31st & Brklyn

HANK WILLIS THOMAS: Black Archival Memory & Its Conceits Over the past decade, the community of artists of color who retell American history by remixing and repurposing its archives has reached fever pitch.

Sony backs first 'VR projection mapping' in a music video Visitors to SXSW were able to put on Playstation VR headsets and see the original music video for a song by US musician Khalid being projection mapped onto objects within a new VR world.

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Dkey By Dkey: Tour A compilation of time spent on an organic farm in Kansas City Mo. Had a magnificent time. I learned and grew as a person. THANKS KCMO!! https://soundcloud.co...

Cat Mahari's 'Violence/Break'; International Sculpture Conference Comes To KC The International Sculpture Conference is in Kansas City this year. We hear from three local artists on what's changing in the world of sculpture. Plus,

Thanks to Sadiki Red'kid Hester for being an inspiring artist, sharing their multidisciplinary music + martial arts journey of self- defense and self-renewal with us this past summer!

Dkey By Dkey: Tour A compilation of time spent on an organic farm in Kansas City Mo. Had a magnificent time. I learned and grew as a person. THANKS KCMO!! https://soundcloud.co...

Please show support for this amazing artist, who is ALSO coming to KC for a month long residency at 31st&Brklyn in July!!

Sadiki is an amazing artist whose work lies in the intertwining of martial arts, hip hop, and charcoal drawing.

We are so psyched for his residency and encourage the KC community to come thru, support, and GIVE LOVE!

Thank You Blanche Haley! Please join Blanche Haley by supporting my online fundraising campaign on GoFundMe: 'Dkey By Dkey Tour'

Wrongfully Incarcerated Artist Finished Grad School Wearing An Orange Jumpsuit "Once I saw what goes on in jail, how we were treated, I will never forget. We need to have more conversations about it."

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We've got some great projects and programs AND YOUR SUPPORT is integral to continuing the work of breaking down barriers, revealing relationships, and sharing joy with art and community.



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31st&Brklyn - a Fractured Atlas sponsored project 31st&Brklyn is a new contemporary performance art platform focused on the development of exhibition, process, and production of artist led projects, artists of color and sustainable community involvement. It's aim is to be an accessible and easily found place and space for individuals to connect to…

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Click here to support GET WELL SOON! FUND ( NIC KAY ) organized by Nic Kay With your support, I will be able to sustainably develop and share  drafts of my new project GET WELL SOON! in the next eight months. GWS is a project / meditation based on a loose and often used phrase indicating a hope of recovery. But if “Hope is a Discipline.” as Mariam Kaba writes, What are...

ZINZI MINOTT ON 'WHAT KIND OF SLAVE WOULD I BE?' | Wildabout Magazine | Independent Magazine | Fashion, Art, Music Culture Wildabout met up with London based dancer Zinzi Minott ahead of her new solo dance piece What Kind of Slave Would I be? (WKOSWIB – pronounced nWIK-uooh-IB?), taking place at Rich Mix on the 22nd of April 2017. Wildabout: Can you tell us a bit about yourself? Zinzi: My name is Zinzi Minott, I’m a dan...

Why Growing Food is The Single Most Impactful Thing You Can Do in a Corrupt Political System The most effective change-makers in our society aren’t waiting around for a new president to make their lives better, they’re planting seeds,...

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AgroArt: The Art + Agroecology project - 31st & BRKLYN The Art + Agroecology project: AgroArt is a two week residency for African descended artists focused on of socio-ecological transformation.

We're stoked to announce our FIRST residency program!!

AgroArt provides artists with unrestricted studio access, accommodation, and a material/living stipend!!!

Check out the information AND APPLY!!!

AgroArt: The Art + Agroecology project - 31st & BRKLYN The Art + Agroecology project: AgroArt is a two week residency for African descended artists focused on of socio-ecological transformation.

This new Jussie Smollett video might be the wokest thing ever created in human history The music video is just brimming with wokeness.

31st & Brklyn updated their address.

Have a commitment to social change through art? Are you inspired by participant experiences that galvanize community? APPLY NOW for an internship with BAM the Workshop!!

Seeking an intern from January - March 2017 for the 2nd phase of BAM! Approximately 5-10 hours per week, small stipend offered. Send a cover letter about yourself, prior experience in community organizing and art!

Send to: Cat Mahari
[email protected]
Subject: BAM! Internship.

Deadline December 12th midnight CST
Looking forward hearing from you!

Congratulations to 31st & Brklyn associate artist and founder Cat Mahari! Recipient of a 2017 Arts KC Inspiration Grant for BAM the Workshop. BAM! the Workshop, inspired by Ida B Wells, is an immersive interdisciplinary arts community event in Kansas City, MO. BAM!’s centers urban contemporary paradigms and expressions and acts of restorative justice within context of Black lives in the Mannheim Neighborhood of Kansas City. The Inspiration Grant funding underwrites a 2016-17 dual arts residency Including: a community participant visual art installation, immersive performance with immersive cinema artist Brian Herczog, and psychologist Bill Johnson!

The Floor!
This Saturday night head to the FINAL installment of this afro cultural-techno production.
6:30p-9:30p
3504 Woodland Ave, kcmo

The Floor! Saturday Night 3504 Woodland Ave, kcmo 6:30p-9:30p

Sited on the east side of Troost in KCMO... The Floor is an overlapping experiential tracing of repetition and Blackness in relation to the Great Black Migrations of the 20th Century. It remixes personal narratives and meditations on cultural experiences rooted in African centered techno-cultural production.
It features the contributions of artists Rasheedat Badejo, Visualgoodies Aaron Sutton, Eric Person, and Cat Mahari.

produced by 31st&Brklyn
funded by Andy Warhol Rocket Grant

Tomorrow, September 10th is the next installment of THE FLOOR

Live Performance featuring ACE FADEL!
Animation of Visualgoodies Aaron Sutton SUTTON!

It’s all happening at the Quilombo
3504 Woodland Ave, KCMO. 6:30-9:30p

SEE YA ON THE FLOOR Tomorrow, September 10th 2016, is the next installment of THE FLOOR Live Performance featuring ACE FADEL! Animation of AARON SUTTON! It’s all happening at the Quilombo, 3504 Woodland Ave, KCM…

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Millenial Trains Project stop

this what's what and not all what is

Congratulations to 31st&Brklyn amazing and heart-living associate artist Rasheedat Badejo!
She's an artist in residence at Fishtank Theatre with an extended Fringe Festival run of her phenomenal 1-woman play Young Black Victorian!!

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