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How did John Wilson’s depiction of violence towards Black families embody systemic problems facing Black mothers in the United States?
Lisa E. Farrington and Leslie Farrington
January 7
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Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine founders Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney sat outside with their Crown Heights neighbors, asking them to share stories and neighborhood perspectives.
June 11, 2025
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During her CPP artist residency, Alethea Pace collaborated alongside her community to reclaim the history of the Enslaved African Burial Ground in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx.
March 27, 2025
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During her CPP residency, artist OlaRonke Akinmowo challenged herself to create a writers collective as an expansion of the mission of The Free Black Women’s Library.
March 12, 2025
By carving symbolic designs into recycled tires, Betsabeé Romero creates artworks that reference ancient motifs and evoke reflections on movement.
Laura Filloy Nadal
November 21, 2024
Learn more about the artist’s singular blending of media, Puerto Rican and Nuyorican culture, activism, issues of colonialism, and personal history in his remarkable prints.
Deborah Cullen-Morales
September 27, 2024
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Join scholar Richard J. Powell as he rethinks the art of Cubism through the historical and aesthetic lens of African American art.
Richard J. Powell
July 10, 2024
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Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, co-founded by Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney, explores art-making as a community-building tool.
June 13, 2024
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Go behind the scenes with artist Petrit Halilaj, who discusses the inspiration and making of his 2024 Roof Garden Commission: Abetare.
May 7, 2024
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“Part of what inspired the project was wanting to create something that really centered the brilliance and creativity of Black women writers and the transformative possibilities that come with reading.”
OlaRonke Akinmowo
April 25, 2024