Black Brilliance: Growing Black Artistic & Cultural Futures
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Hello everyone,
I am writing to you from the road so please excuse the brevity (the text below is copied from the event website for your ease but I have also linked out to it!) and delay (I hadn’t planned to send anything today!). I’m participating in Black Brilliance, a roundtable curated by Yodit Mesfit Johnson at the University of Michigan Museum of Art next week around growing Black artistic and cultural futures and if you’re in the area, I would love for you to come. Please also feel free to share the event widely with those you feel should be in the room!
Details below! ✨
Black Brilliance: Growing Black Artistic & Cultural Futures
An intimate gathering designed to inspire connection and investment in Black artists and culture workers.
Imagine what would happen if Black artists had no barriers to sharing their brilliance. If their gifts and talents were lauded and supported, as they should be? Black Brilliance, curated by Yodit Mesfin Johnson, builds on the celebration of Black artists and communities in connection with the exhibition “Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection.”
Omari Rush, Executive Director of CultureSource, will facilitate an illuminating discussion featuring artists Ash Arder, Ashara Ekundayo, Gabrielle Ione Hickmon, Morgan Cecille Hutson (aka Supercoolwicked), and Paige Wood. The aim of the roundtable is to hear firsthand about the ways the community can nourish the local network of Black artists while deepening collective understanding of the barriers they face. Join this curated conversation among motivated artists, curators, funders, and regional organizations both small and large. Let’s work together to consider ways to amplify the names and work of these brilliant artists. Free and open to the public, registration required.
Program schedule:
4:00-5:30 pm — Artist Roundtable, moderated by CultureSource Executive Director Omari Rush
5:30-6:30 pm — Happy Hour & Connecting
Guests are also encouraged to stay or return for a phenomenal performance of “Negro, Spiritual” by Supercoolwicked, beginning at 8pm!
