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Check out the next featured artist for our Black Artists Series! Caleb is a Detroit-based artist and creative whose passion lies in music.

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This year in February, I started a series highlighting local black artists in honor of Black History Month. I’m excited to continue this series and celebrate black artists throughout the rest of the year. Episode 4 is about a Kalamazoo-based slam-poet, Dana Hudson.

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Wild, beautiful, and perfectly in progress. 🌺 - - - #photography #portrait #portraitphotography #selfportrait #blackgirlmagic #natural #naturalhair #naturalista #afro #afropuff #melanin (at Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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manifesting peace & growth in 2018 🌱✨ - - - #yoga #blackgirlmagic #peace #manifest #meditation #melanin #blackgirlyoga #photography #portrait #selfportrait (at Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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“...they believed an educated Negro to be a dangerous Negro.” — W.E.B. Du Bois, Souls of Black Folk 📚 - - - #read #book #bookworm #booksofinstagram #photography #selfportrait #blackgirlmagic #wellreadblackgirl #smartbrowngirl #history #africanamerican #literature #blacklivesmatter (at Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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We tell stories about social justice, human rights, and the experiences of people of color. We aim for equal representation both on screen and behind the scenes. We also encourage more people of color — especially women of color — to pursue film and media because our stories matter, and the only way they will be heard and preserved is if we tell them ourselves and diversify the industry.

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Black artists supporting other black artists. Denise Miller’s exhibit at Art Hop was liberating. Reclaiming Humanness: Black Women as Reluctant Heroes - a broadside journey through the lives of black women. ✊🏾 - - - #art #artist #black #blackwomen #blackart #blackartist #blacklivesmatter #blackwomenmatter #hero #blackpower #humanrights #socialjustice #arthop #kalamazoo #michigan (at Kalamazoo Valley Museum)

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Filming out in D.C. today for a client! This has been such an amazing experience. They flew me out and I have my own personal driver taking me around the city as I get b-roll. The freelance life is pretty okay. 😊 - - - #film #video #videography #videographer #washingtondc #dc #travelphotography #travel #filmmaker #filmmaking #art #artist #freelance #freelancer (at Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

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Double post because going to the Museum of Natural History was pretty cool. 🔬🦕 📚 - - - #museum #history #naturalhistory #michigan #nerd (at University of Michigan Museum of Natural History)

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Sunday Funday 🍂 - - - #sunday #sundayfunday #sundayvibes #fall #fallfashion #autumn #michigan #annarbor (at Ann Arbor, Michigan)

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Happy Thanksgiving AND Happy Anniversary to my amazing parents! Cheers to 26 YEARS. Beyond thankful and grateful for this beautiful life they have blessed me with. Love them. ❤️✨ - - - #thanksgiving #family #love #wedding #weddinganniversary #anniversary #peace #life #laugh (at Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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Being a creative/entrepreneur is not easy. There have been many times this year where I’ve doubted myself and wondered if I made the right choice with pursuing film as a career. But 2017 has taught me that you gotta learn how to go through failure after failure without losing your enthusiasm and drive to succeed. Don’t become paralyzed by failure. Stay hopeful and keep your dreams alive through the hard times. Life's best lessons come from our lowest points. Create your own path and kick down the doors to opportunity instead of waiting for them to open. Thank you to those who have and continue to support me. You’re the reason why I keep going. This is only the beginning! ✨ - - - #motivation #motivationmonday #motivationalquotes #motivated #inspiration #inspire #inspirationalquotes #quotes #life #lesson #grow #learn ‬#love #happy #passion #dream #believe #achieve #goals #naturalhair #blackgirlmagic #film #filmmaker #art #artist #create #creative #entrepreneur #entrepreneurship (at Kalamazoo, Michigan)

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Do your heart’s work. 🎥 - - - #film #filmmaker #band #concert #music #video #videographer #art #artist #work #blackgirlmagic #naturalhair #indie #canonphotography #canon (at Overneath Creative Collective)

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Sittin’ cool by the Alamo. Wish they would bring it back!🤘 - - - #fbf #flashbackfriday #summer #michigan #puremichigan #cool #streetwear #streetfashion #adidas #naturalhair #blackgirlmagic #melanin #forever21 #afro #rippedjeans #iphoneography #iphonephotography #iphone #photography #kalamazoo #alamodrafthouse #movies #cinema #film (at Alamo Drafthouse Kalamazoo)

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Just a summer baby craving summer, baby☀️🌊 - - - #tbt #throwbackthursday #beach #lakemichigan #summer #puremichigan #blackgirlmagic #lake #sunshine #melanin #sun #fun (at Warren Dunes State Park)