A journal of art criticism from Black perspectives. | editors: Taylor Aldridge and Jessica Lynne

Joined December 2014
We’ve been quiet for a minute, but we turned 10 this month. We’re very proud of everything this past decade has brought to us and wrote a lil reflection note to mark the occasion: artsdotblack.substack.com/p/…
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Twas a pleasure to convene in Miami with Jupiter Magazine as we celebrate 10 years💫
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This week @roxietheater, @suduconnexion travels its 'Afro Futuristik' film fest to the States for the first time. The festival will feature programs of African and French fiction, documentary, and animation works from the African Diaspora. Learn more here: sudu.film/quartiers-lointain…
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Revisit our tweet about the African Palestinian (Afro-Palestinian) community in Jerusalem #FreePalestine #SUNUnotes #SUNUjournal
Portraits of members of the African Palestinian community in Jerusalem from the exhibition + book Guardians of the Mosque: African Palestinians of Jerusalem, 2012. Photography by Andrew Courtney. #SUNUnotes #SUNUjournal
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🚨 A £4,000 writing grant for women and non-binary debut authors of non-fiction who are citizens* of the Caribbean or Africa and influenced by Walter Rodney. Their original text will be published by Pluto.
Introducing the Walter Rodney Writing Prize! We’re proud to be partnering with @RodneyProject and the Pluto Educational Trust to launch the annual non-fiction Walter Rodney Writing Prize for African and Caribbean women and non-binary debut authors. thebookseller.com/news/pluto…
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we love you, Kimberly.
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This conversation has been LIVELY — thrilling, informative, educational & empathetically engaged. Michael just wrapped the Q&A portion of our first panel. Stay tuned for a thread wrap up and head over to ARTS.BLACK on IGTV to watch the conversation if you missed it.
Kicking off the conversation, our speakers pay homage to legacy. “Everything starts with HAITI” — @tillahwillah “We have to speak the names of our elders and those that came before us — everyday” @ladyjjewels
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Yet another brilliant conversation! Stay on the lookout for our thread wrap up, an archive of both panels, as well as additional content apart of our MAS MOVEMENT programming. Catch us at 7:30 EDT ✨TONIGHT✨ on IG live for a special soca set by @foreignerrrrrrr!
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Kicking off the conversation, our speakers pay homage to legacy. “Everything starts with HAITI” — @tillahwillah “We have to speak the names of our elders and those that came before us — everyday” @ladyjjewels
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Moderator, Michael J. Cooper, — “there is a very very deep history of rebellion of jouvert in Trinidad” Michael expands on jouvert’s roots in African, Afro-Creole & Indigenous traditions, and it’s challenging contemporary relationship to fatphobia and anti-blackness.
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Nyugen Smith, who’s work includes performance, introduces us to an acting method developed by Trinidadian theatre director Tony Hall called “The Jouvert Method”, paralleling it to jouvert’s inevitable change — “there is an evolution, and the evolution is something we can’t stop”
REMINDER • this is happening *today* ⬇️
TOMORROW, February 20th @ 3:30 PDT • join us for The 2nd and final conversation in our Mas Movement carnival series with multi and inter disciplinary artists, Kearra Amaya Goppee and Nyugen Smith 🌟 RSVP here for the Zoom link >> eventbrite.com/e/mas-storyte…
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Starting NOW! 🔼⬆️🔼 Join us on Instagram Live, or on Zoom for a smoother viewing experience ~> us02web.zoom.us/j/3042640085
TOMORROW, February 20th @ 3:30 PDT • join us for The 2nd and final conversation in our Mas Movement carnival series with multi and inter disciplinary artists, Kearra Amaya Goppee and Nyugen Smith 🌟 RSVP here for the Zoom link >> eventbrite.com/e/mas-storyte…
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We’ll close out this series, curated by Michael J. Cooper & @indigotshai, tomorrow evening with a live soca focused set by DJ & filmmaker, @foreignerrrrrrr 7:30 PDT on our Instagram Live ✨ instagram.com/arts.black?igs…
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YAO! This is @indigotshai, taking over ARTS.BLACK from today through Saturday as apart of a co-curated panel discussion on carnival in the Caribbean 🇹🇹🇧🇧🇬🇩🇭🇹🇩🇲🇯🇲 join us NOW on Instagram Live! >> instagram.com/arts.black?igs…
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