Voracious DPC

Category: Artists

  • Untitled post 1998

    “My work conveys that Black women’s existence in this world is revolutionary, radical, innovative, and unapologetic, and her gaze is powerful.” -Mickalene Thomas The artist Mickalene Thomas rejects barriers to imagination. In a 2022 podcast interview with Debbie Millman on Design Matters, Thomas talked about the diverse enriching life experiences that led her to become…

  •  “Fuck it. Let’s just do it ourselves.” – Linda Goode Bryant on the creation of Just Above Midtown Gallery (JAM)

     “Fuck it. Let’s just do it ourselves.” – Linda Goode Bryant on the creation of Just Above Midtown Gallery (JAM)

    When the gallerist Linda Goode Bryant worked as director of education at the Studio Museum in Harlem in the early 1970s, artists gathered in her work space for conversation. Their discussions often came to the same place. The art establishment denied artists of color- Black, Indigenous, Asian, Latine/x- exhibition opportunities. Goode Bryant’s response to this…

  • We’re all as simple and complex as anyone else

    “Everyone can relate to an image of a Black woman . . . the same way I can relate to any of Whistler’s portraits.” -Artist Claudette Johnson in The New York Times, Artist Questionnaire.

  • Rules To Live By: André De Shields

    Tony Award winning actor André De Shields’ three cardinal rules for sustainability and longevity. Cardinal Rule #1: Surround yourself with people whose eyes light up when they see you coming. Cardinal Rule #2: Slowly is the fastest way to get to where you want to be. Cardinal Rule #3: The top of one mountain is…