The Arts Writing Incubator brings together diverse thinkers and makers who are invested in engaging with and write about contemporary black art.
Our sessions are virtual and feature black artists, writers, and curators who help develop participants’ knowledge and skillsets. At the end of each year, participants’ writing is edited into the BES journal, A Year in Black Art.
Winter/Spring 2026
LaMont Hamilton
Awuor Onyango
Qiaira Riley
Kristina Kay Robinson
Something You Can Feel: A Black Art History Podcast
Black Chapel Press
Theophina Gabriel
Fatoumata Bah
Other Papers
P R Y
Chobo Zines: Small books, big Histories
Ear Expansion
The 2026 Arts Writing Incubator pivots away from providing space for individuals to cultivate their own arts writing practice. Instead, we invited applications from people who have or are developing projects — publications, platforms, organizations, outlets, social media accounts, etc. — that provide access to arts critical thinking.
The selected cohort represents cutting-edge experiments in the style, tone, and distribution formats that art criticism can take.
Alumni
2024-2025
2023-204
Spring 2023
Spring 2022
Fall 2021
2021 - 2017
Adetola Abatan
Camille Bacon
Maisha Banks Manson
Christina Chung
Andrew Cooperman
Juelle Daley
Brian Evans
Sarah Faulk
Rasheena Fountain
Brittney Frantece
Chariell Glogovac-Smith
Mia Harrison
Matthew Howard
Sadiqua Iman
Anisa Jackson
Marcus Johnson
Nejat Kedir
Jainey Kim
Stephanie Koch
Savita Krishnamoorthy
Mia Lawrie
Kym Littlefield
Berette Macaulay
Ayanda Masilela
Ellen McGivern
Quinn Mcnichol
Rebecca Muniz
Zakkiyyah Najeebah
JM Nimocks
Francis O'Shaughnessy
Sam Prudente
Sadaf Sadri
Khairat Salum
Aurora San Miguel
Sarina Shane
Ananya Sikand
Meshell Sturgis
Paulette Thompson
Jennifer Williams
Jasmine Wilson