Fern GillespieLurita (LB) Brown, owner of Clinton Hill Simply Art & Framing Gallery, is...

by Fern Gillespie When author Donna Hill, Executive Director for the Center for Black Literature...

"Divine Nine Sunday, December 14, transformed the Whitney Museum of American Art in...

Fern GillespieWhen Brooklyn sculptor Helen Evans Ramsaran returned to the Studio Museum in Harlem...

The documentary Black is Beautiful: The Kwame Brathwaite Story, directed by Yemi Bamiro (white sneakers) and produced by Joan Boateng (orange blouse) of Misfit Entertainment, with Lizzie Gillett, Ian Bonhote, and Andrew Calof made its North American debut, last Thursday, Nov. 13 during the DOC NYC 2025 Festival for Documentaries presented at the SVA Theater in Manhattan. Executive producers include (in photo, at right) Brathwaite's son, Kwame S. Brathwaite and daughter in-law Robynn Brathwaite, who are featured in the film with Sikolo Brathwaite (Kwame's wife, unpictured) other family members

Artist & Urban Griot Makes the Connections That Matter …in Life and On Canvas...

Fern GillespieBrooklyn youth creatively learn the African Diaspora legacy dance and drum through Asase...

by Fern GillespieIn an era where federal arts institutions are cautious in exhibiting political...

On the evening of September 29, Rome Neal, the quintessential artist, celebrated his 73rd...

Fern GillespieWhen the arts nonprofit, the Laundromat Project, was launched 20 years ago, it...

African Voices’ LINEAGE features artworks of Watson Mere Last week, African Voices magazine hosted an...

Last Sunday, the Patricia F. Robinson Music Studio presented its annual summer student recital...