Building discourse around contemporary Black art.


Nikita Gale & Mandy Harris Williams
In Conversation

About the Conversation
Nikita Gale and Mandy Harris Williams were the Fall 2021 guests of The Black Embodiments Studio Artist + Writer Initiative. Over the course of several months, they embarked on studio visits and conversations about their practices, with the specific goal of helping Williams develop two new pieces of writing about Gale’s practice. In this conversation, they work through some keywords that animate their thinking, from ruins, to preservation, to what Gale calls “the feminine urge to refuse to refurbish.”


Public Programming

Jewel Ham
Current Resident

Fall 2024
Jewel Ham’s is our Fall ‘24 Current Resident, a mail art project that sends the work of black artists to all residents of distinct Seattle zip codes. Ham’s work is being sent to nearly 13,000 residents of 98118. The artist’s practice affirms the beauty, fury, and fullness of Black life—and reminds all recipients that they deserve abundance.


Issue 7
2023-2024

Newest Journal
Our newest edition of A Year in Black Art was edited by Camille Gallogly Bacon and designed by Sebastien Pierre.