Art

Welcome to The New Renaissance and another edition of SWAAM Spoken Word Art & Music. Open Mic, Live Band, Wine Bar, Catered Food and another incredible feature artist for your listening pleasure. “Rich Flow” is a poet and luminous songwriter who was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania during the epoch of… Read more…

The CARICON Poetry Slam & SoundClash is a vibrant cultural event that showcases the richness and diversity of Caribbean culture through music, poetry, and food. This inclusive event brings together talented poets, spoken word artists, musicians, street vendors, and food trucks, offering a platform for local artists and small businesses… Read more…

Five works by Nigerian-born, Los Angeles–based artist Njideka Akunyili Crosby are spotlighted in the third and final exhibition in a series curated by the Pulitzer Prize–winning author and New Yorker magazine critic Hilton Als, in collaboration with the Yale Center for British Art and each artist For this exhibition, Als… Read more…

Afro-Atlantic Histories charts the transatlantic slave trade and its legacies in the African diaspora. Through a series of dialogues across time, the exhibition features artworks produced in Africa, Europe, and the Americas in the last four centuries to reexamine—from a global perspective—histories and stories of enslavement, resilience, and the struggle for… Read more…

Visual artist Toni Scott creates a sensory experience that celebrates the diversity and interconnectedness of human identity at the intersection of race, science, and humanity. By turning the precise measurements of someone’s head into musical sound, she contrasts the beauty of individuality with the discredited 19th-century science of phrenology, which… Read more…