About Walshy Fire While performing on some of the world’s most prestigious stages and contributing production to Major Lazer’s albums ("Free the Universe," "Peace is the Mission," "Music is the Weapon"), Walshy has used his platform to shed light on rising talents within the Caribbean, ...
Maya S. Cade is the creator and curator of Black Film Archive and a scholar-in-residence at the Library of Congress. In this personal reflection, she shares her journey to creating a new space for Black cinema and her connection to the artists and histories before ...
Following the death of George Floyd, composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin created "A Knee on the Neck," an orchestral work featuring a large chorus and three soloists. The Requiem Cantata is in memory of Floyd, speaking to the adversity Black Americans have endured, ...
Artist statement from Alejandro Jimenez On the afternoon of September 24th, during the Q&A portion of a poetry reading, with 100+ high school students in Northern Colorado, a student raised their hand and asked me, “When did you know you wanted to be a poet?” ...
To understand the work of Sydney G. James, the Black figurative painter and public art muralist, renowned for painting loud and large, you must first hear these words: “I want you to see me.” Of course, the casual eye would have to look and look ...
In the late 1980s, a movement emerged in response to the lack of resources, communication and support provided to those with HIV and AIDS. Because the disease was initially labeled Gay-Related Immune Deficiency (GRID), much of the activism surrounding AIDS focused on gay men, linking ...
Sergio Mata'u Rapu's director statement I first met Jonathan Thunder when we worked together on Leya Hale’s "Bring Her Home," an hour-long PBS doc about the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women epidemic. As I got to know him more, I saw such a stark contrast ...
Rissi Palmer, independent country music artist, songwriter, storyteller, entrepreneur and mother, is a Grammy-nominated performer who has worked at her craft since she was 17 years old, and left college in her freshman year to come to Nashville to make a living making music. Under ...
Artist Hugo Crosthwaite fuses portraiture and figurative drawings into dynamic compositions influenced by images from the U.S./Mexico border. Most known for his stop-motion animation and public murals, Crosthwaite was awarded first prize in the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition. As part of ...
Critically acclaimed and Grammy-winning mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges has graced the world’s top opera stages and venues. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Bridges emerged as a leading figure in conversations surrounding inclusion and racial justice in the arts. J’Nai Bridges Unamplified, directed by Christine Turner, captures Bridges ...
