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Y'ALL! HOW IS THIS ALBUM 25 YEARS OLD??? I WORE THIS JOINT OUT, and it's still gorgeous two and a half decades later!!

Happy 25th Anniversary to the multi-talented singer/songwriter/musician/producer @AmelLarrieux’s debut solo album Infinite Possibilities, which was originally released February 15, 2000.

My DC folks - who remembers that sexy, sold-out Valentine's Day / album release event at Club 5??!!!

#AmelLarreiux #InfinitePossibilities #ClassicAlbums #BlackMusic #SoulMusic

#2000sRnB #neoSoul #BlackHistoryMonth

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🎶#ArtIsAWeapon Y'ALL! I'm beyond excited for the return of THE @louievega with #ElementsOfLife -- @joshmilan6969 @dawntallman @axeltoscaofficial @ramonarenea @aliasboogie @luisitoquinterooficial @yusnier_sanchez -- to the @bluenotenyc this week!!!

The 4-day, 8-show residency features a fantastic lineup of legends including @moodymann313 @deedeebridgewater @bartzoyo @laugart @rahsaanpatterson @jose_mangual_jr

GET YOUR TICKETS AND MEET ME THERE!!!!

Reposted from @louievega What a true honor to be invited for the second year in a row to the prestigious Blue Note In New York City. I’ve carefully curated very talented guests to come and bless the stage. Amongst the full ten piece Elements Of Life Band including seasoned players Josh Milan, Luisito Quintero, Axel Tosca, Al Carty, Ivan Renta, Yusnier Sanchez Bustamente, Dawn Tallman, Ramona Dunlap, Tony Cintron, we have very special guests Dee Dee Bridgewater, Moodymann, Gary Bartz, Rahsaan Patterson, Cuban legend Xiomara Laugart, Puerto Rican icon Jose Mangual Jr. and conductor / musical director Yours truly Louie Vega. A show not to be missed, every night it’s a unique experience! New York City get ready for 8 shows / two a night on February 13,14,15,16, 2025 take your pick ! Tickets at link in my bio!

#LouieVega #JoshMilan #ElementsOfLife #LiveMusic #Jazz #HouseMusic

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#Artist: @siphesihle_ntsungwana #Artwork: “SHOW ME” 2023

Acrylic on canvas 21 x 29,7 cm

Images /caption reposted from the artist -(LIKE, SAVE, COMMENT, SHARE ❤️)

Commissions open! Comment “commission” and I’ll DM you my price list ✨

#siphesihlentsungwa

#selfportrait #painting #paintings #acrylicpainting #oilpainting #blackart #blackartists #BlackLove #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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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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🇨🇩Art by @bypeoni

Please read, learn, share, act

#EyesOnCongo

Information reposted from @archiveafrica

URGENT UPDATES FROM #CONGO 🇨🇩🤎

The situation in eastern Congo remains one of the most protracted and complex humanitarian crises in the world, driven by decades of conflict, instability, and the presence of multiple armed groups vying for control over the region’s rich natural resources. The area, particularly the provinces of North Kivu, South Kivu, and Ituri, has been plagued by violence stemming from ethnic rivalries, rebel insurgencies, and land disputes, with external forces occasionally intervening. Armed groups, including the M23, and numerous local militias, continue to exploit the chaos, perpetuating cycles of displacement, human rights violations, and economic instability. The Congolese government, despite international support, has struggled to establish lasting control, leaving vulnerable communities exposed to violence and resource extraction that benefits both local warlords and external actors.

Humanitarian conditions in the region have deteriorated, with millions of people displaced and living in camps where they face food insecurity, disease outbreaks, and inadequate access to medical care. Gender-based violence remains rampant, often used as a weapon of war, with devastating long-term impacts on survivors and their communities. The United Nations peacekeeping mission, MONUSCO, has been present for years, but its effectiveness has been questioned amid ongoing violence and protests from locals demanding its withdrawal. As regional and international diplomatic efforts attempt to broker peace, a sustainable resolution will require not only disarming militias and addressing security concerns but also tackling the underlying economic and social drivers of conflict, including land disputes, unemployment, and the illicit exploitation of minerals such as gold, coltan and tin.

