Join us for the Opening Reception Friday, September 6, 2024 5:00 – 7:30pm On View through November 2, 2024 Cooper Square Gallery 20 Cooper Square, New York, NY 10003 The Center for Black Visual Culture, in partnership with For Freedoms, presents Where Do We Go From Here? The Four Freedoms Photographs by Hank Willis Thomas (TSOA ’98) and Emily Shur (TSOA ’98), in collaboration with Eric Gottesman and Wyatt Gallery (TSOA ’97). Founded in 2016 by a coalition of artists including Hank Willis Thomas, Eric Gottesman, Michelle Woo, and Wyatt Gallery, For Freedoms is an artist-led organization that centers art as a catalyst for creative civic engagement, discourse, and direct action.

We honor Bernice Johnson Reagon, civil rights activist who co-founded The Freedom Singers and later started Sweet Honey in the Rock, the African American vocal ensemble. Reagon’s voice led liberation struggles through song. Her activism and scholarship permeating throughout communities from marches to prisons.

Brought to you by Penguin Random House and the James Baldwin family, this show examines the life and work of iconic author and Civil Rights activist James Baldwin, as we celebrate the 100th anniversary of his birth.

by Maya Pontone, Hyperallergic “Spanning photography, textile work, painting, collage, and other work by more than 200 artists, the traveling art show is part of Body Freedom For Every(Body)— a three-month project spearheaded by local arts organization

by Celina Colby, The Bay State Banner When the Gun Violence Memorial Project was launched in 2019, there were an average of 700 gun-related deaths every week in the United States. In 2024, the weekly average has been 840. The need for a space of collective mourning, remembrance and awareness is greater than ever.

Join artists, art educators, and thought leaders across the United States on September 19, 2024 9am–7pm, for this free landmark symposium discussing systems of fine art education and their futures.

Through a conversation with Hyperallergic’s Editor-in-Chief, Hrag Vartanian, Tiffany D. Gaines carries us through the rich currents of Black Arts in Buffalo. Tracing the founding of the Langston Hughes Center for the Visual and Performing Arts more than 50 years back and encompassing long-running institutions like the African American Cultural Center and the Ujima Theatre Company that continue to contribute to the city’s arts and culture.

Curated by Isolde Brielmaier and Noa Wynn, Curatorial Assistan Spotlighting contemporary street photography from over 30 international iconic street photographers, the work of these intergenerational and geographically disparate artists encourages an expansive re-viewing of “street photography.”

by Elizabeth Catlett A deft sculptor and printmaker, devout feminist, and lifelong social justice advocate, Elizabeth Catlett was uniquely committed to both her creative process and political convictions. Growing up during the Great Depression, she witnessed class inequality, racial violence,

by Mark Steven Greenfield “My work concerns itself with the complexities of the African American experience, both historically and in contemporary society. The work often revolves around a number of themes which include subjects as diverse as African