“It seems ludicrous to bring up Monet’s race, doesn’t it? Because it doesn’t really matter what his skin color was back in 1908, when, in 2009, we’re standing in front of a 42-foot canvas admiring those lilac and green brushstrokes.” So, asks Kristi York Wooten, “in the age of Obama, … do we need a National Black Arts Festival? Yes or no? If you’re wondering, my answer is ‘Yes’ (make that, ‘Hell, yes!’).”