#NewExhibit

Black Joy is a Revolutionary Act | A Group Show presented by Richard Beavers Gallery

Exhibition Dates

July 19-August 23, 2025

Opening Reception

Saturday, July 19 | 6:00pm-9:00pm

📍Richard Beavers Gallery 408 Marcus Garvey Blvd, Brooklyn, NY 11216

www.richardbeaversgallery.com

🖼✍️🏾reposted from @richardbeaversgallery 🖤✨️Black Joy is a Revolutionary Act🖤✨️ A bold affirmation of Black Joy as both political resistance and cultural renaissance. Featuring the works of Desmond Beach, Leroy Campbell, Lynthia Edwards, Frank Morrison, daàPò réo, Faith Ringgold, and Phyllis Stephens, this exhibition explores joy not as a fleeting feeling but as a sacred inheritance and radical declaration of life.

These artists illuminate how everyday Black life rooted in resilience, ancestry, and imagination becomes a divine act of freedom. In the face of systemic harm, Black joy has always endured. Not given by the world, and thus, it cannot be taken away.

Join us for the Opening Reception of our powerful summer exhibition celebrating resilience and radiance through Black art. Black joy is more than a feeling—it’s a spiritual force, a cultural inheritance, and a radical act of resistance. RSVP

Art & Audio: Phyllis Stephens @little_shepard_girl

Phyllis Stephens, a fifth-generation quilt maker based in Atlanta, Georgia, is widely celebrated as a master of African American story quilts. With over 30 years of professional quilting experience, her intricate, prayerful process transforms fabric and thread into profound visual narratives that honor Black history, culture, and resilience. Deeply inspired by spirituality, memory, and the evolving cultural landscape, she approaches each quilt as a living tribute to the past and a testament to the beauty of storytelling. Her attention to sustainable materials and thoughtful design underscores her belief that quilt making is not only an art form but a sacred, ever-evolving journey. #BlackJoyIsARevolutionaryAct #RichardBeaversGallery #JoyAsResistance #CulturalRenaissance #BlackArtists #AncestralJoy #PhyllisStephens

Artist @asherald 's "Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)" is this week's @newyorkermag cover. I am so excited that her traveling exhibition "Amy Sherald: American Sublime" lands in #NYC at the @whitneymuseum on April 9!

Image & caption reposted from @newyorkermag The cover of this week’s Spring Style & Design issue is “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance),” by Amy Sherald (@asherald). Read the full cover story:

Images & caption reposted from @hyperallergic A sweeping exhibition of works by the acclaimed American #painter #AmySherald, best known for her portraits of former First Lady Michelle Obama and Breonna Taylor, is coming to New York City this spring. Nearly 50 portraits of Black Americans will go on display as part of “Amy Sherald: American Sublime” at the Whitney Museum of American Art from April 9 through August 10. The mid-career survey is the artist’s first solo exhibition in a New York museum.

Spanning works from 2007 to the present, the show will explore Sherald’s signature figures rendered with skin tones in shades of gray and colorful clothing against vibrant backgrounds, merging black-and-white photography aesthetics and American Realist painting traditions to redress art history’s long exclusion of Black subjects in portraiture.

Read the story by Hyperallergic Staff Writer @mayapontone:

1 - Amy Sherald, “Miss Everything (Unsuppressed Deliverance)” (2014) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

2 - Amy Sherald, “Breonna Taylor” (2020) (© Amy Sherald)

3 - Amy Sherald, “They Call Me Redbone, but I’d Rather Be Strawberry Shortcake” (2009) (© Amy Sherald, photograph by Ryan Stevenson; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

4 - Amy Sherald, “For Love, and for country” (2022) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

5 - Amy Sherald, “Saint Woman” (2015) (© Amy Sherald, photo by Joseph Hyde; courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth)

6 - Amy Sherald, “If you surrendered to the air, you could ride it” (2019) (© Amy Sherald)

Reposted from @neaarts Join the National Endowment for the Arts and the White House Domestic Policy Council on Tuesday, January 30, 2024 for a summit to discuss how the arts and humanities can strengthen our communities and country to help us heal, bridge, and thrive!

Sign up to be a virtual attendee at arts.gov/events.

#HealBridgeThrive

#artssummit

Happy #HaitianIndependenceDay!

