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ART Speaks | Toni Morrison Writes…

“I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence. Like failure, chaos contains information that can lead to knowledge — even wisdom. Like art.” — Toni Morrison
ART Lecture | Black Scholars Lecture Series @ California State University Channel Islands

Black Scholars on Black Lives Lecture Series This inaugural series is presented by the John Spoor Broome Library, at Cal State Channel Islands, in Partnership with the Center for Multicultural Engagement and supported through Instructionally Related Activities funding. This project is intended to be simple, but powerful: placing a focus on Black scholars whose research, scholarly, and…
ART History | 2021 Chuck’s & Pearls

African American Women Make History Celebrating the swearing in of Kamala Harris, Vice-President Elect of these United States of America. As the Chief Curator of ART | library deco I participated in the National Chuck’s & Pearls event festivities this year to welcome in the Biden/Harris era. Check out my selfie from earlier today. I…
ART Holiday | 2021 – The Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Our favorite speeches by Dr. Martin Luther, King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is one of the greatest orators in American history. The Civil Rights leader became a global icon before he was thirty years old. We decided to list our top three speeches by Dr. King to celebrate his legacy in 2021. Check…
ART Films | Join the clubs! MoAD hosts online film and book clubs to create community around Black culture

View Film On January 24 from 7-8pm. the club talks about SOFTIE, the award-winning 2020 about Boniface Mwangi, Kenya’s most provocative photojournalist who decides to run for political office. Mwangi and Nairobi-based director Sam Soko will join the discussion. Images provided by MoAD public relations.
ART Event | Ideas X Action Book Club: Ft. BLACK FUTURES by Kimberly Drew and Jenna Wortham
ART Advocacy | Racism Up Close and Personal, Toni Morrison & Charlie Rose

Video Reference:12 Gate Studios. “What Racism Is” YouTube video, 6:15. August 15, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EQcy361vB8
ART Rewind | Time Magazine, 1984: Bell Hooks, 100 Women of The Year

The Undeniable, bell hooks bell hooks, public intellectual, author, and feminist was named as 100 Women of the Year in 2020, by Time Magazine. The publication featured the author’s groundbreaking work 1984: Feminist Theory from Margin to Center as an influential work that unapologetically calls out the scholarly and literary world about their lack of…
ART Vogue | Black Lives Matter Protest Poster

David John Walker“Words matter. Imagery matters. The role of the visual designer is to produce works for specific outcomes. My aim is always to provoke thought, to inform and to aid decisions.” B.L.M. SERIES 2020 Emmanuel’s Wisdom “Since the European slave ships landed on the coast of Africa in the early 16th century and forcibly…
ART (self) Care | 2021 Healthy Boundaries Bootcamp