I am thrilled to release the eighth arts & culture events guide!
As many of you know, Juneteenth and Pride are this month! This events guide includes events celebrating these two important celebrations in the Black and LGBTQIA communities.
For new readers, this guide to art events functions as a resource for discovering and immersing yourself in your city, fostering a celebration and deeper understanding of Black culture through the vehicle of the arts. This guide to art events is not a sponsored post, and I have no affiliation with the mentioned event organizers unless it is stated. The cities featured in this guide are determined by the proportion of newsletter subscribers hailing from each region.
I hope you enjoy this month’s Arts & Culture Events Guide! Brand Collaboration Opportunities, please email me at theblackcuration@gmail.com.
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FEATURED EVENT: Conversation and Networking with April Hobby, Founder of The Black Curation featuring special guest Dr. Valerie Bennett Gillespie.
Come and be part of a special online networking event curated for both new and aspiring art collectors on June 21, as well as dedicated art enthusiasts! Whether you’re stepping into the world of art collecting for the first time or keen to connect with fellow new collectors, this event provides an opportunity to engage in discussions about art collecting and establish new connections. In addition to this, you will have the opportunity to hear from Dr. Valerie Bennett Gillespie, an independent curator and owner of Pencil on Paper Gallery based in Dallas, Texas.
June 1 – Black Birders Week STEAM Day 2024
June 1 – Prince and Purple Rain: 40 Years – A Discover Summer Author Talk and Rooftop Day Party
June 1 – Black Studies Book Club hosted by the DC Public Library
June 1 and 2 – Estate Sales in Reston, VA with African American Contemporary Art
June 6 – Sunset Cinema at The Wharf: Love & Basketball
June 7 – Historically Speaking: Alice Randall: My Black Country
June 7 – Subversive, Skilled, Sublime: Fiber Art by Women Open House
June 11 – Art in the A.M.
June 12 – Profs & Pints Baltimore: Hamilton’s History Remix
June 12 – Yasmine Cheyenne — Wisdom of the Path: The Beautiful and Bumpy Ride to Healing and Trusting Our Inner Guide – with Glory Edim — at The Wharf
June 12 – Fresh Talk: Influence and Collecting hosted at the National Museum of Women in the Arts ($)
June 13 through 16 – DC/DOX Film Festival
June 15 – Soundtrack to a Coup D’Etat by the National Potrait Gallery and DC/DOX Film Festival
June 15 – Chigozie Obioma — The Road to the Country with Novuyo Rosa Tshuma — at Union Market
June 15 – A Seat at the Table: A Juneteenth Conversation with Bryant Terry and Kevin Young ($)
June 18 – Author Talk: Deesha Dyer’s Undiplomatic
June 18 – Virtual Fighters for Freedom Juneteenth Conversation
June 19: Juneteenth Extended Concert featuring performances at The Wharf
June 19 – Juneteenth Freedom Celebration hosted by Anacostia Community Museum
June 20 – Profs & Pints DC: Medical Research’s Whistleblowers
June 20 – Eye-Popping Art: Tours for People with Colorblindness
June 22 – Coffee & Collections: The Billy Banks Collection
June 22 – Searching for Augusta Savage
June 22 – The Rise and Fall of The Freedman’s Savings Bank: Author Talk with Rodney A. Brooks
June 23 – Nikole Hannah-Jones discusses The 1619 Project Author Talk in Partnership with MahoganyBooks
June 28 – Art Bites Gallery Talk led by Kéla Jackson, Terra Foundation Predoctoral Fellow in American Art, discusses L’Merchie Frazier’s From a Birmingham Jail: MLK.
June 30 – In Conversation with Leslye Penelope Discussion of Daughter of the Merciful Deep
June 1 – New York African Film Festival
June 7 – 21st Annual Bronx River Sounds Performing Arts Festival
June 11 – Pre-Lit Fest 2024 | The Pleasure of Rebellion
June 13 – Elevating Black Queer Ancestors hosted by Prospect Park Alliance Public Programs
June 15 – Schomburg Center Literary Festival 2024
June 15 – Juneteenth Seneca Village hosted by Studio Museum in Harlem
June 19 – Newark Black Film Festival: Power of the Dream at The Newark Museum of Art (I know this is not in NY but close)
June 23 – A Spectacular Black Girl Art Show
June 29 – Harlem Pride
June 1 – Opening Reception | MoCADA Abolition House with music by DJ Freedem + Talk to Motha: Trans Elder Storytelling Discussion
June 1 through August 20 – Tatyana Fazlalizadeh: Finding Soft Ground hosted by Art+Practice
June 1 through December 15 – From the Ground Up: The Life of Vernon Brunson at The Santa Monica History Museum
June 1 through September 29 – Mickalene Thomas: All About Love Exhibitoin at The Broad
June 15 – Juneteenth Celebration at the California African American Museum
June 19 – Curatorial Walkthrough: Black California Dreamin’ at the California African American Museum
June 19 – Juneteenth Celebration: T-Pain at the Hollywood Bowl
June 28 – KCRW Summer Nights @ CAAM June 2024
June 29 – The Roots Picnic: The Roots, Queen Latifah, Common & Digable Planets at The Hollywood Bowl
This guide to art events functions as a resource for discovering and immersing yourself in your city, fostering a celebration and deeper understanding of Black culture through the vehicle of the arts. This guide to art events is not a sponsored post, and I have no affiliation with the mentioned event organizers.
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