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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:00:41 +0000
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graphic design
jazz
Jazz Music
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<img width="640" height="633" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-1024x1013.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="White background with black design. Black and white photograph of jazz musician Roscoe Mitchell occupies lower three-quarters of cover, set in black circle, with black concentric rings emanating outward. Upper one-quarter is white with black, blocky stylized lettering: Sound/ Roscoe/ Mitchell, and Sextet perpendicularly." loading="lazy" style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-1024x1013.jpg 1024w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-300x297.jpg 300w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-1536x1519.jpg 1536w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-2048x2025.jpg 2048w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-170x168.jpg 170w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="39509" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2021/02/10/laini-abernathy/7804-2-2020-cover/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-scaled.jpg" data-orig-size="2560,2532" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;14&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Matt Flynn&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 5DS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1612378600&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Image may not be reproduced without authorization from the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;70&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}" data-image-title="Sound, 1966 by Laini (Sylvia) Abernathy" data-image-description="&lt;p&gt;White background with black design. Black and white photograph of jazz musician Roscoe Mitchell occupies lower three-quarters of cover, set in black circle, with black concentric rings emanating outward. Upper one-quarter is white with black, blocky stylized lettering: Sound/ Roscoe/ Mitchell, and Sextet perpendicularly.&lt;/p&gt;" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-300x297.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/7804-2-2020-cover-1024x1013.jpg" /><p>Laini (Sylvia) Abernathy (who died in 2010) was an artist, designer, and activist. Cooper Hewitt is collecting album covers designed by this important designer, who contributed to the Black cultural scene in the late 1960s. Abernathy was part of the Black Arts Movement (BAM) in Chicago. BAM, a national movement founded after the assassination of...</p><p>The post <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2021/02/10/laini-abernathy/">Laini Abernathy, Black Graphic Designer</a> first appeared on <a href="https://www.cooperhewitt.org">Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum</a>.</p>
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