Podcasts about Black Arts Movement

In this episode of The Truth In This Art, the guest is Solana Rostick!About Solana Rostick: Registrar and Collections Manager at Clark Atlanta University Art Museum. An emerging museum professional dedicated to ensuring underrepresented groups are reflected within institutional collection holdings. Born in Atlanta, raised in Tampa, Florida, and recently completed her Master's in Museum Studies from the University of Florida.In our conversation, Rostick walks through her journey into the museum world—from early childhood memories of making art with shaving cream on windows at age three to being inspired by her father, one of the few Black professional photographers in the Tampa area. She recalls a pivotal museum visit where seeing Mickalene Thomas's " Ain't I a Woman " became a moment of revelation: "for the first time, I'm seeing myself represented in art." That moment sparked her decision to pursue art history and museum work.She digs into her graduate thesis on Gallery 32, a groundbreaking Black-owned art space run by Suzanne Jackson in 1960s Los Angeles during the Black Arts Movement. We discuss her first six months as Registrar at Clark Atlanta University Art Museum, the challenges of transitioning from "internship mode" to being the person colleagues turn to for direction, and practical steps for diversifying museum collections. As she puts it, representation matters: "whose voices are we missing from this collection?"She shares insights on podcast listening habits, the Atlanta art scene, the importance of in-person connections over social media, and why she believes real conversations—not just memes—build community.Be sure to follow Solana Rostick and Clark Atlanta University Art Museum (@CAUArtMuseum on Instagram) to keep up with her work and future projects.Photo courtesy of subject. The Truth In This Art is supported by William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, the Maryland State Arts Council's Creativity Grant and Mayor's Individual Artist Award - Creative Baltimore Fund (Baltimore). Host: Rob LeeMusic: Original music by Daniel Alexis Music with additional music from Chipzard and TeTresSeis.Production:Produced by Rob Lee & Daniel AlexisEdited by Daniel AlexisShow Notes courtesy of Rob Lee and TransistorPhotos:Rob Lee photos by Vicente Martin for The Truth In This Art and Contrarian Aquarian Media.Guest photos courtesy of the guest, unless otherwise noted.Support the podcastThe Truth In This Art Podcast Fractured Atlas (Fundraising): https://www.fracturedatlas.orgThe Truth In This Art Podcast Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/thetruthinthisart.bsky.socialThe Truth In This Art Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthinthisart/?hl=enThe Truth In This Art Podcast Website: https://www.thetruthinthisart.com/The Truth In This Art Podcast Shop: Merch from Redbubble ★ Support this podcast ★

Photography Historian and Curator Audrey Sands joins PhotoWork with Sasha Wolf to discuss her book, Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures (Eakins Press Foundation). Drawing on years of research, Sands presents Lisette Model's rarely seen archive of photographs of 1950s jazz legends, including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Duke Ellington, Percy Heath, Miles Davis, and Dizzy Gillespie. Sands and Wolf discuss the rise of fine art photography as a collectible medium in the latter half of the 20th century, the role of museums and institutions in shaping the narrative of photographic history, and the role of the historian in editing and interpreting an artist's work posthumously. https://harvardartmuseums.org/about/press-media/audrey-sands-appointed-associate-curator-of-photography-at-the-harvard-art-museums https://www.instagram.com/audreyleesands/  Audrey Sands is a historian of photography and curator who specializes in twentieth-century American photography.. She holds a Ph.D. and M.Phil. in the History of Art from Yale University, an M.St. in the History of Art and Visual Culture from the University of Oxford, and a B.A. in Art History from Barnard College. Since February 2025, Sands has served as the Richard L. Menschel Associate Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums, where she oversees a collection of approximately 75,000 photographs and time-based media ranging from the early 19th century to the present. Her appointment followed a postdoctoral fellowship as Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Curatorial Fellow in the Department of Photographs at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (2022–25), during which she contributed to the exhibitions Gordon Parks: Camera Portraits from the Corcoran Collection (2024–25) and the multi-venue Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 (2025–26). Prior to the NGA, from 2019 to 2022, Sands held the Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography position at the Center for Creative Photography (CCP), University of Arizona—a joint appointment with Phoenix Art Museum—where her exhibitions included Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi's America, 1940–1978 (2021–22) and Farewell Photography: The Hitachi Collection of Postwar Japanese Photographs, 1961–1989 (2022). Earlier curatorial positions include the Department of Photographs at The Museum of Modern Art, the National Gallery of Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum. Sands has been the lead scholar on the work of photographer Lisette Model for over a decade, beginning with her Yale dissertation, “Lisette Model and the Inward Turn of Photographic Modernism.” Her most recent publication, Lisette Model: The Jazz Pictures (Eakins Press Foundation, 2025), realized a suppressed collaboration between Model and Langston Hughes that had been shelved during the McCarthy era, publishing for the first time nearly 200 of Model's approximately 1,500 jazz negatives alongside Hughes's original essay and new scholarship by Sands. Her ongoing research on flash photography—supported by a 2021 Curatorial Research Fellowship from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts—is developing toward a publication and exhibition titled The Shape of Light: History, Ethics, and Aesthetics of Flash Photography.

