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🕊✨️🎶#ArtIsAWeapon Detroit's legendary #HipHop producer/musician James Dewitt Yancey aka J Dilla aka Jay Dee was born 50 years ago (February 7, 1974). Sending love to his mother @madukesofficial and all who he inspired.

Design by artist @iamnaomidesign (reposted) Happy 50th Birthday @officialjdilla. Thanks for so much inspiration. Truly hope you’re resting easy.

Happy #Dilladay all.💜

#jamesdilla #JDilla #JamesDewittYancey #JDee #BlackHistoryMonth #MusicIsLife

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This weekend's @summerstage events in #Harlem, #CentralPark and #ConeyIsland feature #HipHop, #Jazz, #Salsa and more.

Details for each event reposted from @summerstage:

August 18

▪︎We’re in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park with @thejasonmoran & The Big Bandwagon reflecting on the life of James Reese Europe, a jazz pioneer who fought on the front lines in France with the Harlem Hellfighters - one of the first African-American regiments to serve with the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I. This FREE performance is in association with @jazzmobileny. 7:00 PM.

August 19

▪︎Don’t miss a FREE film screening of Mixtape, a documentary that explores the history and impact of the mixtape in hip-hop culture... This night will also feature DJ sets by genre veterans like @legendarydjrong, @djdoowop, @djmistercee, @djtonytouch, and @twfbrucie_b. #MarcusGarveyPark 5:00 PM

August 20

▪︎We’re bringing you more hip-hop in Marcus Garvey Park with Hip-Hop 50: Native Tongues Edition. This FREE show will feature artists from the Native Tongues including @junglebrothers4life, @darealmonielove, @blacksheepdres, @chialibx, and @kooldjredalert with host @videomusicbox. 5:00 PM

▪︎ Everyone’s favorite dance party, @everydayppl, is back in #CentralPark. Join us for a FREE night full of music, culture, and community. Plus, catch a special performance from @ladiesofhiphop presented with @worksandprocess. 5:00 PM

Want to see the show from the best seats in the house? You can enter to win a pair of VIP tickets through @donewyorkcity at donyc.com/summerstagebestseatsonus

▪︎Salsa singer @josealbertoelcanario “El Canario” is coming to @coneyamp with The Big 3 Palladium Orchestra with a tribute performance of legends Machito, Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente led by their sons, @tirodjr and Machito Jr. This lineup also includes @uptownvinylsupreme, @djandy23, and flutist Karen Joseph & Mambocha in association with @jazzdotorg. 4:00 PM

#Summerstage2023 #Summerstage #FreeInNYC #OutdoorMusic #TraScapades

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Artist @asherald 's "Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)" is this week's @newyorkermag cover. I am so excited that her traveling exhibition "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" lands in #NYC at the @whitneymuseum on April 9!

Image & caption reposted from @newyorkermag The cover of this week’s Spring Style & Design issue is “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance),” by Amy Sherald (@asherald). Read the full cover story:

Images & caption reposted from @hyperallergic A sweeping exhibition of works by the acclaimed American #painter #AmySherald, best known for her portraits of former First Lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, is coming to New York City this spring. Nearly 50 portraits of Black Americans will go on display as part of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime” at the Whitney Museum of American Art from April 9 through August 10. The mid-career survey is the artist’s first solo exhibition in a New York museum.

Spanning works from 2007 to the present, the show will explore Sherald’s signature figures rendered with skin tones in shades of gray and colorful clothing against vibrant backgrounds, merging black-and-white photography aesthetics and American Realist painting traditions to redress art history’s long exclusion of Black subjects in portraiture.

Read the story by Hyperallergic Staff Writer @mayapontone:

1 - Amy Sherald, “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)” (2014) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

2 - Amy Sherald, “Breonna Taylor” (2020) (© Amy Sherald)

3 - Amy Sherald, “They Call Me Redbone, but I’d Rather Be Strawberry Shortcake” (2009) (© Amy Sherald, photograph by Ryan Stevenson; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

4 - Amy Sherald, “For Love, and for country” (2022) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

5 - Amy Sherald, “Saint Woman” (2015) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

6 - Amy Sherald, “If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it” (2019) (© Amy Sherald)

#AmySherald #Portrait #BlackArtists #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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#SundaySermon by @soul.bounce:

"Go to the show.

Go to the concert.

Go to the music festival.

