

It's really worth reading this DOJ memo outlining the intimidation tactics undertaken by Sen. Jesse Helms campaign in 1990 and 1984. Thomas Farr, on the verge of being confirmed to a lifetime seat on the federal bench, worked for the campaign https://t.co/zIWDfBTDHY

[USCGNortheast @USCGNortheast]

#CoastGuard Cutter Bridle kicked off their ice breaking season today on the Penobscot River in #Maine. #DYK more than 85% of the nation's home heating oil needs are in the northeastern U.S., and 90% of that fuel will be delivered, at some point, by barge?