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  The John Blanke Project

 

About The John Blanke Project

The John Blanke Project
Imagine the Black Tudor Trumpeter


The Book of the Project
Who is John Blanke?Artist and Historians Reimagine the Black Tudor
Edited by  Michael I. Ohajuru DUniv, FRSA

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81 artists and 35 historians re-imaginings
276 pages, 26 x 33 x 3 cm

Order  NOW £35 free UK postage 


The Artists

Mark Thompson
Kadija George
Rohan Clarke
David Nieta
Graeme Mortimer Evelyn
Phoebe Boswell
Joe Lillington
Larry Achiampong
Kimathi Donkor
Dan Farrimond
Nathan Bowen
Mengistu Etim
Jody Burton
Fowokan
SuAndi
Stephen B. Whatley
Ebun Culwin
Keith Piper
Jan Manning
Alvin Kofi
Peter McCaldon
Paul Dash
Chila Kumari Burman
Randolph Matthews
David Nieta
Valda Jackson
Jeremy Salmon
Eugene Palmer
Lanre Ajisafe
Seema Manchanda
Jon Daniel
Tam Joseph
Adelaide Damoah
Holly Graham
Brian Francis
Dave Lewis
Valentine Ogunba
Phil Day
Jane Porter
Rose Wilkinson
Sharon Foster
Chris Spring
Sheba Montserrat
Linett Kamala
Victoria Burgher
Tonderai
Roy Merchant
Toby Laurent Belson
Jenny Fay
Lawrence Narhkom
Wole Lagunju
Matthew Collings
Pen Mendonça
Bob and Roberta Smith
Siobhan Stanley
Brandon Pilcher
Maya Martin
Adedayo Sotimehin
Angela Vives
Atta Kwami
Alex McKenzie
Sandra A. Agard
Tinuke Fagborun
Melissa Jo Smith
Y9 Student Kings Priory
Jason Lee
Jess Nash
Hazel Blue
Dr. Mary Rambaran-Olm
Kes Young
John Agard
Hassan Aliyu
Joanne Brown
Barry Walmsley
Joy Gregory
Kate Morrison
Elaine Nason
Dee Lawrence
Andrea Montgomery
Annis Harrison
Hannah Uzor
Ormond Noonan
Angeline Morrison

Where history loses form, art and poetry take shape.
Alexandre White ,Asst Professor, Johns Hopkins University

The Historians

Onyeka
Dr Sydney Anglo
David Bindman
Dr Miranda Kaufmann
Rovianne Matovu
Audrey Dewjee
Dr Temi Odumosu
Marika Sherwood
Kate Lowe
Kate Lowe
S.I.Martin
Prof. Olivette Otele
Prof Hakim Adi
Jan Marsh
Martin Spafford
Avril Nanton
Phil Day
Dan Lyndon
Robin Walker
Chris Spring
Tony Warner
Dr. Toyin Agbetu
Jeffrey Green
Steven Veerapen
Kendall Francis
Ninya Mikhaila
Paul Kaplan
Emma Luisa Cahill Marrón
Catherine Fletcher
Nandini Das
Jeff Bowersox
Stephen Bourne
Adèle Oliver
Lauren Johnson
Sean Cunningham
Serena Lee
J. Draper
Renée Landell
Seema McArdle
Vicky Lane

​John Blanke Project at the National Portrait Gallery on SkyArts TV (11th July 2023)


 Course includes 
The John Blanke Project 

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 The exciting new FREE online Black Tudors: The Untold Story course created with FutureLearn is NOW OPEN for enrolment. Click on the image to sign up now!

 Chapter on
The John Blanke Project 

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​​​Ohajuru, M.I. (2020) Before and After the Eighteenth Century: The John Blanke Project. In Grezina, H. G. ​Britain’s Black Past (pp 7-25). Liverpool: Liverpool University Press

See blog report

...at the National Archive
...at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
...at the National Portrait Gallery
...at the Met,  New York


Podcasts

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Michael Ohajuru: in conversation with Lou MensahMichael Ohajuru is a London-based art historian who returns to the podcast to discuss the John Blanke project, a large gathering of artists...


Our Spirits, Scars and Creativity have left marks and reminders across Europe and only our own will bring those histories forward to be pointed out and remembered -​so thank you to all you Historians.
Dee Lawrence
Visual Artist 




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