Picturing Black History uncovers untold stories and rarely seen images of the Black experience, providing new context around culturally significant moments, as part of an ongoing collaborative effort between Getty Images, Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective, and the History Departments at The Ohio State and Miami Universities.
by Travis Diehl, New York Times. Our attention is being grabbed by advertisers, by people trying to point us to do something, or buy something, or vote for something,” Gottesman said. For Freedoms tries to co-opt those blaring ad spaces. As he put it, “That’s an essentially artistic question. How do you participate in flawed systems, of which you are critical?
Pioneer Works is proud to announce the return of its Visual Art & Music Residency with a cohort of 25 groundbreaking artists-in-residence, whose practices reflect a deep engagement with contemporary issues and experimental forms of expression.
On February 18, 2025, join Tricia Hersey, a New York Times Best-Selling Author and founder of The Nap Ministry, for an immersive reading from her new book We Will Rest! The Art of Escape. We Will Rest! is a thoughtful collection of meditations and poetry with storytelling and powerful original art.
A Documentary Film By Kevin Powell. WHEN WE FREE THE WORLD is a deep-dive about manhood, featuring 70 male voices of various identities, from teenagers to 90-somethings, 5 generations. Attend the New York premiere at First Corinthian Baptist Church.
Join UCLA Film & Television Archive February 21 & 22, 2025 for a two-night retrospective showcasing the remarkable work of American filmmaker, writer, and performance artist Michelle Parkerson.
Works by Danielle Mckinney are included in The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure, an exhibition featuring 28 Black and African diasporic contemporary artists who use painting, drawing and sculpture to illuminate and celebrate the nuance and richness of Black contemporary life. On view in the Philadelphia Museum of Art through February 9, 2025.
The New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) has announced the 2024 recipients of its Murray Reich Distinguished Artist Award. The award recognizes artistic excellence and provides resources to mature visual artists with a long history of creative practice.