Building discourse around contemporary Black art.
Applications Open
Art Criticism Apprenticeship
BES x The Seattle Times
Our New Initiative
The Black Embodiments Studio and The Seattle Times are teaming up to cultivate a writer to cover the exhibitions, performances, artists, institutional and social structures that shape Seattle’s art worlds. We’re equipping a writer with the tools mentorship, and platform to reimagine what legacy media arts criticism can do in a dynamic, inclusive, and intellectually vibrant cultural ecosystem. Application details can be found here.
Public Programming
Brittany Moná
Current Resident
Summer 2025
Brittany Moná is our Summer ‘25 Current Resident, a mail art project that sends the work of black artists to all residents of distinct Seattle zip codes. This time around, however, we included Moná’s work in the Pride Edition of Seattle Gay News—their work is included in print copies dropped throughout Seattle, and adaptations of the work can be found in ad placements across the Seattle Gay News website. More details can be found here.
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.