CB4’s Social and Racial Justice Task Force convened on Zoom on Tuesday, February 15. Photo: Abigail Gruskin CB4 Social and Racial Justice Task Force Discusses Equity During Black History Month On Tuesday evening, Community Board 4’s Social and Racial Justice Task Force convened with guest speakers Deputy Manhattan... News 18 Feb 2022 | 09:47
Angelica Dalzon, SVA student and co-curator of “The Way We See Us” at the SVA Chelsea Gallery. Photo courtesy of Angelica Dalzon ‘This is Me As a Person, Not Just a Black Person’ It is often unspoken, the expectations, but deafening in their reception. This is the way you’re “supposed” to be, the world... News 14 Feb 2022 | 01:40
Faith Ringgold, “Dancing at the Louvre: The French Collection Part I, #1”, 1991. Quilted fabric and acrylic paint, 73 ½ x 80 ½ in. (186.7 x 204.5 cm). The Gund Gallery at Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, Gift of David Horvitz ’74 and Francie Bishop Good, 2017.5.6. © Faith Ringgold / ARS, NY and DACS, London, courtesy ACA Galleries, New York 2022 Black History in Museums and Galleries February is a great time to be inspired and enriched by Black artists of the past and present, and New York’s museums and... City Arts 11 Feb 2022 | 10:41
Screenshot of the virtual induction ceremony for Audre Lorde at the American Poets Corner at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. Honoring Audre Lorde In a moving tribute of verse and song, a literary luminary has her name etched in stone at a cathedral. On what would have... News 20 Feb 2021 | 11:05
The Ralph Ellison Memorial. Photo courtesy of Riverside Park Conservancy Keeping Black History Alive in Riverside Park A crucial piece of Black history lies right within New Yorkers’ reach. The Ralph Ellison Memorial, located in Riverside Park,... News 19 Feb 2021 | 02:36
Three kids ride their tricycles down a Lower East Side street (1980). Photo courtesy of Alex Harsley Alex Harsley and the 4th Street Photo Gallery Alex Harsley, 83, knows this city. He’s been photographing and documenting life here for most of his life and has even captured... City Arts 19 Feb 2021 | 10:11
Street view of 70 Fifth Avenue (map data © 2020 Google) and a photo of W.E.B. DuBois in 1918 from Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons. DuBois headed The Crisis Magazine which published from 70 Fifth Avenue and was the first publication that catered directly to African American people. Image courtesy of the GVSHP Telling the Stories of NYC’s Black ‘First Villagers’ - and Others For Black History Month, we as a country look back and celebrate the historic achievements of our Black forebears while paying... News 10 Feb 2021 | 10:31
"Queens" a trio of photographs by AlineSitoe A. Sy, age 10, from North Carolina. ( Photo: Adel Gorgy) Beauty, Strength and Promise "Just as you are, I choose you. And I'll keep making that choice every time I see you." It's called The Beautiful Project,... City Arts 03 Feb 2020 | 01:47
