Chromatic BLACK

So Happy To Support Edwing D'Angelo during NY Fashion Week !! Check out the video & pics below!!



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African Audiences Want African Stories https://www.theafricareport.com/100034/move-over-disney-african-audiences-want-african-stories/amp/?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=post_articles_twitter_23_06_2021&utm_medium=social&__twitter_impression=true

Move over, Disney; African audiences want African stories In Africa, the world of cartoons is booming. It can be seen in the success of the series ‘Kenda’, co-produced with the Ivorian company iMotion, and the Nigerian feature film ‘Lady Buckit and the…

https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/100000005540257/a-year-in-bloopers-the-making-of-the-daily-360.html?playlistId=video/the-daily-360

Video: A Year in Bloopers: The Making of The Daily 360 Happy New Year from the Daily 360 team! We've made 435 videos in 426 days. Here are some of the moments that didn’t make the cut. Pro tip: If you can see the camera, the camera can see you.

So excited to share our new logo.

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FOCUS IN SERIES In Celebration of Tupac Shakur's birthday onJune16,2021, BUSBOYS + POETS in partnership with CHROMATIC BLACK presents DOPE IS DEATH FILM SCREENING A FILM BY and MIA DONAVAN
DOPE IS DEATH is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 – a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist

https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/04/04/james-baldwin-nikki-giovannis-dialogue/?fbclid=IwAR0Ra8ulq4bhmzc9-NDNjzF08OLJbYTU-aHcZqat2bYh7qXEJjWZuZXzBII

James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni’s Extraordinary Forgotten Conversation About the Language of Love and What It Takes to Be Truly Empowered “If you don’t understand yourself you don’t understand anybody else.”

https://www.ajc.com/things-to-do/the-south-got-something-to-say-in-public-art-exhibition/UFEGHGA75BAEFDWSE2E6M4J3JM/?fbclid=IwAR2L2ui3aZwHK0_NHn7gUcTAYiIw7XnUaqE4g6YzjkfddkN4zE87aQl-THA

‘The South Got Something to Say’ in public art exhibition Like a cross between finding an exciting new artist on Instagram and the megaphone of a Times Square billboard, “The South Got Something to Say” brings together some of the best and brightest artists in Atlanta for a public art project displayed on digital signs in downtown Atlanta this summer.

FOCUS IN SERIES In Celebration of Tupac Shakur, BUSBOYS + POETS in partnership with CHROMATIC BLACK presents DOPE IS DEATH FILM SCREENING A FILM BY and MIA DONAVAN
DOPE IS DEATH is the story of how Dr. Mutulu Shakur, stepfather of Tupac Shakur, along with fellow Black Panthers and the Young Lords, combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America in 1973 – a visionary project eventually deemed too dangerous to exist
JUNE 16 - 18 2021 7:00 PM EST - 9:00 PM EST
DOPE IS DEATH TRAILER https://vimeo.com/414130514

Dope is Death - Trailer A Film by Mia Donovan

Artist-Organizer Residency
Deadline to apply: Tuesday, June 1st
We are thrilled to offer our gallery space to an artist-organizer as a studio and workspace from June–August. This residency is intended for artist-organizers to work on research, editing, and/or curatorial projects. The opportunity comes with a $1,500 stipend and up to $500 reimbursement for related expenses.

The deadline to apply has been extended to Tuesday, June 1 at 11:59 pm EDT.

What you can expect:
WPA will provide a $1,500 stipend and up to $500 reimbursement for related expenses.
800 sq ft space with gallery lighting
24/hour access to space, which includes: slop sink, bathroom, kitchenette, Internet access, folding table, and chair (you will have private use of the space, aside from occasional drop-ins from WPA staff for administrative needs)
Curatorial and research support on a flexible schedule
Introduction to potential collaborators and resources including curators, scholars, archives, etc

Important Dates:
Application Deadline: Tuesday, June 1, 2021 at 11:59 pm EDT
Application Notification: Friday, June 11, 2021
Key Handoff & Walkthrough (as early as): Monday, June 21, 2021
Return Key Handoff & Walkthrough: Monday, August 23, 2021

WPA RESIDENCY Please click the link to complete this form.

We are inspired. Congratulations Debbie Allen.

Together at last... your Kennedy Center Honorees! 🤩🌈💕

Tune in June 6 at 8/7c on CBS & Paramount+ as we celebrate the 43rd class: Debbie Allen, Joan Baez, Dick Van D**e, Garth Brooks, and Midori.

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Paul V. Cortez b. 1980
Bronx, NY
Facility: Green Haven Correctional Facility, NY
Sentence: 25 years to life
Time Served: 12 ½ years
Women throw their money into the wind to support their incarcerated loved ones. Seven women of differing nationalities are expressing support in varying forms from prayer to visits. The seven stand in holiness as those that uplift their incarcerated loved ones and resist the profiteers who threaten to break up their families. The red background underscores the passion and blood in the scene. In the end, the colors of the American flag are inverted, the mark of a backward system.

ARTIST TALK
PRISON PROFIT: TEARS
This triptych addresses the financial exploitation of American prisoners and their families by private corporations. The private companies, personified by six Titan-like figures, pull the prisoner in the center panel by cords attached to the services or products that they sell. Six were chosen intentionally to allude to man’s most corrupt form: 666. The blue background represents law enforcement.

ARTIST TALK: JAMES YAHA HOUGH

Collegeville, PA
State Correction Institution –
Phoenix, PA
Sentence: 27 years to Life
Time Served: 26 years

HOW BIG HOUSE PRODUCTS MAKE BOXER SHORTS
An African American prisoner’s body is being used, or processed, by Pennsylvania Correctional Industries to make Big House products, like boxer shorts, for slave wages. These products are sold back to prisoners. A pack of six Big House boxer shorts costs $3.09 in the commissary.

ARTIST TALK: JAMES YAHA HOUGH

Collegeville, PA
State Correction Institution –
Phoenix, PA
Sentence: 27 years to Life
Time Served: 26 years

I AM THE ECONOMY
Human bodies, specifically those of color given their over-representation in the system, are harshly and mechanically converted into cash by the prison industrial complex.

As Covid-19 lockdown restrictions ease in the UK, a new art exhibition in London is shining a light on lesser-known aspects of Black history.
Celebrating everything from South African jazz to a 20,000-year-old mathematical artifact, "A History Untold" aims to showcase Africa's diverse contribution to world history.
The exhibition is presented by England rugby player Maro Itoje whose love of African art was formed by regular trips to Nigeria, the country of his parents' birth. Itoje grew up in London but has always felt a strong connection to his Nigerian ancestry.https://www.cnn.com/style/article/maro-itoje-london-exhibition-history-untold-spc-intl/index.html

England rugby star Maro Itoje is showcasing 'untold' Black history through an art exhibition Art lover Maro Itoje has teamed up with Signature African Art gallery in London to host "A History Untold" -- an exhibition highlighting Africa's diverse contribution to world history.

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There are lots of rumors and myths around what COVID-19 is and what it isn’t. The dishonesty, lack of accountability, and misdirected blame have done nothing but fan the flames of confusion. Even some of our elected officials are driving this misinformation. Simply put: COVID-19 is not a joke and its impact on our communities has been devastating.