Brooklyn-born surrealist blues poet, vocalist, and composer aja monet's sophomore album nods to the Black Arts Movement's legacy and lineage. She joins us for a Listening Party for her album, the color of rain, ahead of her Carnegie Hall concert tonight at 7:30 p.m. Illustration by tokio aoyama/ courtesy of drink sum wtr Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Welcome to Art is Awesome, the show where we talk with an artist or art worker with a connection to the San Francisco Bay Area.  This week, Emily interviews Emory Douglas, the Black Panther Party's Minister of Culture and revolutionary artist. The episode centers on a retrospective of his work, Emory Douglas in Our Lifetime, on view at San Francisco's African American Arts and Culture Complex. About Artist Emory Douglas: The former Minister of Culture and Revolutionary Artist for the Black Panther Party, Douglas helped define the aesthetics of protest at the height of the Civil Rights era, cementing his status among the 20th century's most influential radical political artists. Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, he designed all but one of the Party's newspapers, each issue marked by the artist's bold, figurative illustrations outlined in thick black line and contrasted with bright colors, block text, and photomontage. The clearly rendered imagery, applied to a range of printed media from newspapers to posters, notecards, and pins, became a hallmark of liberation movements around the world, as supporters calling for an end to the oppression and subjugation of Black, Indigenous, and other communities sought to project a spirit of shared struggle through a common artistic vocabulary. Douglas was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In 1951, his family relocated to San Francisco, where he continues to live today. Widely known as an epicenter of radical countercultural politics in the post–World War II era, the city was also deeply divided and segregated, and it was the injustices that Douglas observed as a child that informed his political ideology as an adult. Beginning in the early 1960s, as a student of commercial art at City College of San Francisco, Douglas made frequent trips to nearby San Francisco State University to see civil rights leaders like Amiri Baraka, Stokely Carmichael, and H. Rap Brown speak. He soon lent his talents to the nascent Black Arts Movement, creating fliers and other promotional artworks to advertise events held across the city. These formative experiences solidified his intentions to dedicate his work to the broader struggle for Black liberation that was taking shape around him. In January 1967, Douglas met Huey Newton and Bobby Seale, two young activists from nearby Oakland, who, months earlier, had founded the Black Panther Party (BPP). Black self-determination was the Party's primary motivation, seeking to improve the position of underprivileged people of color in America through “whatever means necessary.” The organization initially focused on an individual's right to bear arms for defense against police violence, but its attention eventually turned to social justice issues like free breakfast for school children and fair housing. Seeking to promote their civil rights agenda to a primarily Black American audience, the Panthers developed a newspaper, the first of which Seale created and published in April 1967. That first issue was simple in layout and design, leading Douglas to offer his expertise in print production, understanding the power that strong visuals could lend to political action. Beginning with the second, he designed every issue thereafter—some 537 newspapers, from 1967 until it ceased publication in the early 1980s. Douglas quickly rose through the ranks of the organization: he was officially named its Revolutionary Artist and, eventually, Minister of Culture, overseeing all aspects of the BPP visual identity. Douglas's familiarity with the print production process was a fruitful asset, as he employed simple tools like markers, rub-off type, and prefabricated texture materials to create his visually impactful designs. To keep costs low, each paper was printed in one or two colors—black ink, often with a contrasting bright color. His illustrations shone a spotlight on state-sanctioned brutality, depicting law enforcement officers and politicians as pigs, while also portraying Black people bearing arms and defeating their oppressors. Some issues featured images of Black suffering, lambasting the political establishment for failing to meet the basic needs of people of color across the United States. Douglas strategically employed photomontage as well, integrating photographs alongside text and illustrations to emphasize urgent issues facing the Party. The impact and influence of Douglas's designs underscored the importance of a consistent graphic strategy in conveying complex political messages in very simple terms. This success was underscored by the massive global distribution of the newspaper and the frequent use of Douglas's illustrations in the political campaigns for organizations like the Organización de Solidaridad con los Pueblos de Asia, África y América Latina, Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa, and Latin America, known as OSPAAAL. Despite the popularity of the Panthers' programs and their frequent struggle against the established white political order, the Party was disbanded in the early 1980s. Douglas continues to work as a political artist and activist, producing work that seamlessly translates complex political issues into easily understood illustration, a hallmark of the pieces he produced as a member of the Panthers. His striking figural illustrations connect him to generations of American artists like Elizabeth Catlett, Aaron Douglas, and Charles White, while his combining of type and image draw on generations of political art emanating from across the world, including contemporaries working in Cuba during the Communist Revolution. Deeply bound to American history and politics, his imagery evokes a powerful, globally resonant narrative. For more on Emory, CLICK HERE.   To learn about the exhibit honoring Emory's revolutionary work, CLICK HERE. -- About Podcast Host Emily Wilson: Emily a writer in San Francisco, with work in outlets including Hyperallergic, Artforum, 48 Hills, the Daily Beast, California Magazine, Latino USA, and Women's Media Center. She often writes about the arts. For years, she taught adults getting their high school diplomas at City College of San Francisco. 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 A brief take on subfields in African American literary studies, showing how areas like the Harlem Renaissance, Richard Wright studies, the Black Arts Movement, and Toni Morrison Studies emerged over time to organize research, debates, and scholarly communities. Script by Howard Rambsy IIRead by Kassnadra Timm

Coby KennedySeason 4: Episode 9Art Movez hosts Toni Williams and Eli Kulansky are joined by multidisciplinary artist Coby Kennedy, who brings his unique perspective and mix of materials to convey dystopian realities to public audiences. Coby discusses his global experiences, from being raised in the Black Arts Movement, designing cars in Japan, to studying art in Paris. He draws inspiration from the good, bad, and neutral experiences that come from living and traveling as a Black person in the contemporary age.

A conversation with Philip Brookman and Deborah Willis

Send us a text HWM Podcast ushers in the new year with a milestone celebration—the 75th anniversary of the iconic Harlem Writers Guild. Joining us for this special conversation is Diane Richards, Executive Director of the Guild, alongside Eartha Watts-Hicks, Harlem World Magazine's Executive Editor and Guild member.Founded in the wake of the Committee for the Negro in the Arts' closing in the late 1940s, the Harlem Writers Guild emerged as a vital space where African-American voices could shape, refine, and elevate their craft within a literary landscape that long ignored them. Its mission—to illuminate the experiences of the African diaspora through the written word—continues to resonate today.Over the decades, the Guild has stood at the cultural crossroads of Black expression, contributing powerfully to the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and nurturing literary giants such as Lonne Elder III, Douglas Turner Ward, Ossie Davis, Paule Marshall, Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou, and Sarah E. Wright.In this episode, we honor the Guild's extraordinary legacy—and explore how its mission endures at the heart of Harlem's creative renaissance.Eartha Watts-HicksEartha Watts Hicks is a Harlem World Magazine contributing Book Editor the award-winning author of Love Changes, a member of the Harlem Writers Guild, and a New York City literacy ambassador for NYCHA/NAACP. For more information, visit www.earthaton.com. Support the showAs an independent magazine, we rely on readers like you to help keep our content free. Please Support Us. Support the showAs an independent magazine, we rely on readers like you to help keep our content free. Please Support Us.

On Oct. 7, 1934, Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey. A poet, playwright, and revolutionary thinker, Baraka founded the Black Arts Movement, inspiring generations of artists to use their voices as tools of resistance and affirmation. His works “Blues People” and “Dutchman” remain defining pieces of African American literature and theater. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Oct. 7, 1934, Amiri Baraka was born in Newark, New Jersey. A poet, playwright, and revolutionary thinker, Baraka founded the Black Arts Movement, inspiring generations of artists to use their voices as tools of resistance and affirmation. His works “Blues People” and “Dutchman” remain defining pieces of African American literature and theater. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Episode No. 725 features curators Philip Brookman and Deborah Willis (and a cameo, of sorts, from artist Anthony Barboza). Brookman and Willis are the co-curators of "Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955-85" at the National Gallery of Art, Washington. The exhibition considers photography's engagement with the post-war cultural and aesthetic movement that celebrated Black history, identity, and beauty, and which often influenced the broader civil rights movement of which it was a part. The exhibition features 150 works from photographers and other artists who used photography in their work, such as in collage or assemblage. It is on view through January 11, 2026. An excellent catalogue was published by the NGA In association with Yale University Press. Amazon and Bookshop offer it for about $60. Instagram: Philip Brookman, Anthony Barboza, Deborah Willis, Tyler Green. Air date: September 25, 2025.

