Instagram story viewer> @deyanemoses> Posts

Deyane Moses

@deyanemoses

2.8K

followers

6976

following

🇩🇲🇺🇸✊🏾🐚♊️🐙🦀✈️🏝️🤿
Independent Curator, Artist, and Archivist

POSTS STORIES REELS TAGGED

Download All

Get your copy of @baltimorebeat today 📰✨

This week’s issue features a powerful in-depth article by @markelecullins on Tom Miller, his murals, and the annual celebration I launched six years ago in his honor. What began as a love letter to a Baltimore visionary has grown into a citywide tradition.

Tom’s first public mural in Baltimore — “However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets Its Source” — is fading and crumbling. We are in the early stages of advocating for its preservation, and we need the community behind us.

Sign the petition to help us reach 1,000+ signatures.
Join Friends of Tom Miller and become part of the stewardship of his public art and the future of Tom Miller Week. 🔗 Link in bio.

Deep gratitude to the Miller family, collectors, institutions, and every supporter who has poured into this work over the years. Because of you, Tom Miller Week was voted Best Baltimore Tradition of 2025 by Baltimore Magazine and we also received a Mayoral Salute from @mayorbmscott in 2025.

Special thank you to Project Manager @igchrisbrooks , @councilmanjjones , Mrs. Beverly Carter, @mikepcobb , members of the Oliver community, and our longtime supporters who continue to help shape what Tom Miller Week is today.

Baltimore’s cultural memory is worth protecting and it starts with us.

Let’s restore the source! by @deyanemoses

265

12

8 months ago

✨ Happy Tom Miller Day ✨

Today we celebrate the life, legacy, and vibrant vision of Baltimore’s own Afro-Deco pioneer.

Join us tonight at 6 PM for Restore the Source: A Community Call to Preserve Tom Miller’s Murals — a virtual gathering to honor his first public mural and begin a thoughtful conversation about stewardship and preservation.

🖤 Free + Virtual
🕕 6:00–7:00 PM
🔗 Link to sign up for the Zoom meeting is in my bio

Let’s restore the source and honor his legacy. See you tonight!🫶🏾

#tommiller #muralrestoration #baltimore #mural #afrodeco taken in Baltimore, Maryland by @deyanemoses

205

1

8 months ago

Honored to have my thoughts shared in the February edition of @baltmag. Thank you to @abdu__ali for featuring me as well as @stylesbond @victoriaadamskennedy @vividcaptions @j0shuaslowe ayo_style.

@afronews is also featured on the cover and the work of my job @afrocharities. 🫶🏾 Pick up your copy today!! by @deyanemoses

168

10

8 months ago

We are deeply honored to receive the inaugural Legacy Award from the @baltimorebeat .

Thank you for recognizing the importance of preserving Black media and the stories that shape our communities. We are grateful to continue this work with our community.

This recognition belongs to our incredible staff, Board of Directors, the generations who cared for the AFRO Archives before us, and the supporters, artists, researchers, volunteers, and partners who make this work possible. Deyane Moses, Director of Programs & Partnerships, accepted the award on behalf of Afro Charities.

As we prepare to open the Martha E. Murphy Research Institute (MEMRI) in 2027, we remain committed to protecting, preserving, and sharing Black history for generations to come.

#AfroCharities #BaltimoreBeat #LegacyAward #BlackHistory #BlackMedia Archives Baltimore MEMRI

Images Courtesy of Alana Nichole Davis @alanahasenteredthechat and Athalie Rivera @atha1ie taken in Baltimore Museum of Industry by @deyanemoses

330

19

3 months ago

We’re going LIVE!

Join @afrocharities’ Content Creator Fellow, Dr. Andre White (@redactedhistory_ ) and Director of Programs and Partnerships, Deyane Moses, on Friday, July 31st at 1 PM ET for an Instagram Live conversation about his experience researching and creating content from the @afronews archives.

Afro Charities’ Content Creator Fellowship supports content creators as they research and create original content using the AFRO American Newspapers Archives. AFRO News was founded in Baltimore, MD in 1892 and is one of the longest-running Black news organizations in the country.

Afro Charities cares for and activates the AFRO’s historic archives. To learn more, sign up for Afro Charities’ newsletter at the link in our bio. by @deyanemoses

93

1

3 months ago

taken in Baltimore, Maryland by @deyanemoses

118

3

3 months ago

Eating crabs + touching grass on my solar return 6.7.86-6.7.26
🥳🎉🦀🧁♊💚 by @deyanemoses

346

56

4 months ago

Me ... I'm the birthday

👗@shopakira
💄@__itsteatime by @deyanemoses

422

81

4 months ago

16.Avril.2026

Quarante-Deux
Journée Jackie Robinson x Afro Charities

📸James Fields/AFRO News taken in Oriole Park at Camden Yards by @deyanemoses

176

6

6 months ago

Baltimore public art is absolutely worth us protecting.

Tom Miller’s “However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets Its Source” at North Ave & Harford Rd.

Share this and stay engaged with Restore the Source.

#tommiller #muralrestortation #baltimore #preservation #ExploreDistrict12 taken in North Ave & Harford Fs E/B by @deyanemoses

161

10

8 months ago

Tom Miller week is back and we are grateful for your support over the past 5 years. This year we are focusing our attention on Miller's public works of art.

Paint is peeling.
Brick is exposed.
Art History is at risk.

Tom Miller’s first public mural in Baltimore is in critical condition—and we cannot afford to lose it!

Join us Wednesday, February 18 at 6 PM for a virtual Tom Miller Day gathering as we officially launch a phased restoration effort for However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets Its Source (1991), located at North Avenue and Harford Road in Baltimore. MD.

For more than 30 years, this mural has stood as a reminder that no matter how far we travel, we must never forget who we are or where we come from. Today, weather, pollution, and time threaten its future. Now it’s our turn to show up for it.

During this free public event, we will share:

• The urgency behind the restoration
• A proposed phased preservation plan
• How you can support through donations, advocacy, and community partnerships

This effort is led by Friends of Tom Miller and Blackives, LLC, with support from Brooks Media and Black Art Today Foundation.

RSVP on Eventbrite (link in bio).

Preserving the source is preserving his legacy.

Tom Miller Week is an annual, community-centered celebration honoring the life, work, and legacy of Tom Miller through public programs, storytelling, exhibitions, and preservation initiatives across Baltimore and beyond. The celebration was voted Best of Baltimore for Tradition by Baltimore Magazine in 2025.

#tommiller #muralrestortation #baltimore #preservation #publicart taken in Baltimore, Maryland by @deyanemoses

182

7

8 months ago