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#Artist: Danielle Mckinney @danielle_mckinney_

#Artwork: Shut Eye, 2023.

Oil on Linen

“All the women in me are tired” - #NayyirahWaheed

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"Today. I have no profound words or deep analysis. And I have no answers.

Today. I do not have bandwidth to be pastoral or to dry other people's tears or to comfort the grieving or to hold anybody up except my own self.

Today. I am disappointed and betrayed but I am not confused.

Maybe tomorrow I will have answers and analysis.

Maybe tomorrow I will pray for my enemies, most particularly those masquerading as friends and allies.

Maybe tomorrow I will get to the work and to the next.

Maybe tomorrow I will have hugs and tender words.

Maybe tomorrow I will be able to be a wounded healer.

But for today. I am sitting in the ash heap, picking my wounds.

And perhaps you can practice the ministry of Job's friends, and just sit in silence with me." - @leahdaughtry

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#mood #rest #recharge #blackisbeautiful #solitude #impressionism #painting #daniellemckinney #BlackArt #BlackGirlArtGeeks #BlackWomen

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TODAY 6 years ago. 🙏🏾🙏🏻 On September 26, 2014, 43 male students from the #Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College were forcibly abducted and then disappeared in the southern town of #Iguala, #Mexico. They were abducted by #police, #military unit members and drug #traffickers. Others were killed ( 5 students, 2 soccer football players and 1 passerby ). Up to this day, NO JUSTICE HAS BEEN SERVED. #CorruptionKills #MexiCorruption We had a meeting in #Chicago with some visiting parents in 2014. Printed this one as part of the @instituto_grafico_chicago - organized event to raise funds for their struggle. It's based on #GonzalezCamarena's painting #LaPatria #VivaLaGráfica #SIEMPREesElPoder #printmaking #ArtIsAweapon #IGC #InstitutoGráficoDeChicago (at Iguala Guerrero Mexico) https://www.instagram.com/p/CFncv4YFvAO/?igshid=1h6qumyqqxomh

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@teens.artsconnection #mapfreecity #lovemore #artisaweapon @javedjokhai @maxilillian @a_suh_m_d @noraknoepfl @jasmine_reb14 @mogaemi @olivia_hom_22 (at Lincoln Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/B0o2MKVFR6llR9UNNg0hRkzBTePvlvuiWRJ26E0/?igshid=15qyp7iam9dgh

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Eduardo Chillida (1924-2002), Inguru IV, 1968.

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Not all heroes wear capes! Well done @corporateamerica83

Zül-Qarnaįn Nantambu 👏🏿

Story and images 1&2 reposted from @theintercept;

Images 3-10 reposted from @ajplus

The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

✍️🏾Jessica Washington

As the opening bars of Kendrick Lamar’s “tv off” began to fill the New Orleans Superdome on Sunday, Zül-Qarnain Nantambu, a New Orleans-based artist, knew he had a decision to make. Here he was on one of the world’s biggest stages — with millions tuned in for the Super Bowl LIX halftime performance. “Are you going to be brave? Are you going to be a coward?” he asked himself. “Are you going to take a stand?”

With the world watching, Nantambu, 41, made his choice. As the rest of the 400 hired dancers moved in a coordinated rhythm to Lamar’s music, Nantambu reached into his clothes and unfurled a joint Palestinian and Sudanese flag. He took off running, waving a flag adorned with the words “Sudan” and “Gaza” in black ink. After roughly 30 seconds, he was wrestled to the ground by security as the crowd watched.

Despite the mere seconds of screen time, his protest captured national attention.

“I don’t get caught up in politics or anything,” he told The Intercept, adding. “What’s going on in these places are inhumane. The civil war in Sudan, the oppression and the war and the tyranny that’s going on in Gaza, is inhumane. And these people are connected with us all as humans, and especially with me in faith.”

Photo 1: Zül-Qarnain Nantambu, a New Orleans-based artist and performer, holds a joint Palestinian and Sudanese flag during the halftime show at Super Bowl 59, between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles, on Feb. 9, 2025, in New Orleans. Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP Photo

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Please read and take action against HR 9495! Contact your Senators today and ask them to vote NO!

Reposted from @tamikadmallory / @blackchurchpac Can we talk about what’s at stake? H.R. 9495 has passed the House and is now heading to the Senate. This bill could dismantle the work of countless organizations fighting for justice, equity, and peace—work that’s essential to the progress we’ve made as Black communities.

It could give the government unchecked power to label nonprofits as “terrorist supporters” without real evidence—opening the door to political misuse and silencing the organizations that amplify our voices. From movements to reduce gun violence to efforts that protect Black voters and empower our communities, this bill threatens the very foundation of our progress.

