Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this fall. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Featured Artist Update from: Danielle Buonaiuto, Singer & Arts Administrator With more time to focus on the advocacy parts of my practice, I’ve been finding ways to share what I know and create opportunities to learn … Read More
Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this month. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Featured Artist Update from: Esco Jouléy, Actor, Singer, Dancer, Movement Artist, Clown & Creator Help Fund a Black, Non-Binary Artist and Clown Create Art and Self-Employ!!!! Hi Friends, I hope you are finding reasons to laugh … Read More
Habitat: Home New York City premiered one year ago this month. What are Habitat: Home artists up to now? Shay Thomas was our superstar assistant with NYC meetings and performances! Here is their update: Halloween is my favorite holiday, so it’s important to me that I celebrate. To honor the holiday, I’m co-producing with Lemonade … Read More
Via Medium. An Open Letter to Arts Organizations Rampant with White Supremacy By Nana Chinara CC: Gina Gibney, Gibney Dance When a Black femme confronts you for actively promoting and wielding white supremacy culture, you listen and course correct. Instead, I was met with a stay-in-your-place defensive response. White violence always begins with lack of … Read More
Via The New York Times. Jazz Is Built for Protests. Jon Batiste Is Taking It to the Streets. The pianist and “Late Show” bandleader has been bringing musical wake-up calls to events across New York. By Alan Scherstuhl, June 24, 2020 Jon Batiste, the jazz pianist and “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” bandleader, has spent … Read More
Via Medium. Enough Already with the Statements of “Solidarity,” Arts World By Kaisha S. Johnson “I can’t believe what you say because I see what you do.” — James Baldwin I’ve gone from awe to agony to anger in the course of three days. According to my spiritual goddess guide Audre Lorde, those uses of anger can … Read More