Dominique reviews national headlines and reflects on how the arts are more necessary than ever in authoritarian times. In the second half of the hour Jazz/HipHop/R&B Trumpeter Keyon Harrold shares his music and philosophy.https://www.instagram.com/keyonharrold/ https://www.instagram.com/diprimaradio/

We speak with Dr. Ayodele Nzinga, Oakland's Poet Laureate, cultural architect, and an advocate for the arts as a tool for social transformation. Known as the “wordslanger,” Dr. Nzinga has spent decades building spaces where Black creativity thrives and where the stories, struggles, and triumphs of the community are given voice. In this conversation, Dr. Nzinga will share her journey, her vision for Oakland's cultural future, and her role in shaping BAMBDfest, the Black Arts Movement Business District Festival. About BAMBDfest BAMBDfest is a vibrant, multi‑day celebration of Black arts, culture, and community in Oakland's historic Black Arts Movement Business District. Featuring live performances, visual arts, theater, music, film, panel discussions, and more, BAMBDfest uplifts local and global Black voices while spotlighting the cultural richness of Oakland. It's more than a festival—it's a living expression of the Black Arts Movement's legacy and an invitation to imagine the future together. For more info, visit https://www.bambdfest.com/ — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Dr. Ayodele Nzinga on Black Arts appeared first on KPFA.

On today's show: we hear about an exhibit that honors the life and work of artist Ruth Asawa, then a photo book takes viewers back to the early days of the Grateful Dead and a film festival that shines a spotlight on Black activism.

Roadside Theater is a professional ensemble of storytellers and theater makers hailing from the mountains of central Appalachia. In its decades since its founding in 1975, the ensemble has taken on the task of people's theater, engaging social issues and abandoning the ‘fourth wall' concept in order to bring audiences into the process of cultural production. Roadside Theater reflects Appalachian culture, but it has also worked over decades to build theater in solidarity with social struggles across social constructs, including in close connection with the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and their associated theater troupes, Free Southern Theater and Junebug Productions. On today's show, we're joined by editors and contributors to a new book that documents that history, called Art In A Democracy. We're joined by the book's editor, Ben Fink, who worked with Roadside Theater from 2015 until 2020, and co-founded the East Kentucky–Western Massachusetts cross-partisan dialogue project Hands Across the Hills. We're also joined by Donna Porterfield, the Managing Director of Roadside Theater from 1979 to 2019, with oversight responsibility for all of the theater's personnel and financial matters; as well as AB Spellman, a poet and essayist as well as a jazz critic and enthusiast, and a figure in the Black Arts Movement who worked for about 30 years at the National Endowment of the Arts. Learn more about Roadside Theater and Art in a Democracy: https://www.artinademocracy.org/ —- Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Appalachian Roadside Theater Tackles Democracy Without a ‘Fourth Wall' appeared first on KPFA.

The queens put the "arch" in "archive" and rediscover some favorite poetry blasts from the past.Please Support Breaking Form!Review the show on Apple Podcasts here.Aaron's STOP LYING is available from the Pitt Poetry Series.James's ROMANTIC COMEDY is available from Four Way Books.Listen to a reading Scott Cohen gave with poet  Tom Weatherly at St. Mark's Poetry Project in 1968. Read his poem "Coke" from a 1971 issue of The Paris Review.  David Henderson was raised in Harlem and helped to found the Black Arts Movement. Henderson's books include Neo-California (North Atlantic Books, 1998) and De Mayor of Harlem (E. P. Dutton, 1970). His first poetry collection, Felix of the Silent Forest, was published by Diane di Prima for Poets Press in 1967 with an introduction by Amiri Baraka. Read 3 of his poems here, or check out his Poem-A-Day selection (from Dec. 19, 2024) here.Also, check out David Henderson reading his poems with comment in the Recording Laboratory, May 3, 1978Carter Ratcliff's books on art include examinations of John Singer Sargent, Robert Longo, Jackson Pollock, and Andy Warhol. He won a Guggenheim for his fine art scholarship, and his articles and criticism have appeared widely in such magazines as Art in America, ARTnews, and Artforum. Check out his novel, Tequila Mockingbird and this poem from The Baffler. Read more about Iris Rifkin-Gainer here and watch an interview with her regarding her work in dance therapy. Read a poem of hers here too.Read Edwin Denby's bio as well as three poems here.David Denby is indeed an American journalist and reviewed films until 2014 for The New Yorker.  

We're back for year five of Queer Poem-a-Day! Queer Poem-a-Day is a unique podcast series for Pride Month, presenting a public archive of original poems written and read by contemporary LGBTQIA+ poets. For this fifth year, we'll be sharing a poem each weekday in June. Get exciting with this audio collage "cento" trailer, featuring some of the voices from year five (see if you can recognize the voice of a favorite poet!). Then tune in Monday, June 2, for our first episode on our Queer Poem-a-Day page, and on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or anywhere you get podcasts.  Queer Poem-a-Day is founded and co-directed by Deerfield-raised poet and professor Lisa Hiton and Dylan Zavagno, Adult Services Coordinator at the Library and host of the Deerfield Public Library Podcast. Music for this fifth year of our series is “L'Ange Verrier” from Le Rossignol Éperdu by Reynaldo Hahn, performed by pianist Daniel Baer.  We are once again grateful to have received generous support from both the Friends of the Deerfield Public Library and the Deerfield Fine Arts Commission. We also invite you to check out our archives from year one, year two, year three's “Lineage Edition,” and year four.  Queer Poem-a-Day is a program from the Adult Services Department at the Library and may include adult language. Once again, we have several related programs this year. Register to join in at the links below!  Related Programs (All programs in Central Time)  5 Years of Queer Poem-a-Day: An Anniversary Poetry Reading  Saturday, June 7: 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm (Virtual) Participating poets from the past five years of our Queer Poem-a-Day podcast will read and discuss their poetry! Classics Book Discussion: Nikki Giovanni Thursday, June 12: 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (Hybrid) Our Classics Book Discussion pays tribute to the recently passed U.S. poet Nikki Giovanni and the Black Arts Movement. Co-led by our Queer Poem-a-Day co-director Lisa Hiton. Join us either in person or on Zoom. Register to get a pdf packet of poems sent to you, or pick one up at the Adult Services Desk.  Queer Poem-a-Day Capstone Lecture Thursday, June 26: 7:00pm - 8:00pm (Virtual) The co-directors of Queer Poem-a-Day give their annual lecture on the unique themes of this year's collection of poems. Register for the Zoom link.     