Go on the music cruise.

Go see the legends, your favorites and new artists you dig perform live whenever and wherever you can because you never know if you'll get that opportunity again."

If you REALLY know me, you already know that THIS is exactly how I live. I am so grateful for every live music experience I am blessed to enjoy. My love for concerts, festivals and travel is how I've connected with some of the greatest people I know. Music made us family.

The recent passing of so many of our musical legends has affirmed this for me, and I'm planning to go even harder, 'til the wheels fall off...

#AssembleYourCrew, or go solo ... Just ... do it...

Prioritize your joy through music, and support your favorite artists!

#MusicIsLife #TraScapades

#AngieStone #RobertaFlack #RoyAyers #DWayneWiggins

#ChrisJasper #JerryButler #GwenMcCRae

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🎭#ArtIsAWeapon RUN SEE @domorisseau 's "Sunset Baby" starring @russoulhornsby @j_fonz and Moses Ingram before it closes at @signatureinnyc on March 10. The Tony award-nominated #DominiqueMorisseau has done it again and the cast is dynamite! GO!

Tickets & Info: https://signaturetheatre.org/show/sunset-baby/

Synopsis

"East New York, Brooklyn. Nina’s estranged father Kenyatta, a former Black revolutionary and political prisoner, reappears to obtain a coveted piece of her late Mother’s legacy. While Kenyatta had visions of changing the world, his daughter became everything he feared. Now he’s at her mercy for his own redemption. This is a story about love, political action, and one woman’s journey from a brutal existence to her own liberation."

#BlackStoryTellers #Broadway #OffBroadway #BlackWomenPlaywright

#DominiqueMorisseau #SunsetBaby #BlackGirlTheaterGeeks

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🎭#ArtIsAWeapon RUN SEE @domorisseau 's "Sunset Baby" starring @russoulhornsby @j_fonz and Moses Ingram before it closes at @signatureinnyc on March 10. The Tony award-nominated #DominiqueMorisseau has done it again and the cast is dynamite! GO!

Tickets & Info: https://signaturetheatre.org/show/sunset-baby/

Synopsis

"East New York, Brooklyn. Nina’s estranged father Kenyatta, a former Black revolutionary and political prisoner, reappears to obtain a coveted piece of her late Mother’s legacy. While Kenyatta had visions of changing the world, his daughter became everything he feared. Now he’s at her mercy for his own redemption. This is a story about love, political action, and one woman’s journey from a brutal existence to her own liberation."

#BlackStoryTellers #Broadway #OffBroadway #BlackWomenPlaywright

#DominiqueMorisseau #SunsetBaby #BlackGirlTheaterGeeks

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Reposted from @neaarts Join the National Endowment for the Arts and the White House Domestic Policy Council on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 for a summit to discuss how the arts and humanities can strengthen our communities and country to help us heal, bridge, and thrive!

Sign up to be a virtual attendee at arts.gov/events.

#HealBridgeThrive

#artssummit

#artsandculture #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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Vibe out tonight with the @uptownvinylsupreme squad at the @acehotelnewyork, 7PM-Midnight.

Reposted from @uptownvinylsupreme ❄️ Winter Residency Alert ❄️

Teaming up with @acehotelnewyork to bring you hot wax through the winter. Kicking off in the lobby Friday, Jan 19th from 7PM-12AM with the whole crew celebrating @joshhubi ‘s Birthday 🎂

In February & March we have ⬇️

2.16 - @uptowndollyandvenus + @lovefromnyc_

3.15 - @sunnaay + @lovie.world

🗓️Mark your calendars

FREE & 21+

Flyer Artwork by @crys_cr0ss 🎨

#UptownVinylSupreme #VinylToThePeople #CrateDiggers #VinylLovers #Dance #Disco #Funk #House #Soul #AceHotel #NYC #FreeInNYC #MusicIsLife

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Tonight @nycwjf + @futurexsounds + @rayangry & and an all star line-up pay tribute to @officialjdilla & @amp_fiddler at @racketnewyork, 9:30PM

Reposted from @rayangry I’m looking forward to performing with all my friends this Friday Jan 12 9:30pm @nycwjf We are celebrating the brilliance of @officialjdilla @amp_fiddler two musical titans who touched so many lives through their music.

There will exciting special guest joining me on stage. You already know the vibes will be very high.

