Look what just arrived in the mail AN ADVANCE COPY OF MY BOOK!!!!!!
ITS REAALL!!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
I can’t believe I am flipping through this book that I have been working on for almost 5 years!!!! I am excited, I am crying, I am over joyed by how it came out. (It’s so much thicker than I thought it would be — 445 pages!!!)
Thank you to everyone who helped me get to this place!!
If you already haven’t pre-order today! Link in bio! Or visit blackqueeruntold.com or pre-order where you like to buy books!!! I can’t wait to share it with you!!!!
Also follow @blackqueeruntold for updates about upcoming events, book tours and talks.
Any inquiries about press, advances, or bulk ordering please reach out to @levinequerido
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PRE-ORDER TODAY.
The past four years I have been deep in research excavating the stories, histories, and artifacts of our Black Queer ancestors. With all the love I have in my heart, I would like to present Black, Queer, & Untold: A New Archive of Designer, Artists and Trailblazers coming out Fall 2024
This is my first book I have written and is a collection of essays gleaned from interviews, archive visits, lectures, conversations and digging for representations of us through history.
This is just the start. Follow @blackqueeruntold for more updates!! And preorder my book at blackqueeruntold.com or wherever you like to buy books.
Thank you @levinequerido for your belief, patience and guidance through this process!!
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We were in Venice for the opening weekend of the @labiennale . Over the last ten years @realjonkey and I have made the pilgrimage biannually to the city on water. So grateful for all the artists, curators and new friends we made while visiting. So much art, so much pasta, so much wine. You already know we had a great time.
While walking the down the cobblestone streets and alleys, a photographer approached @realjonkey and I to take a picture of our looks. Once she did, she quickly mentioned, oh this is gonna be in British Vogue. lol Here’s the feature of that moment. So excited to have one of my original garments featured among the “striking yet effortless” looks from that weekend. @britishvogue
Here are some of my favorite pieces from the show @melissamcgillstudio@derrickadamsny@chihulygg@nickcaveart
Black, Queer, & Untold is now in London!
@designmuseum now has my book in stock — and in very good company, shelved next to Black Futures (@justkimberly@jennydeluxe )!
While you’re there, be sure to check out the free Platform exhibition featuring work by @simonebrewster_london .
Thank you to @hadeel_eltayeb for your help and coordination.
@blackqueeruntold will be arriving in more bookstores across the UK soon.
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🗣️ Apply to TGC’s Narrative Portrait fellowship under our Learning to Love program. Selected fellows receive a $750 stipend. Please share and tag your favorite artists. #SGL #NYCArtists
@realjonkey : "Through my writing reflections at RISD, I deconstructed my identity to reveal intersecting and legible fields for myself. Southernness, Blackness, Queerness, and Family emerged as my personal framework for navigating the world—to articulate, and therefore define who I am. These four pillars ground all of my work across disciplines and lay the foundation for my research and writing practice. This rubric helps me understand who I am and how I perform in the world. I realized I had created survival mechanisms not only to grasp and take control of my performance in the world but also to dictate how my work was discussed and perceived." — The Black Experience in Design
Thank you @realjonkey for participating in our Wakeupworld Salon, taking us inside your research for Black, Queer, & Untold and how you align your creative practices with what it means as an artist to “get to work” in times such as these.
A few copies of Jon’s book are still available in the Schomburg Shop @schomburgshop online and in-person in Harlem.
#blackartists #blackarchives #queerarchives #schomburg100
Tomorrow, 1/21 | 5 PM | Schomburg Center: Join us for Wakeupworld Salon: Jon Key, organized in the spirit of the Harlem Renaissance's famed salons. We will keep our exhibition 100: A Century of Collections, Community and Creativity open until 8 PM.
Key is an artist, designer, educator, and writer originally from Seale, Alabama. Key began his design career at Grey Advertising in NYC before moving on to work with HBO, Nickelodeon, and The Public Theater. He is co-founder of the Brooklyn–based design studio Morcos Key with Wael Morcos and currently teaches at Cooper Union and SVA. Key is also a co-founder and design director of Codify Art, a multidisciplinary collective dedicated to creating, producing, supporting, and showcasing work by artists of color, particularly women, queer, and trans artists. His work has been featured in Jeffery Deitch Gallery NYC, the Armory Show, The New York Times, and The Atlantic and his writing has been featured in publications such as The Washington Post, The Black Experience in Design, and AIGA. #SchomburgCenter #Schomburg100 #Harlem
Photo: Courtesy of Jon Key
