Month: December 2017

• The Art that Helped Me Survive 2017

  

  Look, I know it’s dramatic, but 2017 was tough and I’m not even going to try to sugar coat it. Despite this, I saw some incredible work that helped me make some sense of the world we find ourselves in today. Here are 9 highlights: 1. Kenyatta Hinkle, The Evanesced @ CAAM The Evanesced at CAAM…

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  December 29, 2017

  Art, Art in Los Angeles, Black Artists, black history, Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Museums, Uncategorized, writing

  arthur jafa, Betye Saar, black art, CAAM, craft and folk, Genevieve Gaignard, Kenyatta Hinkle, MOCA, Octavia Butler, pst la/la, Radical Women, the Hammer Museum, We Wanted a Revolution

• Angels in Alabama

  

  When the results of Alabama’s special elections came in on Tuesday evening, I could feel the nation collectively breathe a sigh of relief, and for a brief moment, our moral compass recalibrated itself. Tuesday should be a reminder to all of us that every vote counts. Most importantly, black women not only showed up to the polls,…

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  December 14, 2017

  Art, Black Artists, black history, Contemporary Art, Uncategorized

  16th Street Church Bombing, Alabama, Birmingham, Doug Jones, Kerry James Marshall, Mastry