Black Arts Festival – Denver

The Colorado Black Arts Festival returns for its 39th year in the heart of the city- Denver City Park West! Join the community for an immersive event July 11 – 13, 2025! Friday, July 11 | 12:00 am – 8:00 pm Saturday, July 12 | 10:00 am – 8:00 pm Sunday, July 13 | 11:00…

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In the Footsteps of the Enslaved

Artist Dawoud Bey exhibition at the Sean Kelly Gallery in New York takes spectators on the path that tens of thousands were forced to walk, from the slave ships that landed at the James River’s docks to Richmond’s slave pens and markets.

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Unapologetic: Art Beyond Borders

“Unapologetic: Art Beyond Borders” brings together five dynamic artists—, Larry “Poncho” Brown, David Wilson, Najee Dorsey, Marlon Hitchcock, and Akinola Taoheed—whose mixed media collages and photomontages celebrate the depth, beauty, and resilience of our global diasporic culture. With their bold use of materials and innovative techniques, these artists push the boundaries of the collage and…

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The Biggest Surprise at the Met’s Egypt Show? Live Performance

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is set to open its new exhibition “Flight Into Egypt: Black Artists and Ancient Egypt, 1876 — Now” this weekend. The exhibit has nearly 200 works made largely by African American artists looking to define their cultural history after the violent severance from their African roots through the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

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