Tim Fielder is Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp Entertainment, and Action Films
Tim Fielder is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics, The Village […]
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Featured Book: More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
Throughout her life, Elaine Welteroth has climbed the ranks of media and fashion, shattering ceilings along the way. In this riveting and timely memoir, the groundbreaking journalist unpacks lessons on race, identity, and success through her own journey, from navigating her way as the unstoppable child of a unlikely interracial marriage in small-town California to […]
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GETTING TO KNOW HAITIAN BORN WRITER IBI ZOBOI
Ibi Aanu Zoboi was born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and is a graduate of the Clarion West Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop. Her short story, “Old Flesh Song”, is published in the award-winning Dark Matter: Reading the Bones, a collection of African American speculative fiction. Ibi received an award from theWomen Writers of Haitian Descent for her short […]
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Barbara Jones-Hogu Crafted Art that stressed Black Independence and Artistic Self-Determination
Barbara Jones-Hogu was born in Chicago. She received a BA from Howard University in 1959, a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1964, and a MS with a concentration in printmaking from the Institute of Design at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago in 1970. Jones-Hogu is associated with […]
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GOOD BLACK NEWS IS WHAT WE ALL NEED
Good Black News was founded on March 18, 2010 via Facebook (see the detailed story in our About The Editorssidebar) and is currently expanding to have a larger web presence. You can find us here at goodblacknews.org, on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Linked In, YouTube and Google+. GBN is a labor of love, and our Founder/Editor-In-Chief Lori Lakin Hutcherson and staff are all unpaid volunteers. […]
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New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent
Here is the book so many have been waiting for. The book to make sense of so many others. New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent follows the original tome, New Daughters of Africa, published 25 years ago to global acclaim. It was deemed a vital document then, and it takes […]
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HealHaus is a holistic healing studio in the middle of Brooklyn NY that focuses on helping people of color!
Darian Hall, a Fall 2001 initiate of the Gamma Iota Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, teamed up with Elisa Shankle to create HealHaus, a space for people of color to practice self-care while living in New York. Their 1,100-square-foot wellness center includes studios for group workshops and classes, private rooms for individual sessions and a large tranquil outdoor deck where […]
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“Sulwe,” which means “star” in Ms. Nyong’o’s native language! Lupita Nyong’o pens a children’s book!
Luo, is the story of a 5-year-old girl growing up in Kenya. In the book, Sulwe has the darkest skin color in her family, a fact that makes her uncomfortable and determined to find a way to lighten her skin. As the story unfolds Sulwe embarks on a whimsical adventure in the night sky that, […]
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Merata: A film about a courageous woman who Decolonized the screen. By her son Heperi Mita.
I never saw my mum as a filmmaker, nor was she ever an activist in my eyes. She was always a loving mum. And as the youngest of her six kids, that was the only side of her that I really knew. There was a lot about her 68 years of life I didn’t know, […]
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“Black Mother,” the new film by Khalik Allah is an audio-visual love letter to Jamaica
Part film, part baptism, in Black Mother director Khalik Allah brings us on a spiritual journey through Jamaica. Soaking up its bustling metropolises and tranquil countryside, Allah introduces us to a succession of vividly rendered souls who call this island home. Their candid testimonies create a polyphonic symphony, set against a visual prayer of indelible […]
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Black Is Beautiful: The Photography of Kwame Brathwaite April 11–September 1, 2019, @ Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles
Inspired in part by the writings of Marcus Garvey, Kwame Brathwaite, his older brother, Elombe Brath, and the African Jazz Arts Society and Studios (AJASS) popularized the phrase “Black is Beautiful” in the late ’50s and early ’60s. Brathwaite and Brath did their part to spread this idea through Brathwaite’s writings and photographs, as well […]
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The Bright and Beautiful work of French Artist Aurélia Durand
My name is Aurélia Durand; I am a visual artist. I was born and raised in France, in the suburb of Paris. In 2014 I got my master in industrial design from the art school ESAD d’Orléans in France. During my studies, in 2013 I went to Copenhagen at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design […]
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CONTACT HIGH: A VISUAL HISTORY OF HIP-HOP –Documenting the Rise of a Cultural Phenomenon
I had the privilege of attending the opening reception at the Annenberg Space for Photography to enjoy the Contact High Exhibition. It was energetic and jam packed with photography that transported you through and back in time. I found myself immersed in art that made me feel like I was back home. I am of […]
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pierre bennu– illustrator + filmmaker + DJ + puppeteer + storyteller + archivist = polymath
There are so many works of art and writings that I am inspired by and committed to sharing here on NBD and Pierre Bennu is one of them. This work entitled THE SERIES ‘1987’ has evoked in me something new or rather old! These pieces and the writings that go along with them bring up the […]
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Celebrating the ARTIST Shantell Martin at Nevahblackdown for Women’s Month and beyond!
Below the surface of Shantell Martin’s signature black and white drawings is an artists’ inquiry into the role of artist and viewer, where a work of art is more than an object of admiration disconnected from its inception. With a meditative process defined by an uninhibited flow, her compositions embody her internal state and the […]
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Celebrating The Artist Carrie Mae Weems for Women’s Month at Nevahblackdown
Considered one of the most influential contemporary American artists, Carrie Mae Weems has investigated family relationships, cultural identity, sexism, class, political systems, and the consequences of power. Determined as ever to enter the picture—both literally and metaphorically—Weems has sustained an on-going dialogue within contemporary discourse for over thirty years. During this time, Carrie Mae Weems […]
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Charles White: A Retrospective — Through June 9th @ Resnick Pavilion Los Angeles LACMA
The first major 21st-century museum retrospective on this famed mid-century artist, Charles White: A Retrospective traces White’s career and impact in the cities he called home: Chicago, his birthplace; New York, where he joined social causes and gained acclaim; and Los Angeles, where he developed his mature art and became a civil rights activist. The exhibition includes […]
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Positivity and Art combined: The work of Chuck Styles
In a small suburb outside of West Philadelphia, a young artist at the age of 6 would find comfort in art while surviving the dynamics of a complex blended family, 5 compelling siblings, and eroding house conditions. Styles was no stranger to poverty and struggle growing up. His family although low on funds were full of […]
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NevahBlackDown collaborates with THE OMEGA BLACK COLLEGE TOUR
Nevah Black Down designed the T-shirts for the 2019 Omega Back College Tour. T-shirts are available: HBCU/NEVAHBLACKDOWN MERCHANDISE . For every T-shirt purchased, a portion of the purchase price is channeled back into the the program! We are honored to be a part of something as important as this endeavor! Omega BCT has become one […]
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Featured Event: Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power 1963-1983 SPECIAL EXHIBITION AT THE BROAD Los Angeles Mar 23, 2019 to Sep 1, 2019
Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power shines a bright light on the vital contribution of Black artists made over two decades, beginning in 1963 at the height of the civil rights movement. The exhibition examines the influences, from the civil rights and Black Power movements to Minimalism and developments in abstraction, […]
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