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I #sculpt & #animate #gumwrappers! @srbarroislyndon #animation #director #vfx #feature #film #artist #sportraits #sculptor #stopmotion #artcollector

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Will be on a plane to CHINA tomorrow 12 AM on my bornday 10.28 with @andrewhagarofficial and fam… so this week I am reflective of the yr:: tis essential to have inspiring, grounded people in your corner - to uplift & uphold 🐈‍⬛🎶 that’s the only way in the path of longevity - earnestness & excellence!!

Love to all, appreciate every invite and kind vibe shared in every space! x Steph YU

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What I’ve been making in art class. Creole represent!

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On June 10th, I came across an IG post featuring the late Betye Saar’s Gris-Gris Guardian. The image caught my eye and led me to register for @blackportraitures : Los Angeles: The Black Built Environment, not knowing what I was signing myself up for. BOY, how naïve I was! Little did I know how incredibly special those three days at UCLA would be. The conference brought together scholars, artists, historians, architects, photographers, and lovers of our culture to explore the Black built environment through the spaces, histories, memories, and visual traditions that shape Black life across the Diaspora.

What really stayed with me was watching colleagues and friends reconnect, laugh, learn from one another, and share a commitment to preserving and uplifting the histories and legacies we carry. I met so many wonderful people and spent time around truly brilliant minds, a couple of whom thought I was either @kaepernick7 or @mychal3ts at a certain angle.

But yo, I left feeling inspired, grateful, and honestly in awe of this community. I wish I could go back and sit through every convo again, even if it meant squeezing into a packed room and trying to remember where I parked or streaming sessions from my phone while stuck at work. Hopefully, I can make it to Memphis next year!

S/O to Isabella Kestermann, Kara Olidge, and Whova for keeping us connected, and to @gettymuseum , @ucla , and @nyuniversity for hosting such a special gathering!

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Three days of Black Portraiture[s] in Los Angeles felt less like a conference and more like finding your tribe.

The gathering opened at The Getty with a networking reception where the love in the room was immediate… photographers, artists, curators, scholars, and cultural workers connecting before the keynote conversation with Deborah Willis, Kellie Jones, and Bridget R. Cooks.

Days two and three continued with lectures, panels, and presentations exploring Black creative autonomy, photography, architecture, visual culture, collective memory, and the built environment. Speakers included Mara Brock Akil, Theaster Gates, CCH Pounder, Sandra Jackson-Dumont, and many others whose work continues to shape how we see, preserve, and imagine Black life.

What stayed with me most was the community. So many people doing serious work around Black image-making, history, space, and culture… all in one place, exchanging ideas and building relationships.

Next stop: Memphis.

Black Portraiture[s]: Memphis — Portals and Presence of the Studio takes place April 22–24, 2027. If Los Angeles was any indication, you don’t want to miss it.

📸 Images & Words by: Major Caldwell IV
@way2majorarchive

#TheKultureCapsule #DocumentingFutureHistory #leica #sigmalens #🔴📷

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Appreciate all the birthday love my friends, feels right that today is officially bringing an end to the maddest, most special summer of my life. ❤️‍🔥🏆

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This weekend I needed a familiar sound, a familiar hug. I needed a familiar ear, someone who understood my language. I needed to sway and move to music. To laugh and to eat sweet potato pie. I needed to belong. I needed an essence of home.

So I jammed to my friend @jasonmarsalis and was introduced to the phenomenal @ttatemusic and @colliersworld at the @centralavenuejazz fest in South LA.

I ate oxtail with rice and peas in my great Aunts living room, sitting on pillows wrapped in plastic near Leimert Park while Curtis Mayfield play in the background as my Godmother fussed about the LSU game.

I sat at the head of a table of New Orleanians who found their way to LA some time ago and who knew I would need ushering in. We laughed and we drank wine, exchanged familiar lingo while we enjoyed a mix of Nigerian and Kenyan food served by the phenomenal chef @kianomoju at her @jikoni.la pop-up and my friend @loliselie educated us on his endless wine collection.

This weekend I needed something familiar, something that knew me, something that didn’t make me feel different. Something that welcomed me with love and a big ole hug.

And I shole got it.

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“Is it fine art? No, it’s finer art.” - George Lucas

Last night, the Lucas Museum celebrated the artists in our inaugural collection with a special preview hosted by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. Together with directors, curators, and collectors of Los Angeles, we honored the achievements of the creative minds whose work made this museum possible.

Mellody Hobson, Lucy Audrey Wilson, and George Lucas

Mellody Hobson and George Lucas

The Oculus at the Lucas Museum Special Preview

Takashi Murakami and Lucas Museum Senior Curator and Head of Film Programs Ryan Linkof

The Lucas Museum Special Preview

Calida Rawles, Janine Sherman Barrois, Kyungmi Shin, Lucas Museum CEO Tracey Bates, and Lyndon Barrois

Ma Yansong and Tracey Bates

The Murals gallery at the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art

Judy Baca with the final colorations of the Great Wall of Los Angeles mural

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Back in April, I had the honor of working with Hope Solo on an interview set to air during the opening of FIFA World Cup in June. I may be a little late on sharing this, but I couldn’t pass up the chance to highlight what an incredible experience it was to be part of this project 🎬

Makeup & Hair By Me ✨

#explorepage #fyp

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GATHERING
Einstein Collection followed by
“Nathan Mabry: Bird Watchers” @nathanmabry @royaleprojects @hotelbelair, curated by @cura_art_ @ackermanstudios

#art #curator #collector #artist

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This is 50! Thanks to my west coast peeps for the multiple days of celebrating, I stayed wasted, fed, danced and Happy!! 😊🥳🎂🧡💙

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This weekend is our last chance to see the exhibition “Get in the Game” at the PAMM! We’re so grateful to everyone who came to the exhibition at SF MoMA ( @sfmoma ), Crystal Bridges ( @crystalbridgesmuseum ), and the Perez Art Museum Miami ( @pamm ). Also, we want to thank the curators, Jennifer Dunlop Fletcher, Seph Rodney, and Katy Siegel, for their amazing work in putting together this incredible show. Lastly thank you to everyone who tagged me in your posts as the piece traveled.

I’ve listed some of the exhibition’s main highlights below, and sincerely hope you understand if I didn’t include you in the photo credits.

#pamm #sfmoma #gametimesessions #getinthegame

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#claudemonet #monetandvenice
#julyflewby

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#LaPerla Live 😍 @rosalia.vt

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🏳️‍🌈🏟️

#vivapalestinaaaa

Couldnt miss this!! @deyoungmuseum #monetandvenice

Berghain live >>>>>>🤩🤩🤩

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Go Chef Go!!!!

Chef Whassh explaining her creative twist on these amazing desserts 😍

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Me whenever my faves’ songs play in public

😭🥹 #layugular

This was before I knew Demi was at this show

An icon #hokusai #thegreatwaveofkanagawa

@lacma

@rosalia.vt 👏🏼🩵

That California sun turned to night traffic 🎶🌇 #latraffic

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