The Black Ordinary

Black Womanhood, Quilting, and Ancestral Veneration

This episode features artist, scholar, and creative doula, Dr. Sharbreon Plummer! Listen as she shares how ancestral veneration, material culture, and intergenerational knowledge have enriched her interdisciplinary practice and guided the development of recently curated exhibitions and multiple publications. For more Black art, Black archives, and Black autonomy, subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter [https://theblackordinary.substack.com/], follow us on Instagram @theblackordinary [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn_5j7uFHe/?img_index=1] and visit theblackordinary.com [http://theblackordinary.com] ! ----- Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

WNBA Sports Fashion, Black Queer Expression, and Speculative Fantasy

This episode features artist and archivist Hypatia Sorunke and their newest project: "Fitted WNBA". Listen as Hypatia discusses their love for the way WNBA sporting events build community, provide a safe platform for personal expression, and help preserve Black queer collective memory. For more Black art, Black archives, and Black autonomy, subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter [https://theblackordinary.substack.com/], follow us on Instagram @theblackordinary [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn_5j7uFHe/?img_index=1] and visit theblackordinary.com [http://theblackordinary.com] ! ----- Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

Portraiture, Black Family Archives, and Photography as a Visual Language

This month, I'm in conversation with Los Angeles-based photographer, Maya June Mansour! As a Co-Founder of Black Image Center, a non-profit committed to uplifting LA's Black storytellers, Maya discusses her love for portraiture and affirms the importance of photography as a visual language that preserves culture and transcends time. For more Black art, Black archives, and Black autonomy, subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter [https://theblackordinary.substack.com/], follow us on Instagram @theblackordinary [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn_5j7uFHe/?img_index=1] and visit theblackordinary.com [http://theblackordinary.com] ! ----- Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

Black Philly History, Social Museums, and Afro-Indigenous Identity

For this episode, I'm in conversation with community historian and Co-Founder of 1838 Black Metropolis, Morgan Lloyd. Listen as she shares the histories of extraordinarily ordinary Black Philadelphians in the early 1800s whose lives were enriched by community, joy, and intersectional experiences. For more Black art, Black archives, and Black autonomy, subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter [https://theblackordinary.substack.com/], follow us on Instagram @theblackordinary [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn_5j7uFHe/?img_index=1] and visit theblackordinary.com [http://theblackordinary.com] ! ----- Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC

On Black Creativity, Afrofuturism, and Believing Black Women

On this episode, I'm in conversation with Los Angeles-based multidisciplinary artist and activist, Autumn Breon. Listen in as we discuss Autumn's use of archival material in her artistic collaborations and the importance of Black creativity, Black communal spaces, afrofuturist imagination, and believing Black women (the first time!). For more Black art, Black archives, and Black autonomy, subscribe to our monthly e-newsletter [https://theblackordinary.substack.com/], follow us on Instagram @theblackordinary [https://www.instagram.com/p/DFn_5j7uFHe/?img_index=1] and visit theblackordinary.com [http://theblackordinary.com] ! ----- Edited by: Kaitlyn B. Jones Produced by: Conduit Arts, LLC