1971 – 2025. Veteran journalist and filmmaker Sacha Jenkins, widely known for his impactful work in hip-hop culture, has passed away. Jenkins spent decades using storytelling to elevate hip-hop, whether through print, television, or film.
by Shelton Boyd-Griffith, VOGUE. Gordon Parks Foundation hosted its annual Awards Dinner and Auction—a highglamour, high-impact evening where fashion, art, music, and philanthropy converged to celebrate Black creativity and the legacy of Gordon Parks. The guest list read like a Met Gala redux.
Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. On June 9, 2025 at 6pm, the Schomburg Center is pleased to present award-winning biographer A’Lelia Bundles’s new book, JOY GODDESS: A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance, a vibrant, deeply researched biography of A’Lelia Walker – daughter of Madam C. J. Walker and herself a central figure of the Harlem Renaissance – written by her journalist great-granddaughter.
Residencies, Workshops, Exchanges. Ox-Bow School of Art & Artists’ Residency is now accepting applications for the 2025 Hold Space Retreat for Artists of Color. The funded program provides communal living, making, and the opportunity to organize and be in community on Ox-Bow’s campus in Saugatuck, Michigan.
by Valentina Di Liscia, HYPERALLERGIC. Ending a six-year battle that stirred ethical and legal debates about the ownership of photographs taken under duress, Harvard University has surrendered its claim to 15 daguerreotypes at the center of a lawsuit brought by Tamara Lanier, a descendant of enslaved individuals.
by Rhea Nayyar, HYPERALLERGIC. Approximately 6,500 photos from around the world — is headed to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York as part of a promised gift from German-American art collector Artur Walther. The trove is set to be incorporated into The Met’s collection displays in the forthcoming Tang Wing for modern and contemporary art and the newly renovated Rockefeller Wing of art from Africa, the Ancient Americas, and Oceania.
by Dodai Stewart, The New York Times. In 1953, Ollie Stewart, a correspondent for The Afro-American newspaper, was the first Black reporter accredited as a war correspondent during World War II, and after the war, he lived in Paris until his death in 1977.
Herb Alpert Foundation/California Institute of the Arts. The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is an unrestricted prize given annually to risk-taking mid-career artists working in the fields of dance, film/video, music, theatre and the visual arts.The prize was initiated and funded by the Herb Alpert Foundation and has been administered by California Institute of the Arts since 1994.
by Art Basel Editorial. In Basel this June, the art world will gather not just for the landmark fair that helped define it, but for a new moment of celebration: the first-ever public presentation of the Art Basel Awards.
A Mellon Grant Sponsored Series. Dr. Sharon Harley, Associate Professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, researches and teaches Black women’s labor history and racial and gender politics.