This isn’t just about nonprofits. It’s about the families relying on safe streets, the mothers marching for justice, and the communities building a brighter future. Whether you’re an activist, organizer, or someone who simply cares about the survival and success of our people—this is your fight too.

🛑 Here’s how we protect the work that protects us: Contact your Senators and demand they VOTE NO on H.R. 9495. Every call, every email, every voice matters.

✊🏾 Take Action Today: bit.ly/4fOgvdq

Our legacy is one of resilience, one of action.

#HR9495 #TakeAction #socialjustice #nonforprofitorgs #ArtIsAWeapon

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She DID that!

Video reposted from @stanceelements Saumya’s interpretation of Water was magical! ✨ Dancer @saumyakamble_official 🇮🇳 #Amapiano with a mix of Indian flavor

All the battle rounds are freestyle, dancers do not know what song the DJ will play

📍 @redbulldance

💿 @thespindoclive

🎶 @tyla #redbulldanceyourstyle #water #Dancer #HipHop #Breakdance #BGirl

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Wow! Peaceful journeys to the regal trailblazing dancer #JudithJamison, who transitioned today at age 81. She was stunning and showed us the power of dance and beauty of Black bodies in rhythmic motion! Soar Queen!

Her passing ends an already unusually awful week that started with #QuincyDelightJonesJr also leaving this realm and the death of democracy with the re-election of a demon as the next U.S. president. Sheesh.

VIA @NYTIMES: Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey Dancer of ‘Power and Radiance,’ Dies at 81

She became an international star as a member of the company and later directed it, guiding it out of debt and boosting its popularity.

Judith Jamison, a majestic dancer who became an international star as a member of #AlvinAiley American Dance Theater and who directed the troupe for more than two decades, building it into the most successful modern dance company in the country, died on Saturday in Manhattan. She was 81.

Her death, at NewYork-Presbyterian Weill Cornell Medical Center, was announced by Christopher Zunner, a spokesman for the Ailey company, who said she died “after a brief illness.”

At 5-foot-10, Ms. Jamison was unusually tall for a woman in her profession. “But anyone who’s seen her onstage is convinced she’s six feet five,” the critic Deborah Jowitt wrote in The New York Times in 1976.

“I was the antithesis of the small-boned, demure dancer with a classically feminine shape.” Ms. Jamison (pronounced JAM-ih-son) wrote in her 1993 autobiography, “Dancing Spirit.”

Read more:

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/09/arts/dance/judith-jamison-dead.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Photo credits (©) Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation, Inc. and Smithsonian Institution:

1.) Judith Jamison in Geoffrey Holder’s The Prodigal Prince (1967), photo by Jack Mitchell

2.) Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry (1971), Photo by R. Faligant

3.) Judith Jamison in Alvin Ailey's Cry (1971), photo by Jack Mitchell

4.) Judith Jamison in John Butler's Facets (1972), photo by Jack Mitchell

5.) Judith Jamison photo by Andrew Eccles.

#DancingSpirit

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🎨#ArtIsAWeapon @cultured_mag featured fearless artist @asherald and master musician @jonbatiste for its Winter 2024 Artists on Artists issue. Photo by @danascruggs.

Image and caption reposted from @cultured_mag This winter, CULTURED presents our inaugural Artists on Artists issue. An ode to unfettered creativity, bold experimentation, and collaboration, this edition includes a trio of cover conversations between figures—from filmmakers to painters and musicians—who are committed to illuminating our strange, uncertain moment...

It’s been a busy year for the history-making painter and musician. Amy Sherald just opened “American Sublime,” her mid-career survey and largest exhibition yet, at the @sfmoma; while Jon Batiste returned to his classical roots with his recent album “Beethoven Blues,” which presents modern renditions of the canonical composer’s works.

Despite their sweeping impacts on contemporary culture, both artists—shot by @danascruggs in Sherald’s New Jersey studio—are careful to protect the delicate filament, that “pure thing,” at the heart of their work. “When you’re in that flow state, sometimes you forget how you got to the end result. I feel like a vessel. I work hard so I can then be in the moment like a kid,” Batiste tells Sherald. “It’s like a trance,” the painter adds. “The ideas come, and I do what I’m told.”

To read the full conversation between Amy Sherald and Jon Batiste and [order] your copy of the Artists on Artists issue, head to the link in bio.

Amy wears a dress by @gabrielahearst, earrings by @davidyurman, and bracelets and a ring by @vancleefarpels. Jon wears a suit, shirt, and tie by @ysl; ring by @cartier; and shoes by @louboutinworld. Additional jewelry is musician’s own.

