Look at this lineup!!! We’re bringing out our colleagues who are actively collecting, preserving, and sharing Black arts writing ephemera for a for a two-day convening in Seattle!
▶️ Swipe to see the who’s who and CLICK THE LINK in bio to RSVP and join us!
✍🏾The (Printed) Matter of Black Arts Writing: Archives for the Future considers what it means to engage with the printed matter of Black art worlds—flyers, pamphlets, zines, notebooks, and books—at a time when the digital is often assumed to be the primary and most permanent repository of knowledge. Through public and private conversations and workshops, the program explores the significance of gathering around materials that are fragile and prone to disappearance, and reflects on how contemporary practices of preserving and circulating Black arts writing ephemera shape future intersections of Black art, writing, and community.
How do we gather around objects that fade, crease, and disappear—and what do those gatherings reveal about the futures of Black art, writing, and community?
*mic drop* 🎤 join us!
Join me online this Thursday February 12, 2026, to kick off the new Winter/Spring 2026 Osher Map Library “Founding Memories: America at 250” Lecture Series, in conjunction with their current gallery exhibition.
Live Webinar Lecture: Revolutionary Dreams: A Black Power Bicentennial
Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6pm-7:30pm ET
REGISTER HERE to receive the webinar link and additional details: /e/revolutionary-dreams-a-black-power-bicentennial-tickets-1981797231869
Link also in bio.
Lecture Description:
In this live virtual talk (via Zoom webinar), Dr. Amber N. Wiley discusses both her scholarly and pedagogical approaches to analyzing American history through the lens of the Afro-American Bicentennial Corporation (ABC). Inspired by the ABC’s work to identify and protect cultural landscapes related to Black American achievements ahead of the 1976 commemoration of the American Revolution, Wiley has taken up their charge to “continue the revolution” through the “process of decolonization, a movement toward self-realization and self-government by people determined not to be kept in a subject status.” The lecture will highlight Wiley’s public history, preservation, and teaching work in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC related to revolutionary histories in each locale.
The Osher Map Library’s Founding Memories Lecture Series is supported by a grant from the Maine Semiquincentennial Commission with funding provided by the Maine State Archives and the Maine State Cultural Affairs Council.
In celebration of American Archives Month today we honor and celebrate these phenomenal Black women archivists, historians, memory workers & curators.
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THANK YOU @zzcollier@syreetagates@murdamamitianni@apshantology@hollygail05@rikkibyrd for always leading by example & creating intentional spaces for Black folks to see ourselves and be affirmed by preserving our history! ❤️
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These women have contributed so much to the landscape of archival practice, academic scholarship, historical preservation, production, authorship across GLAMS.
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Show them some love in the comments, these trailblazers deserve an abundance of flowers for the intentional, innovative and cultural work they do! 🌹🌹🌹🌹
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At BBA we celebrate Black History ERRYDAY! 25/8 🌐 We’ll continue to celebrate phenomenal archivists all month long!
It’s About “The Movement,” Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture
🗓️ Tomorrow!
🕒 6:00-8:30 pm (EST)
📍 NYU Hemispheric Institute, 20 Cooper Square, 5th floor — Conference Space
We invite you to join us for “It’s About ‘The Movement,’ Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture.” This conversation will bring together key figures, trailblazers, and artists to take a deep dive into the origins, migrations, and evolution of African folkloric dance and music in the West. 2025 Mellon Folklorist in Residence Aissatou Bey Bara will lead us in a dialogue with elders through a Sankofa lens by honoring the past, celebrating the present, and mapping the future.
The event will be in English.
This is an in-person event that requires registration. All non-NYU attendees must RSVP in advance. Video documentation will be made available on the Institute website following the event.
To RSVP and for more information follow the link in our bio.
#HemiEvents #HemisphericInstitute #NYU #AfroFuture #Sankofa #AfricanDance #FolkloricDance
“The Radical Jackie Ormes” has been installed in Morris Library along with the book display. I couldn’t have done the installation and display without the help of Alison Wessel & Demetra McBrayer.
It’s About “The Movement,” Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture
🗓️ This Thursday!
🕒 6:00-8:30 pm (EST)
📍 NYU Hemispheric Institute, 20 Cooper Square, 5th floor — Conference Space
We invite you to join us for “It’s About ‘The Movement,’ Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture.” This conversation will bring together key figures, trailblazers, and artists to take a deep dive into the origins, migrations, and evolution of African folkloric dance and music in the West. 2025 Mellon Folklorist in Residence Aissatou Bey Bara will lead us in a dialogue with elders through a Sankofa lens by honoring the past, celebrating the present, and mapping the future.
The event will be in English.
This is an in-person event that requires registration. All non-NYU attendees must RSVP in advance. Video documentation will be made available on the Institute website following the event.
To RSVP and for more information follow the link in our bio.
#HemiEvents #HemisphericInstitute #NYU #AfroFuture #Sankofa #AfricanDance #FolkloricDance
It’s About “The Movement,” Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture
🗓️ Thursday, February 6, 2025
🕒 6:00-8:30 pm (EST)
📍 NYU Hemispheric Institute, 20 Cooper Square, 5th floor — Conference Space
We invite you to join us for “It’s About ‘The Movement,’ Not Only The Steps: Honoring Sankofa in the Afrofuture.” This conversation will bring together key figures, trailblazers, and artists to take a deep dive into the origins, migrations, and evolution of African folkloric dance and music in the West. 2025 Mellon Folklorist in Residence Aissatou Bey Bara will lead us in a dialogue with elders through a Sankofa lens by honoring the past, celebrating the present, and mapping the future.
The event will be in English.
This is an in-person event that requires registration. All non-NYU attendees must RSVP in advance. Video documentation will be made available on the Institute website following the event.
To RSVP and for more information follow the link in our bio.
#HemiEvents #HemisphericInstitute #NYU #AfroFuture #Sankofa #AfricanDance #FolkloricDance