On this impromptu Easter Day installment of the podcast, Chauncey DeVega reflects on our collective discombobulation (and mass disinhibition), building our inner Noah's Ark to survive these dark times that are getting much worse and much faster with Trump's return to power, and the symbolism and metaphorical power of the Easter holiday and the spring season.  Following through on the importance of building our inner Noah's Ark and filling it with things that bring us joy, Chauncey shares his thoughts on this year's WWE WrestleMania 41 event, and what should have been an epic bout between John Cena and Cody Rhodes with Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson playing his part as "The Final Boss". Chauncey also shares what it was like to interview Peter Weller aka the star of Robocop at the C2E2 convention in Chicago last weekend. The titan Nikki Giovanni transitioned to the next stage of existence on December 9, 2024. This week's episode features Chauncey DeVega's conversation with Giovanni, which was shared here four years earlier, on December 8, 2020. *** Nikki Giovanni is one of America's greatest living poets. She has written dozens of collections of poetry as well as non-fiction and other work. Giovanni has received many awards and other honors including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and three NAACP Image awards for literature. She was also a central voice in the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni is currently University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. Nikki Giovanni's new book is Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose. Giovanni reflects on truth-telling and writing as vocation, the color line, Black woman are uniquely suited for space travel, and why Black people keep struggling to save American society from its own racism and other iniquities. And Giovanni warns that America is ultimately doomed if it continues along is current trajectory.   WHERE CAN YOU FIND ME? On Twitter: https://twitter.com/chaunceydevega On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/chauncey.devega My email: chaunceydevega@gmail.com HOW CAN YOU SUPPORT THE CHAUNCEY DEVEGA SHOW? Via PayPal at ChaunceyDeVega.com Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thechaunceydevegashow   https://www.patreon.com/TheTruthReportPodcast

Nikki Giovanni was one of the greatest poets of her generation and it was an honour to sit with her for a special episode of The Last Bohemians, recorded in Spring 2024 in London, while she was promoting what would become her final anthology, Poems: 1968-2020 (Penguin Classics). When we saw she was in town, we jumped at the chance to speak with her and we're very grateful to have been granted an audience.A poet, author and activist, Nikki was considered a key figure in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 70s, which ran parallel to the Civil Rights and Black Power movements in America. It included notable writers and artists like Audre Lorde, Maya Angelou and another of our Last Bohemians, Betye Saar, many of whom she counted as friends. Just imagine that dinner party!Nikki was born in 1943 in Knoxville, Tennessee, grew up in Ohio, and self-published her first two books in 1968. In the 70s, she was selling out huge concert venues and started blending gospel music with spoken word, on albums like Truth is On The Way, foreshadowing the birth of hip-hop. Her poems spoke boldly of justice and liberation but had love and joy at their centre, and she released over 30 books of them.It's strange and sad to speak about Nikki Giovanni in the past tense: she passed away on 9 December 2024, aged 81, of complications from lung cancer, just before this edit was finished.We've sat on this episode for a while, unsure what to do with it and when to release it to the world. But we think you should have it in time for International Women's Day 2025. Since 2019, we've either launched a series or a one-off around this time and felt that, with everything going on in the world at the moment, it's the moment to send this special conversation out there.And wow, does Nikki have some things to say, as she discusses becoming a success, her famous friendships with Aretha Franklin and Nina Simone, the power of anger, her self-care routine and why poetry is a serious business indeed.////CREDITS////This episode is hosted and exec-produced by Kate Hutchinson, with audio production and editing by Kit Callin. It was recorded at Spiritland Studios, London.The poem you hear is 'Serious Poems' by Nikki Giovanni, part of the anthology book Poems: 1968-2020, out now on Penguin Classics.The music used is 'Only Instrumental' by Broke For Free.A huge thank you to Juliette Morrison at Penguin and Virginia Fowler for helping to make this interview happen. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit thelastbohemians.substack.com/subscribe

In this edition of our Arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with poet and activist Aja Monet. She started putting pen to paper at just eight years old, thanks to a fascination with storytelling and typewriters. Her poetry has garnered critical acclaim, such as the collection "My Mother was a Freedom Fighter". Her activism has taken her from New York to Palestine. Aja's debut album "When the Poems Do What They Do" is a fluid blend of poetry and jazz. It is also an ode to some of the greats from the Black Arts Movement like Nikki Giovanni and Amiri Baraka. Aja described how she felt like a "spiritual archivist" when putting together the album. She is on tour in Europe with the record and is set to drop a new collection of poetry entitled "Florida Waters" this June.

John Wilson on Nikki Giovanni, a leading poet in the 1960s Black Arts Movement who is hailed as one of the most important artist-intellectuals of the 20th century.Gerd Heidemann, the German journalist who found himself at the centre of one of the greatest journalist scandals of the 20th century, the Hitler diaries hoax.Cherry Hill, the award-winning model engineer who created detailed, functioning scaled-down models of Victorian traction engines.Sir Richard Carew Pole, the aristocrat who was a driving force behind the creation of Cornwall's Eden Project and Tate St Ives. Producer: Ed PrendevilleArchive: Industrial Nation, BBC Two, 2003; Heidemann arrested, BBC News, 1983; Forged Hitler diaries, Newsnight, BBC Two, 1985; Nikki Giovanni, Front Row, BBC Radio 4, 2024; Nihal Arthanayake: Sara Cox and Nikki Giovanni, BBC Radio 5 Live, 2024; Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project, HBO, 2023; Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin: A Conversation, Soul!, 1971, Uploaded to Youtube 09.09.2022; The Black Woman, Stan Lathan, Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive, 1970, Uploaded to Youtube 30.09.2017; Nikki Giovanni Interviewed And Reads "Revolutionary Dreams"- February 1974, SMU Jones Film, Uploaded to Youtube 11.10.2023; Opening of the new Tate Gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, The Late Show, BBC, 1993; Prince of Wales officially opens new Tate Gallery in St Ives, Cornwall, BBC News, 1993; Upcoming opening of the Eden Project, BBC News, 2001; The Karen Hunter Show, SiriusXM Urban View (1993), Internet Archive, 12/05/2017

Earlier this month, the celebrated and prolific poet, author and professor Nikki Giovanni died at the age of 81 from a third bout of cancer, according to Virginia Tech. She taught at the university for 35 years as an English professor before her retirement in 2022. Giovanni published her first collections of poetry, “Black Feeling Black Talk” and “Black Judgment,” in 1968, and was a leading figure in the Black Arts Movement that emerged during the Civil Rights Era.  We listen back to an interview we recorded with Giovanni in 2014 after the release of “Chasing Utopia,” a collection of poetry and prose which covers topics both personal and political. 

The delightful Nikki Giovanni died on Dec. 9. It is a joy and a solace to relisten to this beloved conversation she had with Krista in 2016 – to experience her signature mix of high seriousness, sweeping perspective, and insistent pleasure. Her words and her spirit feel, if anything, more necessary now. In the 1960s, she was a poet of the Black Arts Movement that nourished civil rights. She became a professor at Virginia Tech, where she called forth beauty and courage after the 2007 shooting there — a precursor to violence that has become all too familiar in American life in the intervening years. And she was an adored voice to a new generation — an enthusiastic elder to all — at home in her body and in the world, even while she saw and exulted in the beyond of this tumultuous age of her lifetime.Nikki Giovanni was a University Distinguished Professor at Virginia Tech. Some of her best known collections from which the readings in this show were taken include Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea, Black Feeling, Black Talk/Black Judgement, and The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni. Her final publications include Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose and A Library.Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

Renowned poet and professor Nikki Giovanni died earlier this week at age 81, following a third cancer diagnosis. She was a prolific writer and leader in the Black Arts Movement, publishing poetry collections such as Black Feeling Black Talk and Those Who Ride the Night Winds. She also taught English at Virginia Tech. In today's episode, we revisit a 2013 conversation between Giovanni and NPR's Michel Martin that followed the release of Chasing Utopia, which featured a combination of essays and poetry. Giovanni and Martin discussed the poet's relationship to her late mother, the pleasure of old age, and the trauma of the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting.To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy

Nikki Giovanni, the legendary poet, activist, and cultural trailblazer, passed away on Dec. 9 at the age of 81. A literary giant and a fearless truth teller, she died with her wife, Virginia Fowler, by her side. For over five decades, Giovanni's words were a battle cry for justice, a love letter to Black culture, and a mirror reflecting the beauty and complexity of the Black experience. Dubbed the Poet of the Black Revolution, her groundbreaking collections Feeling Black, Black Talk, and Black Judgment helped define the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s. Her work was unapologetic and raw, a powerful testament to the resilience of Black people. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, Giovanni didn't just write history, she made it. At Fisk University, she revitalized the campus Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) chapter. But she didn't stop at a page. She spent over 35 years at Virginia Tech, shaping future generations as a professor and mentor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are talking all things art, activism, and the written word with acting pioneer, activist, and author Ms. Denise Nicholas! Known for her groundbreaking roles in the hit TV series In The Heat of The Night, Room 222, Let's Do It Again, & Baby…I'm Back, Nicholas chats with us about her early career as a member of the Free Southern Theater at the height of the Black Arts Movement and her forthcoming memoir scheduled for release in 2025! Join us for an in-depth conversation about the power of storytelling and artistic evolution with the one and only Denise Nicholas.  Let's dig in the crates.  Episode Guest: Denise Nicholas: Facebook - @DeniseNicholas  Available This October: The Longwood Writers Workshop Anthology, A GATHERING OF VOICES Available Now: Freshwater Road by Denise Nicholas: https://www.amazon.com/Freshwater-Road-Denise-Nicholas/dp/1572841958 Theme Music: Funky Suspense - courtesy of Bensound.com Follow Our Show & Our Hosts: TMA TikTok: @themelanatedarchives_ TMA Instagram: @themelanatedarchives TMA Website: https://www.themelanatedarchives.com/ Kendra Holloway: Instagram - @kendra2shay Brandon Rachal: Instagram - @brandonrachal_ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themelanatedarchives/support --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/themelanatedarchives/support

A short take on a widely cited scholarly book on 1960s and 1970s African American artistic production, James Smethurst's The Black Arts Movement: Literary Nationalism in the 1960s and 1970s  (2004).Episode by Howard Rambsy II Read by Kassandra Timm

Episode Summary: In this week's episode of What Happens In Between, I sit down with Walela Nehanda, a cultural worker, transplant survivor, and agender writer who created their debut book, Bless the Blood - A Cancer Memoir as an archive for Black, Young, and Disabled people. Walela helps us shift the narrative toward a world rooted in care, interdependence — and ultimately, revolution. How do we define our realities without molding ourselves into a presentation? Join us on today's episode as we explore what it means to be a Cultural Worker x Transplant Survivor x Agender human using art and writing to push a revolutionary culture forward.Question of the Week: When navigating through massive amounts of grief, how do we practice compassion without being rooted in ego? Topics Covered:Walela's definition of a “Cultural Worker”The key ingredients of culture from the lens of a Cultural Worker Survivorship: A new creation of what it means to be aliveWalela's relationship to their body as a cancer and transplant survivorHow relationships can help us realize that we deserve care Interacting with the fluidity of feelings about your writing How we can make ourselves legible in response to feelingsFour questions for our Seedling RoundResources:Audre Lorde's The Cancer JournalsGuest Info:Connect with Walela Nehanda on Instagram. Support Walela on Patreon, and pre-order their debut book: Bless the Blood - A Cancer Memoir here.Join the Newsletter:NewsletterShow Notes:Walela Nehanda is centering self-acceptance as a means to a more supportive, nurturing future. Walela's debut book, Bless the Blood - A Cancer Memoir is an archive for Black, Young, and Disabled people, where feelings can be validated in a way they didn't think was possible. Walela is redefining the next era of the Black Arts Movement and exploring what key ingredients of culture can resolve conflicts in search of survival and progress. If art is a point of political struggle, is culture how we make ourselves legible to each other?In December 2020, Walela underwent a stem cell transplant and spent 31 days in isolation. Walela helps us shift an overly autonomous narrative toward care and interdependence — and ultimately, revolution. They teach us why being patient with our bodies is proof that survivorship has no end date. Unfurling into (self-)acceptance of love. Walela reminds us that within the mess there is creation — and it doesn't have to be coherent. Within it, you can be responsible for the outcome and supported through the process. Join us on today's episode as we explore what it means to be a Cultural Worker x Transplant Survivor x Agender human using art and writing to push a revolutionary culture forward. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hey ya'll hey! Thanks for tuning into Episode 107 of Tellemtiptoldyou—"Sankofa: The Art of Reclamation” What do The Book of Clarence, Cowboy Carter, and the Black Arts Movement have in common? In this episode, I talk about the role of art (and Black literacy) in multi-layered communication. (the TikTok creator I referenced about the sonar pings is @ragandboneshopoftheheart) I'd love to hear what you think about these ideas. And, if you're really wanting to unpack the ideas around Black history, spirituality, or culture, please consider being a guest on the podcast. Send me an email at drtip@tellemtiptoldyou.com. I'm a life coach helping folks reach holistic success over here while being your FAVORITE HBCU Prof! After you tune in, let me know what you think of this episode by leaving me a 5-star review. Take care of each other so we can build together. #tellemtiptoldyou For more on Tellemtiptoldyou (the podcast on Black History, Black Spirituality, and Black Culture, be sure to follow Dr. Tip on Instagram (@tiffanydphd) and Facebook (@tellemtiptoldyou). Be sure to subscribe to our website, www.tellemtiptoldyou.com, so that you never miss an update! And, if you want to send us a message, our email address is drtip@tellemtiptoldyou.com Hosted by: Dr. Tip Guests on this episode: none TAGS: #thoughtleader #BlackHistory #BlackEducation #BlackCulture #BlackArtsMovement #BlackArt #BlackLiteracy #LifeCoachforBlackWomen #tellemtiptoldyou #podcast

Nikki Giovanni is one of only a handful of poets whose work has been published as a Penguin Modern Classic in their own life time. A key figure of America's Black Arts Movement as both a writer an activist, she speaks to Tom about her life and career.A well-known actor, Andrew Buchan has now turned to writing with Passenger, the new ITV crimes drama set in the gothic landscape of the Lancashire-Yorkshire border.And Oxford's Ashmolean museum has a new exhibition of Flemish drawings, Bruegel to Rubens. Artist Jonathan Yeo and critic Jonathan Jones, author of Earthly Delights: A History of the Renaissance, join to discuss.Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe Producer: Ciaran Bermingham

Carrie Noni is joined by Sarah Noble, of the Be Noble Group, Portia Cobb, Associate Faculty, Department of Film, Animation and New Genres at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Fidel Verdin, Co-Executive Director, TRUE Skool. They celebrate black history month by highlighting the contribution the Black Arts Movement has had in advocacy and reproductive justice.

