{"id":16274,"date":"2021-04-14T14:51:42","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T19:51:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fleishmanhillard.com\/?p=16274"},"modified":"2024-10-30T14:53:09","modified_gmt":"2024-10-30T19:53:09","slug":"on-being-present-celebrating-blackness-in-italian-history-with-fh4inclusion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fleishmanhillard.com\/2021\/04\/on-being-present-celebrating-blackness-in-italian-history-with-fh4inclusion\/","title":{"rendered":"On Being Present: Celebrating Blackness in Italian History with FH4Inclusion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Every year, Black History Month in the U.S. is an opportunity to shine a light on some of the incredible \u2014 and often unknown \u2014 contributions of Black Americans. Celebrating Black history doesn\u2019t stop at the U.S. border, though.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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Image of \u201cAllegory of America\u201d by Baldassare Franceschini, property of The Uffizi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n
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Recently, FH4Inclusion<\/a>, True MOSAIC<\/a> and Omnicom PR Group\u2019s Milan-based office joined forces to support Black History Month Florence<\/a> (BHMF), an Italian-based program co-founded by new media artist, organizer and educator Justin Randolph Thompson<\/a>. BHMF is an initiative designed to highlight the cultures of African diasporic communities in Florence and throughout Italy, with key events taking place during February. This year, one of its main vehicles is a partnership with Florence\u2019s Uffizi Galleries that launched On Being Present \u2013 Vol II<\/em><\/a>, a virtual exhibit highlighting \u2014 and contextualizing \u2014 the presence of Black African figures in Renaissance paintings. The Uffizi\u2019s collection includes the work of famous artists like Botticelli and DaVinci, to name a few. Last year, On Being Present Vol I<\/em><\/a> was the Uffizi Galleries\u2019 most-visited online exhibit.<\/p>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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