Last December, Margot Kotler sat down with Alexis Pauline Gumbs to discuss her most recent book, Survival is a Promise: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde (Macmillan, 2024). They talked about the breadth of Lorde’s life and the need to think on a planetary scale, the collective work of autobiography, and the work of a poet in Black feminist science.
a short film about the weight of it all and the wellness we create, written & directed by Esther A. Armah featuring Beverley Prentice-Thomas. Esther A. Armah, a 2022 CBVC Distinguished Activist in Residence, former international award-winning journalist, playwright, author and creator of the racial healing framework, Emotional Justice, screens her debut short film in New York this month. The special screening is followed by dialogue and has limited seating, RSVP
Spend an afternoon enjoying art-making inspired by the exhibition, WORKING KNOWLEDGE: Shared Imaginings, New Futures. Activities led by Bronx Museum Educators are free, fun for all ages and accessible to families with young children. Drop-ins are welcome.
by Jaida Dent, The Brooklyn Vanguard. On March 4, the Brooklyn College Art Gallery opened its doors for its newest installation. Curated by Professor Bentley Brown, the gallery presents two exhibitions: Deborah Willis’s “Saturation: Beauty in the Everyday” and Mason Webb’s “Sonic Saturation”.
Interview with PaperMonday. An interview with Dr. Joan Morgan on Hip Hop journalism with PaperMonday.
by Isabella Marie Garcia, BURNAWAY. Isabella Marie Garcia interviews Miami-based artist and poet Arsimmer McCoy about turning her home into the Carol City Museum, along with the importance of preserving the histories of her family and neighborhood.
The Vilcek Foundation announced the 2025 recipient of the Vilcek Prize for Excellence in Literary Scholarship on Feb. 3. Alphonse Fletcher University Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. was named as this year’s honoree.
The CBVC Black Rest Project Advisory Council and Picturing Black History Initiative collaborated on a visit to the Getty Archive in Iron Mountain. Organized by Dr. Nicholas Breyfogle, together we searched for images of black rest.
Join RLHS, IRHC, The Leagues, and Black Violets to celebrate the work of past, present, and future generations of Black Cinema at NYU. This annual Black History Month Short Film Festival will feature short films from NYU Film students & alum.
The IFA presents Series on Afro Asia with Jordache A. Ellapen. A native from South Africa, Ellapen is an anti-disciplinary Black studies scholar with expertise in the visual and performing arts cultures of Africa and the African Diaspora.This talk, examines the photographic practices of two South African artists, Lebohang Kganye and Ellapen’s own creative work, which are influenced by family photoarchives.