Afrofuturism Music Festival: Nicole Mitchell and Angel Bat Dawid
African-American and AfroFuturistic dynamic duos fused in one concert As part of the this year’s Carnegie Hall Afrofuturism Music Festival, this show presented bandleaders Nicole Mitchell with her... Read More
Ellen Levitt
Faith Ringgold’s Retrospective Exhibit “American People”
What is North American art? Who are the North American People? There are many answers to these two questions — and more likely — curators,... Read More
Sun Ra and his Arkestra then (1992) and now (2022)
When the 2022 Afrofuturism series was announced by Carnegie Hall, I scrolled eagerly through the rather eclectic line-up of the festival. I was hoping it... Read More
AfroFuturist Period Room “almost woke” at the MET?
Reclaiming the Past While Being Future Forward The Metropolitan Museum of Art has a selection of what are called “period rooms.” As in many other... Read More
NYC’s New Museum Triennial and Pan African Artists Today
In the world of art museums, the biennial and triennial exhibitions generate a lot of buzz. These art survey shows bring together a variety of... Read More
Happy Birthday Renaissance Man and Media Master Gordon Parks
🍾Gordon Roger Alexander Buchanan Parks, born November 30, 1912, was known as a photojournalist. However, he also wrote books on photography, memoirs and fiction. In... Read More
Birthday Greetings Unbought and Unbossed Shirley Chisholm!
🎂Shirley Anita (St. Hill) Chisholm, born November 30, 1924, in Brooklyn, New York contributed to our society as an educator, politician and activist. A woman... Read More
Happy Birthday Keep the Faith Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
🎂We commemorate the birthday of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., who was born November 29, 1908 in Connecticut, but moved when very young to Harlem with... Read More