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In The Open Air: Saul Williams on Breathing, Reading, and Resisting

by Aurielle Lucier September 3, 2024September 3, 2024

Turn to these poets like political strategists or revolutionary choreographers, like grassroots cartographers. Turn to them as trees, cleaning the smog of the State from the air so we can breathe. Turn to them, then turn toward yourself. Then, face forward. We got work to do.

Photographer Justin Hardiman, a collaborator with Jasmine Williams and Sarah Jené’s 'How We Get Over: We Grow On' project at the Mississippi Museum of Art, shares stunning portraits and excerpts from his audio-visual project, 'The Color of Grief.'
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The Color of Grief

by Justin Hardiman September 22, 2023September 25, 2023
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In paintings: Life, Death, Carcerality, and the Pursuit of Abolition

by Obie Weathers August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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Despair, Hope, Emancipation: A Story from Parchman State Penitentiary

by A Mississippi Collective August 29, 2023August 29, 2023
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A Grief of Our Own

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 4, 2023September 29, 2023
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Schistostega pennata: grief & the luminous land

by Alysia Nicole Harris August 1, 2023August 4, 2023
An artist's tribute to painter Duniyana Al-Amoor, killed in her room in Gaza at age 22.
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Art Under Aggression

by Malak Mattar June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
Rapper Alim Braxton, aka Rrome Alone, released his music video 'Prisoner of War' from Death Row.
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Prisoner of War

by Alim Braxton June 22, 2023September 27, 2023
Palestinian prison arts and crafts reflect the realities of life and love under Israeli occupation
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Diaries of Blood: The secret artists within Israeli detention facilities

by Eman Al-Astal June 22, 2023November 14, 2023
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'We apologize for the inconvenience': The unsightliness of labor at the Blanton's 'Day Jobs'

by Julie Poole May 11, 2023May 16, 2023
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In the soil, in the sound: Houston's Jamal Cyrus gets to the root of Southern Black aesthetics

by Alysia Nicole Harris November 17, 2022December 1, 2023
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'The imaginary line in the sand': Texas artist's installation challenges U.S.-Mexico border

by mónica teresa ortiz August 30, 2022December 4, 2023
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Out of the Shadows: The Queer Life of Artist Beauford Delaney

by Tyra A. Seals June 29, 2022December 5, 2023
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8 Dallas artists and a Japanese printer

by Alex Temblador December 4, 2020December 4, 2020
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The story of '2 Quarter George,' New Orleans draughtsman

by Frances Madeson September 23, 2020November 14, 2023
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Carrie Mae Weems and arts institutions step in where Southern governments fall short on COVID-19

by Alex Temblador September 14, 2020November 21, 2023
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In conversation with People4USPS, crafting a creative blueprint for solidarity through the mail

by Zaina Alsous September 11, 2020November 21, 2023
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Jesus walks into a drag bar: Birmingham's alternative drag scene

by Haley Bosselman September 4, 2020November 21, 2023
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"No Place Like Home" Notes from opening night at The Miami Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

by Zaina Alsous February 26, 2020December 3, 2020
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Curated Tolerance: the aesthetics of gentrification

by Amber Delgado February 21, 2020November 14, 2023
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The Proof is in the West End: Dance and wellness converge at The Movement Lab

by Alysia Nicole Harris February 3, 2020September 27, 2023
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Slave rebellion replaces Confederate reenactments. Watch now.

by Tricia Towey January 29, 2020October 1, 2020
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South of Rider-Waite: Four Southern Tarot Decks that Tackle Representation in Imagery, Theme, and Language

by Christie Matherne December 23, 2019April 24, 2022
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Finding the thread: The tradition of African-American quilting

by Ellison Langford December 16, 2019September 16, 2020
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The Picture Man in Cabbagetown

by Alexandra Marvar September 5, 2019September 16, 2020
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To Be Somebody: The Radical Southern Labor Film Tradition

by Madeleine Seidel August 5, 2019September 16, 2020
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Sketching Wakanda: Building a world where Black creators thrive

by Gabrielle Hernandez July 15, 2019September 16, 2020
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Blocked at Five Points

by Masud Olufani July 8, 2019September 16, 2020
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A Story of Us: In Conversation with Artists Monét Noelle Marshall and Saba Taj

by Zaina Alsous July 1, 2019September 16, 2020
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'Here we are on the precipice of the future:' Atlanta Muralists Reclaim Public Spaces

by Jesse Pratt López and Timothy Pratt April 29, 2019September 16, 2020

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