NYU Steinhardt. Harlem Roses examines the presence of Africa’s diasporas during Harlem’s Renaissance, shaped by the Great Migration, the peripatetic movement of Black seafarers through colonial cities, and a growing air of pan-Africanism. Tracing the migration of Somali seafarers, this event will focus on the early presence of African Muslims in Harlem’s Le Petit Senegal neighborhood.
Join Espacio de Culturas for performances throughout the month of June 2025. Hosted in collaboration with NYU Arts and Science, Embassy of Spain Washington, NYU A&S Department of Music, NYU Center CIRCL, Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at NYU, and Coopdanza, Inc.
Congratulations to Dr. Deborah Willis who has been inducted into the American Philosophical Society in The Arts, Professions, and Leaders in Public and Private Affairs Class. This esteemed society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743, is comprised of an elected body of scholars from all disciplines.
The Founder’s Award is the highest honor bestowed by The National Press Photographer’s Association and recognizes the careers, achievements and contributions of the most deserving individuals in our field. Dr. Deborah Willis’ immeasurable contributions to visual journalism are unflinching.
Twentysix years after its first publication, the text that made the history of hip hop feminism finally arrives in Italy. When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost by Joan Morgan, translated by Alesa Herero with a contribution by Wissal Houbabi, published by Intersezioni, is available in bookstores beginning May 13, 2025.
April 25, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm. Michelson Theater, 721 Broadway. What does blackness mean in the context of art criticism? Formal element? Lived experience? Race? How might blackness be conceived in terms not exclusively bound to the sociological and questions of positive/negative, authenticity, truth, or essence? Centering the work of scholars devoted to black visual and expressive culture, this concentration of black study considers the multivalence and critical consequence of blackness as an aesthetic and cultural idea enacted through and across the arts (e.g., literature, film, performance, contemporary art, and music).
Artist Harmonia Rosales interrogates the ways believers and dreamers re-imagine myth-making offering a unique lens on West African mythology. By weaving ancient tales of the Orisha pantheon with her ancestral knowledge, Rosales’ paintings insert the African deities she grew up with into narratives that span the birth of the universe to the modern world of colonialism and resistance.
Join us for the #PopLife40 virtual symposium, celebrating 40 years of Prince’s Around The World In A Day, The Family, and Sheila E.’s Romance 1600 on April 11-13, 2025 (Fri-Sun). Over 3 days, there will be 35+ speakers over 10 total sessions, featuring 13 presentations over 5 presentation panels, 3 roundtable discussions, and an integrated segment of the weekly What Did Prince Do This Week? Keynote speakers to be announced.
Join us for a full screening of Exhibiting Forgiveness followed by a conversation with Titus Kaphar and Joan Morgan.
The Center for Black Visual Culture welcomes author and artist Malene Barnett to discuss her new publication Crafted Kinship: Inside the Creative Practices of Contemporary Black Caribbean Makers.