#blackfuturesmonth
As February rolls around again, the Black Lives Matter Network is celebrating another Black Futures Month. We launch this Black Futures Month with the theme Afro-Futurism / Space. What do you imagine for our future?
This beautiful poster, titled “Grow,” was created by artist, Seán Geer. Find him at www.facebook.com/seangeerart|www.instagram.com/seangeerart&www.twitter.com/iamseangeer
Read the accompanying article written by Kiyan Williams on Huffington Post, Black Voices here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kiyan-williams/hold-on-to-your-dreams_b_9116622.html?1454332664
#BlackFutureMonth #BlackLivesMatter #VisionsOfABlackFuture
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Day 6 of #BlackFuturesMonth celebrates the Black Muslim community. This powerful poster was created by @snkhalifa.
The accompanying article was written by Miski Noor and can be read here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-muslim-futures-matter_us_589894fde4b09bd304bc5291
“My whole life is emblematic of what Black Muslims face in America on a daily basis: Erasure.”
#BlackLivesMatter
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Day 4 of #BlackFuturesMonth celebrates Food & Farming. This beautiful artwork is by Kohshin Finley @kohshinfinley.
Check out the accompanying article by Shakirah Simley here:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/future-of-food-is-black_us_5895f081e4b0c1284f263d69
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Day 3 of #BlackFuturesMonth comes with a double punch from two heavy hitters: Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispaulinegumbs & Tatyana Fazlalizadeh @tatyanafazlalizadeh. These two weren’t playing around with the Black feminism convo.
Tatyana describes her poster: “Black women and girls fight against a lot of things in our daily lives. Misogyny and anti-blackness to begin. My poster depicts a teenage black girl wearing the names of black women who have lost their lives due to state-sanctioned violence, street harassment, transphobia, misogynoir, sexism, and racism. Paired with an excerpt from Audre Lorde’s poem “Harriet”, my poster illustrates the fight for black women and girls to live freely, to speak and be heard, to be seen, to be valued.”
Read Alexis’ article here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/radical-legacies-black-feminist-living-room_us_58949e91e4b0c1284f25734c
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ARTNOIR+Black Lives Matter: Black Futures Month || ANSWER TIMEon February 14th, 10am (PST) || 1pm (EST)
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ARTNOIR is excited to be collaborating with Black Lives Matter on their Black Futures Month project during Black History Month. This project is designed to inspire people during this challenging social & political climate through art and the written word to dream about tomorrow today.
Each day in February, Black Lives Matter will release an original piece of art and an accompanying written piece to reclaim Black History Month and demonstrate the importance of using art as both an inspiration and an organizing tool. Artists from around the world have been commissioned to use their genius to promulgate the conversation about systemic racism and violence against Black people.
Today we are thrilled to co-host an interactive Q&A with visual artist Delano Dunn, digital all-rounderBabusi Nyoni and organizer/writer Miski Noor for a candid and spirited conversationviaTumblr’s Answer Timeseries.
Our conversation explores how visual art and writing can serve as a platform to discuss pressing issues that impact Black communities throughout the diaspora from education to immigration.
Send us your questions and join the conversation live on February 14th, 10am (PST) || 1pm (EST) on our Tumblrsite.
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Our first art piece for #BlackFuturesMonth is by the phenomenal M.Y. of @blackstothefuture. The accompanying article is by our own, @theshanellemcan be read here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-imagination-vital-way-forward_us_5891dc4fe4b0522c7d3e1467
“Of the many things we’re compelled and encouraged to do first in the face of Trump’s attacks on our basic rights and humanity, dreaming isn’t necessarily one of them. But in the face of unimaginable assaults on our futures, we absolutely cannot cede our ability to imagine for ourselves.”
#BlackLivesMatter
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Today we celebrate the arts for Black Futures Month. This inspiring artwork was created by Ethan Parker @ethandrawsstuff. Also find him at
instagram.com/YoungPrick twitter.com/EthanDrawsStuff facebook.com/EthanDrawsStuff
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#BlackQuantumFuturism is excited to announce #TimeCampCLT, the second iteration of #TimeCamp001 in collaboration with social justice creatives in Charlotte in Oct 2018. more details soon come- in the meantime please submit proposals for art and workshops to [email protected] and check out photos and archives of Time Camp 001 at www.blackquantumfuturism.com | @denise_thugstable #charlotte #blackquantumfuturism #diytimetravel #callforproposals #time #temporality #timetravel #afrofuturism #blackspacetimematters #blackfuturesmonth #blackfutures #timecampclt #timecamp001 (at Charlotte, North Carolina)
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