@focuscongo @pappyorion @kitoko_oyo isaac _jimmy @teamcongo.rdc @chakabars @a.kaballo @ekilaaa @goma_upendo @genocost @standforcongouk #alleyesoncongo

Art: @bypeoni

Cover slide based on a photograph taken by @isaac__jimmy from @focuscongo team

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#Art by @esteban.whiteside

It's still 🖕🏿 @nfl and I'm #stillwithkaep

If you're with me, let's support @kaepernick7 @yourrightscamp

#EndRacism message removed from the SuperBowl end zones just in time for #Felon47 's attendance as the special guest of @saints ownership. We can not continue to be complicit by normalizing #whitesupremacy #fascism & #corruption.

📷 via @peoplemag

✌🏾Shout out to @yourrightscamp, @BenandJerrys @kaepernick7 @bmike2c @eternalseeds

If you're in #NewOrleans today, take your children to check out this event, learn more and donate to support good causes! #ChangeTheWhirld

🎨 By New Orleans Artist: @bmike2c

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#KYRC and @EternalSeeds are hosting "Sunday on the Block," a free, all-ages, family-friendly event on Sunday, February 9th, from 12 PM to 6 PM at @studio_be_, located at 2941 Royal Street in New Orleans.

Join us as we honor the important work local organizations do every day in New Orleans with a resource fair featuring @dbinola, @cultivatingnola, @theblackschool, @tepcenter, #EternalSeeds, and more!

Enjoy music, food, and free @BenAndJerrys #ChangeTheWhirled! Plus, Studio Be will be open for all to experience its incredible art exhibits. We encourage you to donate what you can, as all proceeds from admission will benefit New Orleans' nonprofit Eternal Seeds, founded by BMike.

#BenAndJerrys #SocialImpact #SocialJustice #EndRacism

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❤️🖤💚#ArtIsAWeapon Happy Black History Month!!!!

Image & caption reposted from @brooklynmuseum “I have never cared too much what people say. What I’m interested in is what they do.” – #ShirleyChisholm

During the next Brooklyn Talks on February 20, we’re reflecting on the legacy of Congresswoman Chisholm, who represented New York's 12th congressional district in Bed–Stuy for seven terms from 1969 to 1983.

We’ll be joined by artist Bisa Butler (@bisabutler), cultural producer Barbara Bullard (@barbaramgmt), and curator Stephanie Sparling Williams (@ssparlingwilliams).

Following the event, get after-hours access to Toward Joy: New Frameworks for American Art where you can see Butler’s quilted portrait of Chisholm up-close.

Learn more and save your spot through the link in our bio.

📷 200th Birthday Bash at the Brooklyn Museum, October 5, 2024. (Photo: Evan Angelastro)

#BkMTalks #BkMAmericanArt #BisaButler #BrooklynMuseum #BlackHistoryMonth #ShirleyChisholm

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🎬#ArtIsAWeapon - Y'all go see "Paint Me A Road Out of Here," which opens @filmforumnyc this weekend, February 7. Centered around preserving trailblazing #artistactivist @faithringgold 's painting "For The Women's House," which was once on view at NYC's notorious Riker's Island jail, the documentary examines mass incarceraration and the power of art to reimagine new possibilities.

🎥video & ✍️🏾caption reposted from @isisthasaviour Our official trailer is here🔥🔥🔥 Join us 2/7- 2/20 at @filmforumnyc for the theatrical release of "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" directed by award winning filmmaker Catherine Gund @aubinpictures and executively produced by @yarashahidi @chocolatemommyluv @mickalenethomas @juliemehretu and myself among others!

Caption reposted from @filmforumnyc PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE opens this Friday, February 7. From filmmaker Catherine Gund & exec. producers Yara and Keri Shahidi, a powerful snapshot of the movement against the mass incarceration of Black women via the tenacious fight against Kafkaesque bureaucracy to liberate Faith Ringgold’s 1971 painting “For the Women’s House” from Rikers Island.

“A poignant protest… [that] navigates the trail-blazing nature of Ringgold’s career and how [Mary Enoch Elizabeth] Baxter, the younger artist, followed in Ringgold’s footsteps as a practitioner of Black radical art.” – Akané Okoshi, The Brooklyn Rail

Gund and Baxter will appear alongside special guests for Q&As after select screenings, co-presented by the New Museum and Women's Community Justice Association (WCJA) on Fri, 2/7, the Center for Art and Advocacy on Sat, 2/8, and Vera Institute of Justice & Silver Art Projects on Thu, 2/13.

Event info and tickets now available https://buff.ly/3WkYTxS .

