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The thing about a lesson is it will sit in your face until you decide you want to learn it. Most times it requires a few experiences to shake your shit up and shift your perspective. It’s easy to be a victim, it strips you of accountability and responsibility, but when you get up out of that you realize all you ever needed was always close. Whether it’s the people that love you or your personal capabilities, when you’re ready to see yourself and those that stuck beside you, you realize you’ve always had what you needed ❣️ But keep asking questions, you be ight❣️

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The Center for Research on English-speaking Worlds (CREW) at Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and the Center for Black Visual Culture (CBVC) at New York University are delighted to host the event "French-American Artistic Conversations", featuring photographer Carla Williams at the Sorbonne.

The conversation will bring together Carla Williams with Dejha Carrington (NYU), Amandine Nana (Palais de Tokyo), Deborah Willis (NYU), Clémentine Tholas (USN), and Laurence Cossu-Beaumont (USN).

French-American Artistic Conversations is a research collaboration between two institutions deeply engaged with culture and the arts and committed to developing a shared reflection on Black and diasporic visual arts, as well as on the principles of equity, diversity, and inclusion. The project builds on a series of encounters with artists organized at the Sorbonne by the CREW research team since 2024. The new edition continues this initiative while opening research activities more broadly to students at all levels and to the general public, as part of a commitment to open research and public engagement.

The event will take place on Tuesday, November 10, 2026, at 5.00 p.m. in the Amphithéâtre Liard at the Sorbonne (17 rue de la Sorbonne, 75005 Paris). It will be followed by a reception, offering members of the audience an opportunity to continue the conversation with the speakers in a more informal setting.

The event is free and open to all, but registration is required at the link in our bio. If you cannot attend in person, the conversation will also be livestreamed on Université Sorbonne Nouvelle’s YouTube channel.

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💭Mentally we're still here 🖤✊🏾 in a place of so much excitement and gratitude 🙏🏾 for all the community love and support we received at our 10/10 The Black Schoolhouse Grand Opening and The Black School's 10th Anniversary Celebration! 🎉 Much love to our content partner @visodigitalgroup for capturing these priceless moments (we'll share more in the coming days!).

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#TheBlackSchool #NewOrleans #BlackLeaders

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Behind every grassroots movement is a village of leaders helping to hold the vision steady. ✊🏾✨

As we reflect on opening The Black Schoolhouse and celebrating our 10-year anniversary, we want to take a moment to honor some amazing folks behind the scenes: The Black School’s Board of Directors.

🖤Malik Bartholomew – 7th-Generation New Orleanian, Griot & Historian @knownolatours

🖤Dejha Carrington – Arts Administrator & Co-Founder of Commissioner @carringtoner

🖤Steven Daste – Financial Advisor & Generational Wealth Educator

🖤Jessyca Dudley – Social Sector Leader & Strategic Advisor @endlesscommentary

🖤Ameca Reali – Executive Director of the Louisiana Fair Housing Action Center @amecareali @louisiana_fairhousing

🖤Ayesha Williams (Board President) – Executive Director of The Laundromat Project @laundromat_proj @iamayeshawilliams

This brilliant collective of national arts leaders, local historians, financial strategists, and civil rights advocates have been unwavering in their support.

To our Board: Thank you for your guidance and deep commitment to Black self-determination, Black love, and Black healing. We are so excited to continue collaborating with you.

✨JOIN #WeFundUs✨
We are building independent infrastructure, and we need your help to sustain it. Join our Board and our community of supporters by becoming a monthly contributor to our "We Fund Us" campaign today. 🔗 Hit the link in our bio to become a sustaining donor!

#TheBlackSchool #NewOrleans #BlackLeaders

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On September 16, the Center for Black Visual Culture welcomed Dejha Carrington with a celebratory reception marking the beginning of a fellowship dedicated to storytelling, process, and meaning-making in the arts.

Images by Quan Brinson.

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Thank you to everyone who joined us on September 16 to warmly welcome our Academic Year 2027 Distinguished Artist-Scholar in Residence, Dejha Carrington.

We were delighted to celebrate the beginning of her fellowship, dedicated to storytelling, process, and meaning-making in the arts.

Images by Quan Brinson.

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A conversation about legacy in a room full of women shaping what comes next.

As we celebrate 30 years, this season’s Conversations at MOCA featured curators Laura Novoa, Kimari Jackson, and Catherine Camargo, with Amanda Sanfilippo Long guiding a discussion about leadership, curatorial practice, and staying connected to the creative communities of South Florida.

Thank you to our panelists for sharing their perspectives, and to everyone who joined the conversation, asked questions, and brought such warmth to the room. We’re grateful for the women whose vision has shaped MOCA’s history and for those carrying that work forward.

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On September 10, we gathered at Supino for the inaugural Season Exchange Dinner—an evening bringing together artists, collectors, cultural leaders, friends, and supporters during Season Fair.

Thank you to Commissioner (@cmxnr), Modern Ancient Brown Foundation (@modernancientbrown) and PS_Detroit (@ps_detroit313) for making the evening possible, and to everyone who joined us around the table.

