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Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney are seated outside, looking up at a man on a bike.
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Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine: Before it’s Gone: Archive to Survive | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025
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
Cropped studio portrait of a man in a pinstripe suit, tie, and hat
“No Indifferent Appearance”
How is Black dandyism integral to Black identity and the history of fashion?
Monica L. Miller
May 14
Black and white photo of woman posting where wearing a tradition Asian style dress.
Glamour as Resistance
How did the legendary actor Anna May Wong use fashion to define her agency and legacy?
Cindy Kang
March 24
A Conversation with Betsabeé Romero
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
A mixed-media collage decorated with two black-and-white photos, a childlike drawing, and an image of the Virgin Mary and Jesus surrounding a drawing of a flower and poem about the artist's mother.
Juan Sánchez on the Guariquen Portfolio
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
The chest panel of an embroidered thobe. The embroidery accents the beige linen fabric with reds, greens, and blues in symmetrical, geometric patterns.
Tatreez in Time
The memory, meaning, and makers of Palestinian embroidery.
Wafa Ghnaim
July 26, 2024
Detail of a vibrant quilt made up of squares with narrow, rectangular strips of alternating colors.
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Immaterial: Blankets and Quilts
Threads of identity.
July 16, 2024
Group portrait of members of the Second Baptist Church in Detroit, Michigan. Congregation poses in front of church building located at 441 Monroe Street; commercial buildings in background. Inset portrait of the Reverend Robert L. Bradby. Handwritten on front: "Second Baptist Church, Aug. 5, 1923. Jackson photo." Stamped on back: "Harvey C. Jackson, photographer. Clifford 6054 M. 2614 Beaubien St., Detroit, Mich. Suitable frames for this photograph in stock or made to order."
Discovering My Roots
Unearthing my family history through James Van Der Zee and Harvey Cook Jackson's photography.
Lela Jenkins
June 14, 2024
Mildred Beltré and Oasa DuVerney smile during their interview about Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine's family portraits project.
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Family Portraits with Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine | Civic Practice Partnership 2023–2025
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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Visualizing the Afterlife
Explore how artists across time and place have contemplated the afterlife.
Andrea Myers Achi and Akili Tommasino
May 17, 2024