Editor-in-Chief: @sarahgharrelson

Photography: @danascruggs

Styling for Amy Sherald: @carlocatastrophe

Styling for Jon Batiste: @jasonrembert

Casting for Batiste: @specialprojectsmedia

Hair for Sherald: @myssmonique

Hair for Batiste: Jenna Robinson

Makeup for Sherald: @laramiemakeup with @dayone__studio

Grooming for Batiste: Jesse Lindholm

Production: @missdionnenyc

#AmySherald #JonBatiste #BlackArtists #CulturedMagazine #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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📸🖤 #ArtIsAWeapon YES @laylahb!!! Shine, Sis!!

#WomensHistoryMonth

#YallGonnaGetThisBlackExcellence

📷Images and ���️🏾story by @becauseofthem (reposted) She’s helping to shape our narrative!⁠

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#LaylahAmatullahBarrayn constructs narratives, curates history, and amplifies the voices of the African diaspora with a lens sharpened by decades of experience. As a documentary and portrait photographer, writer, and curator, @laylahb's work is a force that preserves Black stories with reverence and precision.⁠

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Her name is etched in some of the most influential publications of our time—The New York Times, Vogue, National Geographic, The Washington Post, BBC, NPR, The Nation, and Le Monde. She has traveled the world, documenting Black communities in Minneapolis, Senegal, Martinique, and beyond, always centering culture, tradition, and the nuanced experiences of Black women. ⁠

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Barrayn’s photography isn’t about spectacle; it’s about presence. She understands that representation means nothing without dignity, depth, and truth. Her 2020 monograph, We Are Present, is a testament to that philosophy, capturing portraits of resilience in a year that challenged everything."⁠

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🔗 Click the link 👇🏾 to learn more about Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and the Because of You: Legacy in Focus project from @becauseofthem and @mostincrediblestudio.⁠

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"Nobody's free until everybody's free." - Fannie Lou Hamer

#OshaeSibley's murder is senseless, heartbreaking and terrifying.

Image reposted from @gala_la

Reposted from @nativesonnow Our Lives Matter.

Rest In Power O’Shae Sibley!!!

@nytimes Reported:

“O’Shae Sibley was at a Brooklyn gas station with friends late Saturday night, filling up a car and blasting music by Beyoncé when a group of men approached and told them to stop dancing, according to friends.

The men began using slurs and Mr. Sibley, 28, a gay man who was a professional dancer and choreographer, confronted them, according to his friends and a video of the altercation. The argument escalated and one man stabbed Mr. Sibley, according to the police. Otis Pena, one of Mr. Sibley’s best friends, pressed on his wound to stop the bleeding before he was taken to Maimonides Medical Center where he was pronounced dead.”

A hate crimes task force is investigating.

Justice for O’Shae Sibley!!! ✊🏾

Prayers up for O’Shae’s family and friends. 🙏🏾🤎🕊️

#JusticeForOShae #OShaeSibley #Queer #Justice #Community #HateCrime #LGBTQ #OurVoice #OurStory #OurPower #NativeSon

Thoughts penned by writer/theologian @candicebenbow

"Debate your deacon and talk about it with your trustee because I don’t want to hear it.

O’Shae, may the fiercest and flyest of the angels carry you to your rest. And may your memory be a blessing to all who knew and loved you."

#Homophobia #Transphobia

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🇨🇩 #ArtIsAWeapon

Reposted from @adamadelphine Join us this Thursday [2.27.2025] at 1PM EST and 8 PM GMT +2 for a lively discussion about Art & Activism in Goma, Congo. #IGLIVE

It is my pleasure to be in conversation with @roosterdancer_ and @didier.mkd

Learn more about Art for Justice: Bringing the 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale to Goma, DRC (Link in Bio)

The 2026 Contemporary Art Biennale in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo—an event that will do more than celebrate art; it will amplify the voices of a region that has endured great suffering due to global indifference and corporate greed.

Hosted by Mboko Lopiki and The Tunga Art Lab

The Tunga Art Lab links contemporary art performances to current social crises, focused on the tragic situation imposed on the people of the Democratic Republic of Congo for the last 30 years.

Mboko Lopiki is a dance artist from Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He began his dance career as a member of the Hip Hop dance collective “Spirit of the Dance.” In 2015, he initiated the “Maendeleo Dance Project,” which provided workshops aimed at supervising and reintegrating street children into society. Further driven by the desire and passion to learn different forms of contemporary dance, Mboko then joined the “Inuka Dance Company” in 2016 and trained under the Busara Dance Company. He is currently the choreographer, artistic director, and dancer-performer of the “Heartist Dance Company” in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He is a recipient of the Prince Claus Fonds Seed Award 2022.