#faithringgold #paintmearoadoutofhere #filmforum #aubinpictures #forthewomenshouse

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#BlackHistoryMonth spotlight on #ArtistActivist #BennyAndrews

🖼Images & ✍️🏾caption reposted from @acagalleries Benny Andrews’s (1930-2006) longstanding history with ACA Galleries is a testament to our commitment to amplifying the voices of impactful artists from all backgrounds, without exception. This Black History Month, we honor Andrews not only for his exceptional artwork but for his activism that challenged injustice and advocated for marginalized communities. From his debut solo exhibition at ACA in 1972 to his later works focused on civil rights, migration, and social justice, Andrews’s art was a catalyst for change. His legacy continues to resonate, demonstrating the lasting impact of art in driving change.

This Black History Month, we invite you to explore the extraordinary work of the artists ACA Galleries has had the privilege of working with. Their contributions continue to challenge, inspire, and redefine the cultural narrative.

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Benny Andrews image details:

1. Fun #2 (Miss Josie Series), 2002

2. Dancing Duet (Miss Josie Series), 2002

3. Cabin in the Sky (Music Series), 1996

4. Blues Over Harlem (Musical Interlude Series), 1998

©️Estate of Benny Andrews, Images courtesy of ACA Galleries

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#ACAGalleries #Paintings #AmericanArt #Art #BlackGirlArtGeeks #BHM

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Happy Black History Month from #Artist @brandonbarrybrown

📹 @nijahdiane

🎶 @kendricklamar - "GNX"

#BlackArt #BlackArtists

#BlackGirlArtGeeks

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BlackHistoryMonth Salute to #RosaParks on the 111th anniversary of her birth (Feb. 4)!

📷image & ✍️🏾caption reposted from @nmaahc American activist Rosa Parks was born in Tuskegee, Alabama, #OnThisDay [February 4] in 1913. Parks’ refusal to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Alabama in 1955 and subsequent arrest sparked the NAACP’s Montgomery Bus Boycott. The boycott lasted for 381 days and led to a U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring segregation on buses operating in Alabama to be illegal. Parks was fired from her job as a department store seamstress and received death threats for years following the boycott.

In a 1999 public law, Congress referred to Parks as “the first lady of civil rights” and “the mother of the freedom movement.” In her 1992 book, “Rosa Parks: My Story” she explained: “people always say that I didn’t give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn’t true. I was not tired physically, or no more tired than I usually was at the end of a working day. I was not old, although some people have an image of me as being old then. I was 42. No, the only thing I was tired of, was tired of giving in.”

#APeoplesJourney #BlackHistoryMonth #SmithsonianBHM

📸 Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, © Bob Adelman Archive.

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🕊#ArtIsAWeapon Born 30 years ago today (Feb. 5, 1995) beautiful #TrayvonMartin will never be forgotten. Sending love to his devoted mother @sybrinafulton and father Tracy Martin.

Image 1 & 2 - Trayvon Martin mural by #artist @tlynnfaz at the 2018 unveiling, photo by Ben Gabbe/Getty Images for Paramount Network

Image 3 and caption reposted from @thedreamdefenders Trayvon Martin should still be here. Today, we are celebrating his 30th birthday by honoring the gift that was his life. We are fighting for a world where Black kids can grow up and live their fullest potential in safety, dignity, and respect. Trayvon’s life was taken by a white vigilante with self-imposed power as an extension of the police state, and his tragic murder ignited a movement that woke up millions in defense of Black life. Trayvon’s story is the foundation of Dream Defenders, anchoring our work for 13 years.

We owe it to Trayvon and the incomprehensible amount of lives cut short by white supremacist violence to stand tall and fight for the world they deserved. We need you.

#HappyBirthdayTrayvon🕊️🖤 #DreamDefenders

“Until the killing of black mothers’ sons becomes as important to the rest of the country as the killing of a white mother’s son, we who believe in freedom cannot rest.” - Ella Baker

#BlackLivesMatter

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Reposted from @prattcenter Interested in learning how to create, host, or take part in social gatherings in NYC’s public spaces? 🎶

Join “Music in the Streets,” a session that will break down everything from obtaining permits to securing resources for affordable, accessible outdoor events. Whether you’re new to hosting or just need a refresh, this session is for you! 💡

We welcome independent operators, freelancers, small businesses, artists, and DJs to come share your questions and connect with city officials. Plus, network with other event creators in the community. 🌐

Join us in partnership with @651arts, in-person or on Zoom, on Tuesday, February 4. Co-hosted by Pratt Center’s @djtaranyc and curator/DJ @boo__lean.