I’m so honored to be working with the incredible @jperiodbk who is helping me to put this show together. @futurexsounds putting the team together to create a successful show.

I’m equally thrilled to share the stage with the following heavy hitters:

@officialmarcusmachado

@reddmusic

@jermaineholmes

@kaylagc._

@iammeloniedaniels

@theestout

@leahrichmusic

@bigyuki

@randy_runyon

@thadworld

@yospank

@casey_benjamin

@iam_kamilah

@the_4thhh

Location

Racket NYC

431 West 16th Street

NY NY 10011

Times

9:30pm

#winterjazzfestnyc #nyc #music #jazz #hiphop #dilla #ampfiddler #livemusic

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Dance it away tonight with our faves @djspinna & @iamrimarkable at @pac_nyc

📍Perelman Performing Arts Center

251 Fulton Street #NYC 10007

Reposted from @pac_nyc Tonight! We party! Celebrate MOTION/MATTER with a FREE AND OPEN TO ALL groove as @djspinna and @iamrimarkable take over the turntables on our lobby stage.

FREE AND OPEN TO ALL.

8:30pm-11:30pm

#FreeInNYC #DanceParty #MusicIsLife #DancingIsFreedom #Dancers #DJs

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Happy #HaitianIndependenceDay!

Reposted from @cccadi Swipe 👈🏿

Today is not only the first day of the new year, it is also the 220th anniversary of Haiti's independence. As we kick off 2024, we honor Haiti as the first Black independent republic in the world and as a catalyst for freedom for the entire African Diaspora.

In the spirit of revolution and Black freedom, we are using this significant moment in history to kick off this year with intention. CCCADI will honor Haiti's legacy by anchoring much of our 2024 programming in our theme, Lakay se Lakay, which means Home is Home in Kreyòl (Creole).

Lakay se Lakay offers us an opportunity to use Haiti as a lens through which we pay homage to our people's ability to create and hold on to home, wherever we are.

Stay tuned for more information about our Lakay se Lakay themed programs.

#AfricanDiaspora #caribbeanculturalcenter #newyorkcity #haiti🇭🇹 #haitianindependenceday #caribbean #blackfreedom

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#Kuumba #Creativity

I spent the last days of 2023 grieving the loss of loved ones (🕊@katskornerco) yet grateful for the ability to experience what gives me joy: family & friends, music, art and culture.

Y'all, our time is precious and not to be waisted...

🎨@karondavis exhibit at @salon94

🎨@officialspikelee exhibit at @brooklynmuseum (don't miss it!!) with my fam @ninaananse & @salahananse

🎥Me and my niecey-poo watching @migrationmovie in 3D

🎶@raheem_devaughn, @kindredthefam @kindredthewife at @citywinerynyc (thank you Aja & Fatin 🙏🏿)

🎶@carmenrodgers @djspinna @keistar at Galactic Quiet Storm listening lounge

🎭@clif777 celebrating @rewpuh with dinner and the Broadway hit @somelikeithotmusical

💃🏾@alvinailey with my girl @lisagottagetitin

#TraScapades #BlackArt #BlackCulture #Kwanzaa #TimeIsPrecious #Passion #Purpose #Power #Prosperity #TheArtOfLife

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Only a few more days left to see "Calida Rawles - A Certain Oblivion" at Lehmann Maupin Gallery. It closes December 16. GO...

📍501 W 24th Street, #NYC

@calidagarciarawles

@lehmannmaupin

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https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/calida-rawles2/press-release

"Lehmann Maupin presents A Certain Oblivion, an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Calida Rawles. This is her first major solo exhibition in New York, following an In Focus exhibition with the gallery in 2021. Featuring Rawles’ most monumentally scaled works to date, A Certain Oblivion celebrates hope as an expression of our shared humanity in the face of dark times. The power of Rawles’ proposition is embodied in her subjects: young women and girls who float and tread—alone and in community—in uncertain waters. They are the next generation, women whose graceful determination to transcend the riptides of contemporary American life belies the effort required to keep their heads above water. Rawles’ newest body of work reminds us that their triumph is our salvation."

Reposted from @calidagarciarawles Thank you, @cnnstyle and @suyinsays , for describing my practice and new body of work so beautifully.

“But I try to think of that as a moment where you can reflect and restart,” she continued. “Before there’s light, there’s darkness.”