Nikki Giovanni was one of the most prominent poet-activists to come out of the late-60s Black Arts Movement, and, as this film explores, is one of the Godmothers of Afrofuturism and the Afropunk alternative arts scene. But "Going to Mars" is far from your standard issue profile documentary, instead husband-wife co-directors Michèle Stephenson and Joe Brewster use Giovanni's life and writing as a jumping off point for their own formal exploration as they "delved into the soul of a poet." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mission of law & disorder is to expose, agitate and build a new world where all of us can thrive. But how do we get there? How do we build a world many of us have only seen in our dreams? That's where we believe the artists come in. So, each week we feature an artist, holding down a weekly residency with us, helping us to imagine a different, more liberated world. This week's Resistance in Residence Artist is poet, playwrite, essayist, organizer, and one of the founders of the Black Arts Movement, Marvin X.. — Subscribe to this podcast: https://plinkhq.com/i/1637968343?to=page Get in touch: lawanddisorder@kpfa.org Follow us on socials @LawAndDis: https://twitter.com/LawAndDis; https://www.instagram.com/lawanddis/ The post Resistance in Residence Artist: Marvin X appeared first on KPFA.

Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet and one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement who is the focus of an HBO documentary “GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT”. She joins Tavis to talk about her incredible career.

Co-directors Michele Stephenson & Joe Brewster's insightful and entertaining Going to Mars: The Nikki Giovanni Project pushes the boundaries of biographical documentary film to reveal the enduring influence of one of America's greatest living artists and social commentators. Combining parallel cinematic story editing with visually innovative treatments of her poetry, along with intimate vérité, rich archival footage, and Giovanni's own captivating contemporary performances, Going to Mars recounts the story of the artist and her works of resistance through the tumultuous historical periods in which she lived—from the Civil Rights Movement, to the Black Arts Movement, to present-day Black Lives Matter. Co-directors Michele Stephenson and Joe Brewster join us for a conversation on the life and times of a poet / author / philosopher who has, over the course 50 years, articulated the brazen truth about race, sex, patriarchy, social revolution and the nature of love and their hyper-cinematic approach to telling Nikki's story. For more go to: hbo.com/going-to-mars-the-nikki-giovanni-project

Amiri Baraka was a prominent African American poet, playwright, and political activist known for his contributions to the Black Arts Movement. His work often explored themes of black identity, social justice, and empowerment.Baraka's advocacy for cultural and economic self-determination can provide valuable insights into the importance of financial literacy and economic empowerment for black individuals. Baraka's writings and activism resonate with contemporary efforts to promote financial independence and wealth-building among black communities.This episode serves as a platform to inspire and inform listeners about the critical role of financial empowerment in the pursuit of social and racial justice, drawing inspiration from Amiri Baraka's legacy.#AmiriBaraka #UZADUmoney #financialliteracy

Nikki Giovanni is a world-renowned poet and one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement who is the focus of an HBO documentary “GOING TO MARS: THE NIKKI GIOVANNI PROJECT”. She joins Tavis to talk about her incredible career.

This is a black arts and culture site. We will be exploring the African Diaspora via the writing, performance, both musical and theatrical (film and stage), as well as the visual arts of Africans in the Diaspora and those influenced by these aesthetic forms of expression. I am interested in the political and social ramifications of art on society, specifically movements supported by these artists and their forebearers. It is my claim that the artists are the true revolutionaries, their work honest and filled with raw unedited passion. They are our true heroes. Ashay! We speak to Ms. Deborah Vaughn, Dimensions Dance Theater, co-founder, Artistic Director, and Ms. Latanya d.Tigner, Dimensions Extensions, co-director, about this celebratory conclusion to an amazing year, Sat., Oct. 21 at 7:30 PM PT and Sunday, Oct. 22 at 4 PM PT at the Malonga Casquelourd Center, 1428 Alice Street, in Oakland, CA. The internationally acclaimed company closes its 50th anniversary year with performances of select signature works that have earned it a place as one of the country's longest-standing and popular African American performing arts organizations. The program features dances that have help Dimensions become widely recognized for its presentation of both traditional and contemporary choreography drawn from African, Jazz, and Modern dance idioms. The diversity and inclusiveness of DDT's repertoire is unique to the company and has contributed greatly to its reputation for innovative dynamism. Works to be performed include choreography by Deborah Vaughan, Latanya d. Tigner, Andrea Vonny Lee, Colette Eloi, Erik K. Raymond Lee, Justin Sharlman, Makaya Kayos, Denice Simpson Braga, and Alseny Soumah. Tickets: general $35, Seniors $25, Students $20, Youth under 12yrs $15, 4 tickets for $100 and may be purchased at www.eventbrite.com or www.dimensionsdance.org  

“In 2009, when he was twenty years old, Joshua Bennett was invited to perform a spoken word poem for Barack and Michelle Obama, at the same White House "Poetry Jam" where Lin-Manuel Miranda declaimed the opening bars of a work-in-progress that would soon revolutionize American theater. That meeting is but one among many in the trajectory of Bennett's young life, as he rode the cresting wave of spoken word through the 2010s.” In his newest book Spoken Word: A Cultural History (March 28, 2023), Bennett unpacks the roots of spoken word poetry, the Black Arts movement, and the prominence of poetry and song in Black education. He joins Tavis to discuss.

Brace yourselves for an illuminating conversation with the extraordinary Leatrice Ellzy,  passion has been instrumental in shaping the black arts community. From her roots in Wilmington, Delaware, to her pivotal roles at the Apollo Theater, the National Black Arts Festival, and the Woodruff Arts Center, she has ceaselessly championed the importance of black arts.The power of the arts is beneficial to us all. It is a place of expression for black people that allows us to heal and expand.  This episode gives us a behind-the-scenes look at what it takes to build a successful career in the arts. Leatrice is open as she shares her journey and the magical moments along the way. Enjoy, you will hear more from me in season 3 which is starting soon. Support the showPlease support our Power Partners:Buddha Tea: Rich delicious tea with soothing properties perfect for your self-care experience.www.BuddhaTeas.comVital Body is a nutrient company that has an incredible product called Vital Fruits and Vegetables with amazing ingredients, probiotics, and greens with no added sugar. www.vitalbody.comThey are offering our tribe 20% off when you use the code: OY2N2GLV5AMonica Wisdom offers one-on-one VIP Coaching sessions for women ready to take a journey of self-discovery, leverage their podcast or share their story, Monica customizes her sessions for your challenges and desired solutions. For more info:Visit www.monicawisdomhq.comThank you for supporting our power partners. I appreciate it.

In this episode Lissa sits down with Davu Seru, the newly appointed Curator of the Archie Givens Sr. Collection of African American Literature and Life at the University of Minnesota. This Collection includes novels, poetry, plays, short stories, essays, literary criticism, periodicals, and biographies that span nearly 250 years of American culture -with particular strength in the areas of the Harlem Renaissance and the Black Arts Movement. With tens of thousands of archival and manuscript materials that document the history of black literature and culture, the Givens Collection is an invaluable community and scholarly resource. In this episode we explore the collection and meet Davu Seru, musician, composer, author and recently named Curator of the Givens Collection.

