Art
Learn to Make a Sustainable Artist Handbook and Prepare for Existential Crisis
At Navel, community-led learning groups investigate specific topics, from wealth redistribution, to sustainable art-making, to Black ethics in rap.
Events
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A Film Series Spotlights Stories of Black Brazilians From Women Directors
Co-presented by Cinema Tropical and the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), Visions of Resistance presents narratives of resilience and uprising.
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Hear About FESTAC '77, the World Black and African Festival, From Its Official Photographer
The Independent Curators International is hosting a conversation between curator and scholar Oluremi Onabanjo and Marilyn Nance, who captured the most extensive archive of the influential festival.
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Nayland Blake Hosts a “Gender Discard Party”
The artist's 21+ event will feature an irreverent “Gender Reveal Party,” party games, a makeover station, and more.
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Learn About the History and Value of Black Americana Collectibles
In tandem with its Making Mammy exhibition, the California African American Museum is hosting a conversation around the value of important, but difficult pieces of American history.
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Brooklyn Academy of Music Celebrates MLK Day Through Art, Film, and Music
BAM's Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is a free event series that remembers the momentous civil rights leader and recognizes the contributions of historic and contemporary Black figures.
Books
A New Abolitionist Book Club in NYC Aims to Improve Literacy About Incarceration
The book club's first selection is Angela Davis's Are Prisons Obsolete?. The monthly gatherings will be held at Bluestockings Bookstore, Café, & Activist Center in Manhattan.
Art
A Multidisciplinary Tribute to the Archetype of the Woman Traveler
Starting January 23, Women In Public will explore themes of place and wandering with a focus on the female experience, featuring screenings, a lecture, and a workshop.
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Looking at California and Mexico From Indigenous Perspectives
As the MexiCali Biennial comes to a close, artists, scholars, and educators will contemplate the myth of Calafia and “the indigenous land that diverse groups now share.”
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Brooklyn's A.I.R Gallery to Launch Its First Feminist and Queer Art Book Fair
The veteran feminist, artist-run nonprofit will offer a selection of books by publishers that prioritize feminist and queer histories.
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Three Holiday Art Events in Los Angeles
For art lovers in LA, we have some solid suggestions to end or start your year off right.
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The Art And Design of No New Jails
A new exhibition, accompanied by a series of events, examines the design, art, dance, and cultural work involved in the prison abolition movement's organizing.