NCBLACK ARTISTS FOR LIBERATION

#repost • @scaddotedu Emphasizing not only his garments but also the impact they garnered when worn by André, SCAD commissioned sculptor and #SCAD alum Stephen L. Hayes Jr. (M.F.A., sculpture, 2010) to create custom mannequins in André’s likeness, giving the exhibition a dramatic, deeply personal presence that celebrates both his legacy and style. “André Leon Talley: Style Is Forever” opens Oct. 15 at @scadfash and now open at @scadmoa ✨

#repost • @tate ‘You should always respect what you are and your culture, because if your art is going to mean anything, that is where it comes from.’ - Pioneer of Black art and celebrated collagist Romare Bearden was born #OnThisDay 1911 ✂️ 🖼️ Born in North Carolina, Bearden later moved to New York City with family as part of the great migration. He graduated from university in 1935 and began his artistic career creating work that was strongly motivated by his own life experiences. Much of Bearden’s earliest works depict scenes of the American South in vibrant watercolours. His initial style was greatly influenced by Mexican muralists, especially Diego Rivera and José Clemente Orozco. However, after serving in the army the themes and form of Bearden’s work began to change. Bearden was in the US Army during World War II on the European front and his experiences of war had a significant impact on his artwork. Full of new thoughts and ideas, he felt inspired to create work that would express the humanity he felt was lacking in the world, and in 1950 he returned to Paris to study art history and philosophy. Bearden’s work grew more expressionistic and abstract with a feel of early cubism. He worked with cartoons and oils but is most known for his collage works depicting jazz musicians, nudes, or mythological characters set against abstract, fragmented backgrounds. In 1963 he became a founding member of New York based collective The Spiral, creating a dialogue for the role of African-American artists in the civil rights movement. He would merge together clippings taken from magazines with coloured paper, later transforming them using materials such as sandpaper and bleach. ​ ​Romare Bearden died on 12 March 1988 at the age of 75. Before his death, he claimed that collage helped him to usher the past into the present: ‘when I conjure these memories, they are of the present to me, because after all, the artist is a kind of enchanter of time.’ ​ 📷 Romare Bearden, Pittsburgh Memory, Mysteries II, The Street 1964 ​© #RomareBeardenFoundation /VAGA at ARS, NY and DACS, London 2025

Some good news! 🚨When Chris wins, we all win 🎉🎊🥳 congratulations Chris Watts on a beautiful commission #repost • @iamwatts honoring the legendary André Leon Talley— a barrier-breaker, master storyteller, and critic who shaped fashion’s narrative with wit and wisdom. thank you tessamaethompson for inviting me to collaborate in celebrating his monumental life and contributions to Black fashion 🙏🏾 “The Memento Series,” created more than a decade ago, is a collection of Church fans that pay tribute to African American icons who once graced the pages of vintage Jet and Ebony magazines. each piece is composed on found paper and employs the lo-fi printmaking and mixed-media techniques that defined my early practice. ________

Good morning! 🌈 Don’t be a sheep! Here’s an example of the bare minimum. #repost • @mocadetroit MOCAD is honored to be featured in the powerful piece by the New York Times celebrating our neighbors @thewrightmuseum ’s 60th anniversary! This moment is especially meaningful for us — Co-Director Marie Madison-Patton is a former staff member at the Wright, and Co-Director Jova Lynne is a featured artist in their 60th anniversary exhibition ‘Luminosity’ on view now. As we celebrate their important milestone, we remain committed to preserving diversity in the arts during a time when cultural voices are being challenged. In the heart of Detroit, we continue to push boundaries, amplify underrepresented artists, and protect creative freedom. Read the full article at the link in our bio. #MOCAD #DetroitArt

#repost • @ashleyabaco 🙋‍♀️ Professor! Do we haaave to bring up Kara Walker every time I present? #artschool #comedy #artschooltrauma