Some artists are rebels at heart. Today's guest, Jo-Ann Morgan, found her inner iconoclast as professor emeritus of African American studies and art history at Western Illinois University. Jo-Ann is also a professional fiber artist and one among six winners of NOT REAL ART's 2022 artist grant. Established in 2019, the grant is awarded annually to six working artists who push the boundaries of what's possible in the art world. Today, host and NOT REAL ART founder Scott “Sourdough” Power sits down with Jo-Ann Morgan to discuss the evocative fiber work that netted her a spot as one of last year's grant winners. “I usually don't like to talk about work until it's done,” says Jo-Ann, whose elaborate wall hangings are lovingly stitched in remembrance of violence victims. Works like “Daddy Changed the World” and “Elegy for Elijah” commemorate George Floyd and Elijah McClain, who both recently died at the hands of police in separate encounters. Similarly, "Lady Corona Comforts the Children" depicts a maternal apparition who watches over the children separated from their parents at the US/Mexico border. “There's always something going on that is worthy of remembering,” says Jo-Ann, who adopted her signature social justice art after becoming an art historian. “I learned a lot from researching the African American artists of the late sixties,” she says, explaining her urge to rebel against the dominant “Western traditions” typically taught in art school. The artists she studied as a historian made a concerted effort to avoid “Neoclassical art, to develop their own vocabulary, way of working, themes, subject matter that was germane to the African American experience.”A full-time working artist, Jo-Ann is also the author of The Black Arts Movement and the Black Panther Party in American Visual Culture and Uncle Tom's Cabin as Visual Culture. Tune into today's episode with Jo-Ann Morgan to hear about the artist's ongoing series of wall hangings intended to honor the 19 student victims at Robb Elementary in Uvalde, Texas. Key Points From This Episode:Introducing visual artist and NOT REAL ART grant winner, Jo-Ann Morgan.How Jo-Ann returned to artmaking during the pandemic.What drew her to apply for the NOT REAL ART Grant.Jo-Ann's art background and why she feels compelled to rebel against Western art standards.What she learned from researching African American artists of the late sixties.How the art world has evolved since Jo-Ann studied fine art.Insight into Jo-Ann's art-making process.What drew her to the world of academia and teaching art history.Her journey from artmaking to academia and back.How the Black Lives Matter movement inspired the content of her art.Jo-Ann describes her piece, Elegy for Elijah.Why she typically doesn't like to talk about work until it's complete.The collection she's working on in honor of the 19 child victims of the Uvalde school shooting.Jo-Ann elaborates on her creative process and workflow.An observation about her fellow art history...

On this week's PreserveCast, join us as we talk with Carole Boston Weatherford and her son, Jeffrey Boston Weatherford, about their book Kin: Rooted in Hope. Carole and Jeffrey will share their journey creating this book, set in Talbot County, Maryland, which reimagines Wye House plantation and the nearby all-Black, Reconstruction-era hamlets of Copperville and Unionville, and the research into their ancestors that shaped the narrative. Carole Boston Weatherford has written many award-winning books for children, including You Can Fly illustrated by her son Jeffery; Box, which won a Newbery Honor; Unspeakable, which won the Coretta Scott King award, a Caldecott honor, and was a finalist for the National Book Award finalist; Respect: Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, winner of the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award; and Caldecott Honor winners Freedom in Congo Square; Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer, Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement; and Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People to Freedom. Carole lives in North Carolina. Jeffery Boston Weatherford is an award-winning children's book illustrator and a performance poet. He has lectured, performed, and led art and writing workshops in the US, the Middle East, and West Africa. Jeffery was a Romare Bearden Scholar at Howard University, where he earned an MFA in painting and studied under members of the Black Arts Movement collective AfriCobra. A North Carolina native and resident, Jeffery has exhibited his art in North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, and Washington, DC. Learn more: https://cbweatherford.com/

Women so often don't get enough spotlight when it comes to art history. Art historian, author and podcast host Katy Hessel seeks to change that. Hessel is the host of The Great Women Artists Podcast and author of the new book, The Story of Art Without Men. She joins us all week to take us on a journey through art history to learn about the trailblazing female artists who don't get enough attention. Today, we learn more about post World War II artists and the Black Arts Movement. 

A State Supreme Court judge issued a temporary order allowing a group of migrants to stay in two Orange County hotels. New York City wants to expand a program that sends EMTs and social workers to respond to calls about people in mental health crises, but the effort faces staffing limitations. Finally, starting on May 18th, Harlem Stage hosts a three-day conference on the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and '70s. WNYC's Michael Hill discusses the event with Associate Artistic Director Carl Hancock Rux and Harlem Stage CEO Pat Cruz.

WELCOME BACK TO SEASON 9 of The GWA PODCAST! This week, we interview one of the most influential and groundbreaking artists alive, SONIA BOYCE! Born and raised in London, where she still lives today, Boyce has been taking the art world by storm since the 1980s when she and other trailblazing artists – such as Lubaina Himid and Claudette Johnston – emerged collectively onto the art scene as the Black Arts Movement. Putting images of women and their stories centre stage, they exhibited in shows such as Five Black Women in 1983 at the Africa Centre, Thin Black Line at the ICA in 1985, and The Other Story at the Hayward in 1989.  Since then, Boyce's indefatigable practice – spanning drawing, printmaking, photography, installation, video and sound – has constantly evolved, focusing on collaboration, often with an emphasis on improvisation as she works with other artists to create immersive installation environments. Taking on a broader ethos of "collage" and what it means today – both literally and metaphorically – Boyce's practice has brought together a multitude of people, places and perspectives to provoke invaluable conversations about the world we live in today. Often involving sound pieces, when I find myself amongst one of Boyce's works, it becomes easy to lose oneself inside this very special, unusual but gripping world.  Since 2014 Boyce has been a professor of Black Art and Design, at the University of Arts London. In 2016, she was made a Royal Academician, in 2019 received an OBE for her services to art, and of course in 2022 became the winner of the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale, which she won for Feeling her Way – an immersive exhibition filled with bejewelled wallpaper and improvisatory song by women musicians – which is currently on view at Turner Contemporary in Margate before travelling to Leeds and later the Yale Centre for British Art.  https://turnercontemporary.org/bio/sonia-boyce/ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/sonia-boyce-obe-794  https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/19/hylas-nymphs-manchester-art-gallery-sonia-boyce-interview  https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/article/sonia-boyce-ra-magazine-venice-biennale  https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/arts/design/sonia-boyce-venice-biennale.html https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001f0q7/imagine-2022-sonia-boyce-finding-her-voice  Follow us: Katy Hessel: @thegreatwomenartists / @katy.hessel Research assistant: Viva Ruggi Sound editing by Mikaela Carmichael  Artwork by @thisisaliceskinner Music by Ben Wetherfield https://www.thegreatwomenartists.com/ -- THIS EPISODE IS GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OCULA: https://ocula.com/