This re-examination of darkness then forms the inspiration for Rawles’ latest body of work, “A Certain Oblivion.” Across a series of 10 large-scale paintings, Rawles captures the movement of young women and girls suspended in water, hovering just near the surface. Swirling pools of opaque blackness give the images a sense of uncertainty, but the subjects’ faces and bodies are positioned toward the light, conveying hope with a celestial presence amid the heaviness.

Full article:

#CalidaRawles #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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🎨#ArtIsAWeapon If I were at #MiamiArtWeek, I would definitely be going to this...

Reposted from @djrontrent TODAY FRIDAY MIAMI ART WEEK DEC 8th- "WALK THE NIGHT - NIGHTLIFE AND CLUB CULTURE 1977 - 1991" Preview Exhibition and Artist Talk featuring @billbernstein Bill Berstein

@fifibear_tinapaul_ladyarhlene Tina Paul, @warehouselegend Robert Williams, @djvictorrosado Victor Rosado, @arthurhbaker Arthur Baker and

@louievega Louie Vega

Moderated By Ron Trent @djrontrent and Adrian Loving @summerloving71

Arlo Hotel Higher Ground

2217 NW Miami Court

Miami, FL 33150

6PM-10PM

Exhibition open tomorrow, December 9, 12PM-6PM, followed by a closing "construction party" at 7PM.

#billbernstein #tinapauldronephotography #robertwilliams #paradisegarage #thewarehouse #housemusic #nightlifephotography #arthurbaker #louievega #rontrentmusic📻📻💣😁 #rontrent #HouseHead #WillTravelForArt

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🙌🏿#ArtIsAWeapon Sending love, congratulations and best wishes for a spectacular event to my creative, fly family @darnell13 & @demeatriastyle - I am there in spirit!! #FashionAFRICANA #AFRICANISM #GlobalBlackness

@charlylpalmer

@paultazewell

Reposted from @demeatriastyle Join us for an evening of #fashion, #music, and #art, and support FashionAFRICANA’s inaugural gala, AFRICANISM, on Saturday, November 25, 2023 at Pittsburgh Public Theater in promoting and celebrating Black creativity. Tickets: https://africanismgala.eventbrite.com

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Join us for AFRICANISM, FashionAFRICANA's Inaugural Gala! It's time to celebrate African-inspired fashion, culture and the creative arts in a glamorous evening filled with style and elegance. Our event will be held at the Pittsburgh Public Theater, where you can immerse yourself in the vibrant atmosphere showcasing and honoring the richness and vibrancy of the African diaspora through fashion and art. The evening will feature leading Black and African designers, artists and creatives. Dance to the rhythm of African beats and indulge in delicious cuisine. This is a can't-miss event for fashion enthusiasts and culture lovers alike. Grab your tickets now and let's celebrate AFRICANISM together!

#AfricanFashion #AfricanCulture #FashionGala #SupportCreativity #AfricanDiaspora

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#GroupExhibition

"Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility,"

curated by Dr. Ashley James @ohashuhlee,

is on view at The Guggenheim Museum @guggieheim now

through April 7, 2024.

https://www.guggenheim.org/exhibition/going-dark-the-contemporary-figure-at-the-edge-of-visibility

Profile reposted from @thecut www.thecut.com/2023/10/ashley-james-guggenheim-going-dark-interview.html

How do people want to be seen, if they even want to be seen at all?

That’s the question at the center of “Going Dark: The Contemporary Figure at the Edge of Visibility,” the latest Guggenheim Museum exhibition curated by Dr. Ashley James. She arrived at the phrase “going dark” one night when scrolling on her phone, jotting exhibition title ideas in her Notes App. “We know if somebody says, ‘You went dark on me,’ they’re saying, ‘You didn’t reply to my text,’” she tells me on a recent afternoon at the Guggenheim’s Financial District offices. “It’s also resonant in terms of darkness as a concept. The darkness that is literally Blackness. I’m well aware of the cheekiness of ‘going dark’ and what it means for it to be a Black rotunda show in the museum that does not have a track record of having Black artists at all, let alone in the rotunda. It clicks.”

Read more from Culture Editor @brkmrn's interview with @guggenheim curator @ohashuhlee at the link in bio.

📸Photo: @tommykha

#DrAshleyJames #TheGuggenheim #artcurators #BlackArtCurators #BlackArtists

#BlackGirlArtGeeks #ArtAndTheCity