RSVP today through the link in our bio and don’t miss out.

#SocialSpaces

#NYCArtsSpaces

#ArtsAndCulture

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Tune in now to the Grammy Award's pre-televised Premier Ceremony to catch the performances and awards by and for some of our favorite artists! Best of luck to my friends and faves!

Reposted from @recordingacademy Join us for #GRAMMYs Sunday on Feb. 2nd as we honor the music of this year and support the Los Angeles’s wildfire relief efforts.

✨ Premiere Ceremony Presented by City National Bank 3:30 PM ET / 12:30 PM PT at live.grammy.com

✨ Red Carpet 6 PM ET / 3 PM PT at live.grammy.com

✨ 67th GRAMMY Awards 8 PM ET / 5 PM PT on @CBS & @Paramount+

Through the power of music, we will uplift and honor our #LosAngeles community.

This year's GRAMMY Awards will carry a renewed sense of purpose: raising additional funds to support #wildfirereliefefforts and honoring the bravery and dedication of first responders who risk their lives to protect ours. In times of crisis, such as natural disasters or other emergencies, we can show music’s power to unite and uplift, and support the Los Angeles relief efforts in meaningful ways.

If you would like to donate, please do so here: https://donor.musicares.org/page/grammyfirerelief

#Grammys #GrammyAwards #BlackMusic #BlackHistoryMonth

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#Artist #KerryJamesMarshall 2014 interview by @louisianachannel

#BlackHistoryMonth

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🎥✍️🏾reposted from @louisianachannel Kerry James Marshall talks about his exploration of the presence and absence of the black figure in art history.⁠

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Louisiana Channel met and interviewed the American artist at Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Denmark, in 2014.⁠

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#BlackArtists #PaintItBlack #BlackArtTikTok #FYP #ArtistActivists #BlackGirlArtGeeks

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#Artist: Delita Martin @blackboxpress

#Artwork: “Follow Me Little Bird,” 2021

Image and caption reposted from @theamoncarter To kick off Black History Month, we are spotlighting the work of artist Delita Martin, who explores the identity of Black women throughout history. Her work incorporates symbols and materials reflective of her subjects’ physical reality, while expressing the inherent divinity of her subjects. Bringing together the physical and spiritual, Martin, depicts her subjects using a traditional portraiture technique that dissolves at points, blending the figure with the symbols and space around her so it is difficult to disentangle the individual from the elements in her environment.

Martin’s “Follow Me Little Bird,” part of the Carter’s collection, was one of two works by the artist that were included in the 2022 Venice Bienniale, as part of The Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined at the Palazzo Bembo.

#carterart

#delitamartin

#blackhistorymonth

#afrofuturism

#afrosurrealism

#blackwomen

#blackartists

#texasartists

Delita Martin (b. 1972), “Follow Me Little Bird,” 2021, relief print, charcoal, pastel, hand-stitching, and acrylic on paper, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, 2024.25, © Delita Martin

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Happy #BlackHistoryMonth

#LangstonHughes

📷 & ✍️🏾 reposted from @schomburgcenter #HappyBirthday to poet, playwright, and novelist Langston Hughes (1901-1967) who was born #onthisday (February 1).

Ever wonder which poem that Hughes wrote that was one of his favorites? In this page from his collection in our Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division (MARB), he reveals it’s “Border Line.”

“It seems to carry within itself a melody which I can hear although I cannot sing a note,” he stated in a typed page. It was signed with green ink—the preferred color for many materials signed by Hughes.

Because he wanted his work to be accessible to future scholars, Hughes donated many of his papers to the #SchomburgCenter, which holds a sizable portion of his poems, plays, and other unpublished works.

In honor of his 124th birthday, make a trip to see the memorial Langston Hughes Lobby (where his ashes are interred in a book-shaped urn!), and spend an afternoon seeing the many interesting Langston Hughes items across our five divisions. Tap the link in our bio to learn more. #Schomburg #BlackHistoryMonth #BHM

Photo 1: NYPL Digital Collections Image: psnypl_scg_244

Photo 2 and 3: Langston Hughes Collection, Manuscripts, Archives and Rare Books Division