Today, Aaron is joined by Dr. Amy Abugo Ongiri, film historian, Director of Ethnic Studies at the University of Portland, and author of the book: “Spectacular Blackness: The Cultural Politics of the Black Power Movement and the Search for a Black Aesthetic".Dr. Ongiri talks to us about this shift from Civil Rights to Black Power, how The Black Panther Party effectively used the media to spread their message, and how the Black Arts Movement sought to define a distinctly black aesthetic. All of these forces would greatly affect Melvin Van Peebles during his most creative years from 1968-1971.Amy Ongiri on Instagram: @daughterofthedustEmail us: behindtheslatepod@gmail.comInstagram: @behindtheslatepodTikTok: @behindtheslatepodYouTube: @behindtheslatepodcastProducer: Greg Kleinschmidt Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mark Whitaker - 1966: Black Power: Saying it Loud! The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates Interview Series on radio and podcast. I'm Paul Vogelzang, and as part of our February Black History Month today's show is part of our Smithsonian Associates Black History Month author interview series, and we have an excellent program about Black History, Black Power and the Civil Rights movement. Our guest today is Smithsonian Associate, journalist, and author Mark Whitaker who has written the new book 'Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement' Thank you so much for listening. We've got a great guest today with author Mark Whitaker, who is a journalist and author, and who, after reading his new book, 'Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement' I've been looking forward to speaking with him for a while. I'll introduce him in just a moment. But, quickly, if you missed any episodes, last week was our 696th episode, when I spoke to 79-year-old author Rick Bleiweiss, who is the perfect example of the saying "you're never too old to follow your dreams." Two weeks ago, I spoke with author Susan Shapiro Barash about her Valentine's Day book 'A Passion for More: Affairs that Make Us or Break Us,' Wonderful subjects for our Not Old Better Show audience…If you missed those shows, along with any others, you can go back and check them out with my entire back catalog of shows, all free for you, there on our website, NotOld-Better.com Join us today as we talk with journalist and author Mark Whitaker for an exploration of the momentous year of 1966, in which a new sense of Black identity expressed in the slogan "Black Power" challenged the nonviolent civil rights philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr. and John Lewis. Mark Whitaker will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, so please check out our show notes today for more details about Mark Whitaker at Smithsonian Associates. Mark Whitaker and I will discuss the dramatic events in this seminal year, from Stokely Carmichael's middle-of-the-night ouster of moderate icon John Lewis as chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, known as SNCC to Carmichael's impassioned cry of "Black Power!" during a protest march in rural Mississippi; the founding of the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense by Huey Newton and Bobby Seale to the origins of Kwanzaa, the Black Arts Movement, and the first Black studies programs; and from Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ill-fated campaign to take the civil rights movement north to Chicago to the wrenching ousting of the white members of SNCC. Whitaker offers portraits of the major characters in the yearlong drama and provides new details and insights from key players and journalists who covered the story. He also discusses why the lessons from 1966 still resonate in the era of Black Lives Matter and the fierce contemporary battles over voting rights, identity politics, and the teaching of Black history. Please join me in welcoming to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates author interview series during Black History Month Smithsonian Associate Mark Whitaker. My thanks to author and Smithsonian Associate Mark Whitaker. and his new book, 'Saying It Loud: 1966—The Year Black Power Challenged the Civil Rights Movement' Mark Whitaker will be appearing at Smithsonian Associates coming up, so please check out our show notes today for more details about Mark Whitaker at Smithsonian Associates. My thanks to the Smithsonian team for all they do to support the show especially during Black History Month. You'll find more information about Black History Month in our show notes today. My thanks to you, my wonderful Not Old Better Show audience on radio and podcast…please be well and be safe, which I'm mentioning in every show because I want to bring attention to the issue of assault rifles, which aren't safe, in anyone's hands but the military and law enforcement. Assault rifles are killing our children and grandchildren in the very places they learn: schools! Please, let's work together to eliminate assault rifles, and let's do better. Let's talk about Better…the Not Old Better Show on radio and podcast, Smithsonian Associates Author Interview series… https://smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/tickets/1966-civil-rights

African American literature of the late 1960s reflects the Black Power movement, in the works of such authors as Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Haki Madhubuti, Larry Neal, and Sonia Sanchez.

This week, THE IDEALISTS. podcast host and entrepreneur Melissa Kiguwa speaks with world-renowned poet Nikki Giovanni—one of the foremost authors of the Black Arts Movement. Giovanni's notable collections of poetry are Black Judgment (1968) and Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983), which were influenced by her participation in the Black Arts and Black Power movements of the 1960s. She has published numerous books of poetry—from her first volume, Black Feeling Black Talk (1968), to New York Times bestseller Bicycles: Love Poems (2009). She has written several works of nonfiction and children's literature and made multiple recordings, including the Emmy-award nominated The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection (2004). Her most recent publications include Make Me Rain: Poems & Prose (2020); Chasing Utopia: A Hybrid (2013); and, as editor, The 100 Best African American Poems (2010). With more than two dozen volumes of poetry, essays, and anthologies, she has also published 11 illustrated children's books, including Rosa, an award-winning biography of Rosa Parks.  Among her numerous awards, are the 2022 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the inaugural Rosa L. Parks Woman of Courage Award, the American Book Award, the Langston Hughes Award, the Virginia Governor's Award for the Arts, and the Emily Couric Leadership Award. She is a seven-time recipient of the NAACP Image Award. Her autobiography, Gemini, was a finalist for the 1973 National Book Award. Her album, The Nikki Giovanni Poetry Collection, also netted her a Grammy nomination for Best Spoken Word Album. In this frank, yet revelatory episode, Nikki is unabashedly herself. When she says she wants to produce a history series where “librarians sit around and drink champagne... other people may say it should be coffee, but it's my show and they'll drink champagne… not bitchin' and moanin', just talking,” it's clear she knows what she wants. Listening to her speak in an Afro tradition of loosely aligned parables feels not unlike listening to jazz—the music of surprise—with tangential, non-linear explorations that loop back to something greater.About the episode:- Nikki leads off the episode by explaining that poetry was probably something you learned in the womb from your mother—that it was and is something created by women and passed down in the oral folk culture and traditions of something as simple as cooking and recipes. - Next, she admits that while she wants African Americans to be seen and recognized for playing major roles in literature, poetry, architecture, and athletics, she feels hope in witnessing the staunch progress of younger generations—as evidenced by the Serenas, the Venuses, and the Beyonces. - Building on that, she recounts moments from a lifetime of illustrious friendships with the likes of Nina Simone, Muhammad Ali, Lena Horne, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, James Baldwin, and Javon Jackson from Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers—with whom she is currently recording an album of spirituals. - Lastly, in summarizing a legacy of self-sovereignty, self-governance, and deep self-understanding, she hopes her poetry still stands 100 years from now—that people will still be reading her and grokking her across time and space and feel her personal imprint that “life is a good idea.”