📷 by Ammiel (@ammiel)

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Join curator and AAFR founder Ashara Ekundayo (@blublakwomyn) at the Detroit-based art fair and cultural initiative @season.contemporary from September 11th-13th. Season Fair focuses on building market infrastructure for artists, galleries, and cultural workers.

Ashara joins organizers, partners, and supporters on Thursday, September 10th for the Opening Remarks of Season Talks, a one-day public symposium focused on contemporary art and the ideas, questions, and practices shaping the field today. Guests will be encouraged to reflect the questions animating the day: how artists shape culture, how institutions can create new possibilities, and what becomes possible when we make space for conversation, experimentation, and exchange.

Ashara will be sharing about Artist As First Responder’s archive expansion via PS_Detroit (Projection Site Detroit), a trans-local archival and cultural infrastructure portal.

The Season Talks Opening Remarks take place Thursday, September 10th from 11:30am to 12:00pm at the Collage for Creative Studies. Admission is open and free to the public. You can find the RSVP link in our bio or at season-fair.com.

Ashara will also be hosting a Season Tour on Saturday, September 12th from 1 to 2pm. Tours are intimate opportunities to experience Season Fair through the perspectives of curators, writers, collectors, and arts leaders with deep ties to Detroit and the broader contemporary art field. Book a tour at the link in our bio or at season-fair.com.

Whatupdoe!

Photo Credit/Slide 1: @dre.wick

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The Center for Black Visual Culture is proud to announce our Academic Year 2027 Distinguished Artist-Scholar in Residence Dejha Carrington.

Dejha Carrington is an arts leader. In 2017, she co-founded Commissioner, a collaborative model and social practice that brings locals together to support contemporary artists and collect art in their cities. As Executive Director, she has cultivated an expansive community of over 850 members to date, collectively funding more than 50 curated artist commissions in Miami, Detroit, Montréal, and Mexico City.

From 2015 to 2022, Dejha served as Vice President of Strategic Communications for YoungArts, advancing the national foundation’s mission to nurture the careers of emerging artists and alumni. Previous experience includes press relations and strategy for institutions such as the Kimbell Art Museum (Fort Worth, TX); the 43rd Edition of the Medellín Biennial and ArtBo (Medellín and Bogotá, Colombia); and the National Film Board of Canada (Montréal, Canada).

Join us as we welcome Dejha Carrington to the CBVC and NYU community with a celebratory reception marking the start of a fellowship dedicated to storytelling, process, and meaning-making in the arts.

September 16, 2026 6:00pm - 8:00pm 20 Cooper Square 3rd Floor Lobby, New York, NY, 10003
RSVP using the link in our bio

Continue reading Dejha Carrington’s full bio on our website.

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A pause for gratefulness 🖤 A full and beautiful life is right in front of us if we take a closer look <3

Forever finding our way back to Miami @micheleokadoner

That Monday morning I showed up at @carringtoner with a camera crew 🤣

Told my sis in law I was taking her to see cats, except it was @catsjellicleball lol

Day 4 of inhaling ink fumes with @alexvazz

Spending Easter with my Rakata fam (and making it to @onlyindade for twerking bunny 🤣)

Con la jefa @lilnaniruiz

Hot dog @kellybreez

That time @gumbyking99 let us into the iconic Atlantis condo cube in Brickell to discover in search of imaginary glass blocks lol @maybekevinrios

GOIN OFF

Auntie Ann puppy lovin @bonannza

When you realize people who love good choirs are ur fav people @cynkoha @randiwolfson @moitoymoitoy @youngmusiciansunite

My fav step sisters @maximilian.julian @rudyvela1

Best track record for attending envelope openings @neilassquez

Right before we flicked off Epstein’s house @kdr305 @alexis_trice ❤️

Bill and Bertha Gates take @elevenmadisonpark

A “You are where you need to be” moment with @lonijae305 at @pamm

Celebrating our foreign exchange student getting married (@the.fed, not the dog)

Mother’s Day 🖤

My fav bday PARAKEET and paper crown @malinebean

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A new creative chapter begins at The Kampong.

On Saturday, July 25, AIRIE.Foundation welcomed guests into its new residency environment for an afternoon of art, conversation, and connection.

Surrounded by the beauty of The Kampong (@thekampong)we started our day with a private tour by the Director Brian Sidot. Followed by July AIRIE.Foundation Fellow Laurena Finéus @laurenafineus in thoughtful conversation with Kristina Newman-Scott @knewmanscott , VP/Arts at Knight Foundation @knightfdn, and Global Artistic Director Cornelius Tulloch @corneliustulloch about slowing down, reconnecting with the natural world, and becoming more attentive observers of the environments around us.

Thank you to everyone who joined us and helped make this gathering so meaningful. As AIRIE.Foundation expands its story from the Everglades to Environments Everywhere, we look forward to creating more opportunities for artists, place, and community to come together.

Stay connected as this next chapter unfolds.

@trobertsoncarter | @valeriegracericordi | @cmxnr | @ntbg | @carringtoner

#AIRIEFoundation #ContemporaryArt #InstallationArt

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