#repost • @friezeofficial Four curators and directors discuss what Trump’s wide-ranging attacks mean for their institutions and communities  reflecting on the impact these measures have had on their institutions, the challenges of preserving inclusive programming and the ways they continue to resist political pressures while advocating for marginalized artists and communities.   🔗 Hit the link in bio to read more   - Words: Alyssa Nitchun, Cassie Packard (@seepackard ), Chloe Stead (@chloeellenstead ), Rebecca Pauline Jampol (@rjampol ), TK Smith (@tksmith106 )   Images: 1. David Hammons, ‘How Ya Like Me Now?’, 1988. Courtesy: © 2023 David Hammons / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; photograph: Ron Amstutz, @glenstonemuseum   2. Dread Scott, ‘Removed From View’, 2005. Courtesy: the artist and @cristintierneygallery , New York; photograph: Dread Scott   3/11. BODY FREEDOM FOR EVERY(BODY)’s NYC Times Square Kickoff. Courtesy: @projectforemptyspace ; photograph: Carlos Hernandez   5. Dread Scott, ‘What is the Proper Way to Display a U.S. Flag?’, 1988. Courtesy: the artist and @cristintierneygallery , New York; photograph: Dread Scott   7. Lola Flash, ‘Your Silence Will Not Protect You’, 2023. Courtesy; @leslielohmanmuseum , New York   8. Young Joon Kwak, ‘RESISTERHOOD’, 2025, exhibition view. Courtesy: @leslielohmanmuseum ; photograph: Daniel Terna

#repost • @blackarchives.co Henderson, North Carolina (circa 1990) Photograph by Jocelyn Lee / John Moses, MD

#repost • @internetbby April 6th, I will be opening my studio in Durham, North Carolina for photo sessions again. bring family, a lover, a friend, your kids, or just yourself. Sessions are appointment based, 40 minutes long & limited. If you’re interested, you can view more info through the link in my bio. Hope to see y’all soon x

#repost • @annaakana What is happening in America & what to do about it according to sociologist @itsjenniferwalter

Posted @withregram • @xavier.ramey Authoritarians hate art. The artist is dangerous. They reveal the fear in us, they show the pride in us, and they invite us to consider. Art can unlock new ways of seeing what our eyes have considered for years, inviting us into a more communal experience of experiencing even ourselves. The silence of our ego can be deafening. The depth of our commitment to blindness about the world is broken with the stroke of a pen, the lithe lifting of a ballerina’s toe, the strength of clay, the shine of oil splayed about a canvas, the depth of a stare from the stage, the irony of a small sculpture in a massive gallery…art will reveal us to ourselves and demand us away from the window and to the mirror where we face ourselves. America, can you see yourself in the quilts of @bisabutler ? White neighbors, do you see yourself in the murals of George Floyd? Men, can you find yourself in the words of Octavia Spencer? Capitalists, do you understand what you are when facing the comedy of George Carlin? McDonald’s, can you see what you’ve done to food when you face the pristine work of an auntie’s spatula? The artists will bring an empire to its knees. And so they defund the museums, and remove public tv programs, and they shut out the music programs, and they call the stage plays obscene, and they deride graffiti, and they define what is classical in narrow colonial terms that any child with a paintbrush can shatter with a dream on canvas. Art is a subversive war with “normal” that is as old as a cave painting. It is humanity escaping the humans long enough to touch the eternal and thank God for the opportunity. Protect the artists. Tag your favorite artists. Here are a few of mine. @therealkristaf @kristiana_af @eve.ewing @hijabiarthoe_ @heshnote @binkey1 @jeffbeckham @avery_r_young @planksandpistils @illuminatemics @ugo2dachi @deealexandermusic @seedlynn @jansen.b_ @myronlaban @iamnahvee @leslehonore @sharonadhenderson @kaionthekeys @the_scarlet_faguette @chairman__allen @_tanyalozano @demiamparan @tonikaj #art #artist #nyc #london #chicago #sf #la #landscape #creative

Step by step 📝 #repost • @lovediarist A necessary reminder to my people (the ones bound together by a divine purpose greater than ourselves). The struggle is long. And we each play a small part. Patience, humility, discernment and revolutionary hope is needed along the way. Don’t get caught up in the distractions that steal your energy. There’s alot of soul snatchers in this space so be careful and preserve yourself for the struggle. You are needed here beloved. Never forget that!🖤 Eternally grateful for the guidance and wisdom of our ancestors. May he continue to rest in power🤲🏽 🎥 Excerpt from “Soul!: S1 E22 - Wherever We May Be” (Feb. 7, 1973) - #KwameTure - on YouTube 🔗’s to important community initiatives/campaigns for Palestine, Sudan, Congo, and others in my bio❤️‍🩹