More info at link in bio!

Please join us this Thursday.

Let’s Talk About Congo! Let’s talk about Goma!

#Congo #Goma #ArtAndActivism #AfricanArtists #Activism #AdamaDelphineFawundu

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HAPPY BLACK HISTORY MONTH Y'ALL!!!

The first thing I saw on this first day of our annual deep celebration of us is this fantastic @google doodle tribute to #HouseMusic!!!! Despite attempts to erase and rewrite the genre's history, #HOUSEMUSICISBLACKMUSIC!!!!

#HouseHead4Life

Shout out to our beloved "Godfather of House" @frankieknucklesofficial - the Bronx, NY-born DJ/Producer, who moved to #Chicago and helped create the sound - and to all the pioneers! Special shout out to the Black women creators and contributors!!!

🎥✍️🏾reposted from @google: About the Celebrating House Music Doodle

Just like #MarshallJefferson’s track, this Doodle will inspire you to move your body! In celebration of Black History Month, this Doodle celebrates house music, a cornerstone of electronic dance music which originated in Chicago’s Black community. The Doodle was developed in partnership with chart-topping DJ and producer, Kelly G, and an incredible team of guest designers and animators...

As the age of disco waned, house music came to life, rising to prominence in clubs in Chicago in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Chicago’s Black community redefined dance music with unique rhythms and innovative use of technology. The name “house music” stemmed from the Chicago club called The Warehouse, where early pioneers like Frankie Knuckles, the godfather of house music, DJed. In the early days of Chicago House, parties often brought people of all backgrounds together to dance. Chi-town resident #JesseSaunders cemented the city as the birthplace of this genre with his 1984 track On and On, which is credited as the first Chicago House record that opened the door for more popular records like Move Your Body, Jack Your Body, and many more.

Now, the genre is global — with house music tracks being played in clubs globally and being referenced in some of the biggest musical projects of the last few years. We have legends like Knuckles, Marshall Jefferson, Ron Hardy, Jesse Saunders, and Larry Heard to thank for this impact."

Read more: https://doodles.google/doodle/celebrating-house-music/

#GoogleDoodlehttps://doodles.google/doodle/celebrating-house-music/

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Spotlight on and congratulations to multimedia artist / 2024 MacArthur Fellow Ebony G. Patterson!

Video and caption reposted from @macfound Meet Ebony G. Patterson, a multimedia artist and 2024 #MacFellow creating visually dazzling and densely layered works that explore themes of visibility, beauty, race, class, and mourning.

Ebony centers the culture and aesthetics of postcolonial spaces, and shines a light on difficult social histories while highlighting the possibilities for regeneration and beauty.

Learn more about Ebony at the link in bio!

#EbonyPatterson #BlackArtists #BlackWomenArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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🎊#ArtIsAWeapon This is fantastic on so many levels! Congratulations to my fam @zo3hree5ive @phontigallo, who created a wonderful, affirming song for @sza to sing on @sesamestreet! 💐

“Be Kind To Me, Be Kind To You” by SZA

Written & Produced by Zo!, Phonte & @bsherman2222

All Instruments by Zo!

🎥 & ✍️🏾reposted from @zo3hree5ive My daughter and a couple of her girls LOST it when I played her this song we worked on for @sza and her guest appearance on @sesamestreet. @phontigallo and I were given a deadline of some HOURS to start and finish this one... and I’m super happy to finally be able to show y’all the results which came out craaaaazy.

We made it to Sesame Street y’all! Grateful!!

“Be Kind To Me, Be Kind To You” by SZA

Written & Produced by Zo!, Phonte & @bsherman2222

All Instruments by Zo!

YESSIR!!!!

@uaudio @spectrasonics_official @yamahakeyboardsofficial @officialibanezguitars @arturia_official @nativeinstruments

#QuickTurnaroundJams

#Gratitude #ZoAndTigallo

#FEMusic #SesameStreet

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**swoon** @owu3.0

LEWKS!!!!

(I'm still not watching the NFL but, baybeeee, I'm watching him!!!)

Reposted from @nwe 🇬🇭 Ghanaian NFL star, Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah. Compilation of his dopest game-day looks.

Every game, a new African fit.

This is culture.

🤴🏿 @owu3.0

🎥 @nflafrica @clevelandbrowns

#JeremiahOwusuKoramoah #King #Fly #AfricanFashion