Category:Words

Henry Tate

Tom Baskett

Dear Editors: Nearly 30 years ago now, I saw “Art History 1” on my course schedule. Thank God it was a required course, else I might not have known… As a Black teenage boy welcomed to Berklee on a scholarship,…

Still in the Museum

Geoff Zanelli and Jennifer Jardine

We simply loved being in Henry Tate’s classroom. It didn’t only make you into someone with an elevated appreciation for sculpture, or paintings or poetry. It made you into a better person, and taught you the undeniable truth that we…

Tate Memory

Larry Bethune

Henry Tate and I talked so many times, and shared so much love for our Irish (his) and Scottish (mine) heritage and cultures. Often, deep into our musings, we were taken back to an artistic period for which we both…

The Black Rose – Pure Pulp

Teodros Kiros

For Henry Augustine Tate Over many years, Andreas developed the habit of navigating through cities on foot. In his early twenties, he covered the city of Frankfurt in one bitter cold, winter day. He traversed through the long Mediterranean coast…

The Classic Henry

Rekha Menon

Henry the classic gentleman / The distinguished gentleman / His simple presence felt in the hallways & classrooms / ...

“Welcome to the 47th Annual Twins Convention”

Pamela Painter

That is printed on two signs on either side of the hotel’s bar and lounge. Bunches of paired balloons—two blue, two pink, two yellow—sway beside the arched doorway.  No wonder the desk clerk at the Carson City Hilton handed me…

Ambush

Pamela Painter

My agent calls.  He never calls.  He says Gordon wants to see me tomorrow in his office.  Gordon is the show’s writer, producer, creative genius.  He never talks to us actors, hardly ever comes by the set.   My agent says,…

Paget Henry and African Ontology

Teodros Kiros

Ontology is the study of Being, existence and becoming, and Africans have long held their commitment to Ontology far longer than their Western counter parts. African Ontology as part of African philosophy has continued to organize African life since it…