
JohnBlankeProject
@whoisjohnblanke
Imagine the black Tudor trumpeter
A contemporary Art and Archive project celebrating John Blanke the Black trumpeter to courts of Henry VII & Henry VIII.
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https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/publishing-the-book-of-the-john-blanke-project 27-10-2015 20:52:10
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#JohnBlanke & #TheJohnBlankeProject feature in British Library #BeyondBassLine exhibition- 500 years of Black British music - pop from Tudor courts to cyberspace Dr Mykaell Riley Dr Aleema Gray #BlackBritishHistory #BlackBritishMusic #SoundHistory


#JohnBlanke & #TheJohnBlankeProject shrine at British Library #BeyondTheBassLine Exhibition for more go here johnblanke.com/blog1/john-bla…


So looking forward to being part of Six Lives: The Stories of Henry VIII’s Queens exhibition teacher's CPD NPG Schools event where we'll imagine the Black Tudor Trumpeter who performed in front Henry's first wife...


#Excellent Lewis Hamilton what about #JohnBlanke next year ?!





The Sorrow Songs Band led by Cohen Braithwaite-Kilcoyne perform sea shanty A Long Time Ago, at the book launch of Billy Waters is Dancing by Dr Mary L. Shannon (@drmarylshannon.bsky.social) - celebrating the spirit of #BillyWaters #BlackHistoryIsBritishHistory

Typical African Thankfully the team over at JohnBlankeProject are not only capturing history of African contribution to music, but putting it into every secondary school- our Tudor history & England’s historical diversity during HenryVIII & the later reign of #QueenElizabeth1st is a fact.


New on Schools hub for our #SixLives exhibition! 👑 Explore this National Portrait Gallery portrait of Katherine Parr, Henry VIII's sixth and final queen, and a highly capable ruler who influenced religion, politics and the arts. ⬇️ npg.org.uk/schools-hub/ka…


#AngelineMorrison Angeline Morrison imagined John Blanke as an impressive, glamorous, flamboyant and intensely talented presence… bit.ly/JBP_Angeline_M… #JohnBlankeArtist #BlackBritishHistory #BlackBritishArt


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#JohnBlanke at last in a performance written by #ChatGPT with Paterson Joseph ...#Unmissable

📢 ON THURSDAY: Join Michael I. Ohajuru DUniv, FRSA as he introduces the JohnBlankeProject project in the third #AutumnArtLecture John Blanke was the first person of Black African descent in British history for whom we have a record & image 📌 Wills Memorial ⏰ 6.30-8pm 🔗 bit.ly/3XZSGr7