Reposted from @cccadi Swipe 👈🏿

Today is not only the first day of the new year, it is also the 220th anniversary of Haiti's independence. As we kick off 2024, we honor Haiti as the first Black independent republic in the world and as a catalyst for freedom for the entire African Diaspora.

In the spirit of revolution and Black freedom, we are using this significant moment in history to kick off this year with intention. CCCADI will honor Haiti's legacy by anchoring much of our 2024 programming in our theme, Lakay se Lakay, which means Home is Home in Kreyòl (Creole).

Lakay se Lakay offers us an opportunity to use Haiti as a lens through which we pay homage to our people's ability to create and hold on to home, wherever we are.

Stay tuned for more information about our Lakay se Lakay themed programs.

#Kuumba #Creativity

I spent the last days of 2023 grieving the loss of loved ones (🕊@katskornerco) yet grateful for the ability to experience what gives me joy: family & friends, music, art and culture.

Y'all, our time is precious and not to be waisted...

🎨@karondavis exhibit at @salon94

🎨@officialspikelee exhibit at @brooklynmuseum (don't miss it!!) with my fam @ninaananse & @salahananse

🎥Me and my niecey-poo watching @migrationmovie in 3D

🎶@raheem_devaughn, @kindredthefam @kindredthewife at @citywinerynyc (thank you Aja & Fatin 🙏🏿)

🎶@carmenrodgers @djspinna @keistar at Galactic Quiet Storm listening lounge

🎭@clif777 celebrating @rewpuh with dinner and the Broadway hit @somelikeithotmusical

💃🏾@alvinailey with my girl @lisagottagetitin

Reposted from @djrontrent TODAY FRIDAY MIAMI ART WEEK DEC 8th- "WALK THE NIGHT - NIGHTLIFE AND CLUB CULTURE 1977 - 1991" Preview Exhibition and Artist Talk featuring @billbernstein Bill Berstein

@fifibear_tinapaul_ladyarhlene Tina Paul, @warehouselegend Robert Williams, @djvictorrosado Victor Rosado, @arthurhbaker Arthur Baker and

@louievega Louie Vega

Moderated By Ron Trent @djrontrent and Adrian Loving @summerloving71

Arlo Hotel Higher Ground

2217 NW Miami Court

Miami, FL 33150

6PM-10PM

Exhibition open tomorrow, December 9, 12PM-6PM, followed by a closing "construction party" at 7PM.

HAPPY HOUSE IN THE PARK DAY!!!

OFTEN IMITATED, NEVER DUPLICATED!!! Thank you to the founder @ramonrawsoul, the staff and volunteers who make this musical family reunion happen every year!!!

19th Annual House In The Park Festival SET TIMES:

Salah Ananse Noon-1pm.

DJ Kemit 1pm-3pm.

Salah Ananse. 3pm-4pm

Ramon Rawsoul 4pm-6pm

Kai Alcé 6pm-8pm

@salahananse

@djkemit

@ramonrawsoul

@kaialce.

STRETCH, HYDRATE AND MEET ME ON THE DANCEFLOOR (TENNIS COURT)!!.

Reposted from @hitpatlanta WE MADE IT!

Today is the day and we know you're ready!!!

Online sales end at 9:59 am

You can walk up and purchase tickets at the Ticket booth until SOLD OUT!

Please refer to our FAQs for what's allowed and everything you need to make today a success for you!

houseinthepark.org

#HITP19 #RamonRawsoul

#SalahAnanse #DJKemit #KaiAlce #HouseinthePark

▪︎ATLANTA WEEKENDER SCHEDULE, DETAILS, TICKETS AND PASSES - go to www.atlwkndr.com .

▪︎HITP VIP TENTS - follow @hitpatlanta and turn on notifications to stay up-to-date.

I'll see y'all in the A Labor Day Weekend!

#MusicLovers #MusicMadeUsFamily #TraScapades #Dancers #WillTravelForMusic

@atlwkndr ATLWKNDR 2023 LINEUP!

TICKET LINK IN BIO!

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Reposted from @hitpatlanta Friends of House in the Park:

We apologize for the technical difficulties experienced this morning.

With the over whelming demand for our premium tent area, we are working diligently to secure every bit of space to accommodate as many requests as possible.

Thanks for your patience. The last remaining premium tents will go on sale Thursday 8/24/2023 at 9:00am EST. Please make sure to follow our social media channels and turn on notifications to get the latest info on House in the Park.

We look forward to seeing you Labor Day weekend.