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God, Grace, Art + Authenticity.๐งฟ One Of Dem Ones. Afrodiasporadical. Polymath. Artist. Muse. Witness. World-Changer. Howard & SOAS Alum. ๐ชฌ ๐๐ฆ๐ท๏ธ๐น
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๐ฃ๏ธI HAVE NEWS!
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ, curated by Maleke Glee, has been extended! The exhibition will be on view through January 2027 at The Delaware Contemporary!
Iโm thrilled folks will have more time to visit and sit with this beautiful show!
From Malekeโs curatorial statement:
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด. ๐๐ค๐ณ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด, ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฉ๐ข๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ช๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฉ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ. ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ญ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ดโ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ณ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ท๐ข๐ญ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ถ๐ฎ, ๐ญ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ญ๐บ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฎ.
The work in ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ธ๐ช๐ต๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ดโ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ด๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฆ๐ฅ, ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด๐ค๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ด๐ถ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ, ๐ด๐ถ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ช๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ช๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ถ๐ข๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆโฆ
14 Sep 2026
THE LAND SINGS OF A DREAM: โI am a New York-based multidisciplinary artist, educator, curator, organizer, and producer. The phrase Iโve landed on is change agent โ it captures the way my work moves across realms and disciplines. Everything I do explores the human story through the lenses of culture, history, music, race, and ritual.โ โ Niama Safia Sandy.
@___niama___
Visit the link in our bio to read more.
24 Mar 2026
ENCODED won both categories it was up for at this yearโs Webby Awards: BEST COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT and BEST USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY!!!!!!!!
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Thank you and congratulations to the incredible @amplifierart team, co-curator Tracy Rector (@tracyrectorart), EyeJack, and to the powerful native artists whose work so beautifully centered the voices of Indigenous communities past, present and future: Amelia Winger-Bearskin (@studioamelia), Bear Fox (@bearfox34), Bird x Bird (@bird_x_bird), Cannupa Hanska Luger (@cannupahanska), Cass Gardiner (@cass_gardiner), Demain DinรฉYazhi (@heterogeneoushomosexual), Lite Brite Neon (@litebriteneon), Flechas, Jarrette Werk, Jeremy Dennis (@jeremynative), Josuรฉ Rivas (@josue_foto), Katsitsionni Fox (@lifegiverspottery), Lokotah Sanborn (@lokotahsanborn), Mali Obomsawin (@maliobomsawin), Mer Young (meryoungart), Nicholas Galanin (@nicholasgalanin), Priscilla Dobler Dzul (@priscilladoblerdzul_studio), & Skawennati (@skawennati).
Being invited into this project was such a tremendous opportunity to learn, grow, facilitate and contextualize the communityโs experience! Leading tours of this exhibition really changed me, how I look at certain threads of not just American Art but Western history on the whole. In the months since my involvement, it has already shifted my thinking within my work as an arts administrator, artist, and curator! I am so grateful!
Thank you to everyone who voted to have this AUDACIOUS, brilliant project be recognized for the revolutionary act it is!
22 Apr 2026
Last month, as part of my birthday celebrations, I took a lovely excursion to The Catskills. Thank you again to the team at The Perch for the generous invitation!
Iโll eventually make a reel about the full weekend BUT for now Iโm sharing one of the highlights: this timelapse of the sunset over the incredible vista at @theperchcatskills! The Perch offers a totally jaw-dropping view spanning New York, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont.
Iโll be thinking about it for a long time to come.
15 Oct 2026
The future is imagined before itโs built. And youโre one of the people imagining it. ๐๏ธ
Our friend and partner @___niama___, artist and cultural architect, reminds us that artists and organizers hold real power right now: we make space for expansive thinking. To get there, we have to go deep into imagination.
Through our new initiative @peace_isapractice, weโre building an archive of peacebuilders, humanitarians, and artists. These are living voices from around the world, gathered to draw on the wisdom already alive in our communities and to invite us all into the practice of peace.
Niama leaves us with a question to carry:
Where will you make space for deep imagination today?
Peace isnโt a destination. Itโs something we practice, together.
Open source educational tools launching soon at peaceisapractice.org
13 Oct 2026
Some of my favorite moments of the last couple months in Niamaland.
Art and love are always around us. The joy of life is being present enough to recognize whatโs in front of usโin the moments, experiences, environments, with other people and, most importantly, within ourselves.
These months have brought deeper connections to my faith and self-trust. All kinds of things I couldnโt see fully in my mindโs eye worked out for my good in the rear view.
I remain grateful to be rebuilding an aligned, beautiful, joyous, love-filled, and healthy life.
It is well! โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
12 Oct 2026
As the weather gets cooler, Iโm holding tightly to my moments with the bees, and butterflies and things.
For a few years now I have allowed myself the whimsy of really SEEING them when I spot them feasting on flowers or just moving through space. I often stop what Iโm doing. If they move, I might followโusually laughing at myself because itโs a thing a child might do. It makes me happy though.
Iโve been thinking about the fluidity, freedom and resonance in their movement. How vital their presence is to everything continuing to live. How their โflightโ sometimes seems more like an anti-gravity mechanism. The more I observe them, the more they help me understand that there isnโt just one way to fly. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
01 Oct 2026
Join us for "Make Memory MOVE II: A Monument for The Washer Women" on October 4, 2026, from 1 PM to 4 PM in West End Atlanta. Experience a performance work in progress and celebrate the legacy of Black women who organized in 1881. Choose a cycle or attend all three, with a Q&A at 4 PM. Register now via the link in our bio!
09 Sep 2026
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You can live life like youโre dreaming with your eyes wide open. Maintaining faith, grace, gratitude, joy, and love in your heart and soul is the key to everything. Itโs not easy but itโs ALWAYS worth it.
If I know anything at all at this point about life, itโs that God has the last word. Everything else is IRRELEVANT. Believe it! Take heart and trust because if you are really doing your part of the work, the things you are worried about will all align for the best, one way or the other. There will be days when weโll all get to just be.
Happy birthday to me! ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ๐ฅณ
๐ธ: @byruvan
16 Sep 2026
This Spring, on a whim, I applied to an indigo research residency for Pratt faculty jointly offered between Pratt Dye Garden (@prattdyegarden) and Blue: The Tatter Textile Library (@tatterbluelibrary) studying with world renowned Malian indigo artist Aboubakar Fofana (@aboubakarfofana)!
There are some ideas Iโve been sitting with within my practice that made indigo seem like a perfect avenue for exploration! It felt so aligned, and luckily, the selection panel agreed! I was one of three Pratt teaching artists selected as a resident. By the time I learned I was selected, I was sure June & July were going to be hectic but I was committed to making everything work to the best of my ability!
It was a truly transformative experience to learn from Fofana and interact with this rich, ancient medium. I was surprised at how fast and well I took to the process of preparing the vats. I love the sense of presence and calm building and working with them offers. ๐
Looking back at it now, I may have been in need of something to bring me back into my body at that moment. I genuinely felt something unlock inside me when I put my hands into a vat for the first time. I am hungry for more!
The workshops opened up new pathways for possibility in my work. In the process, I realized I had some triggers (childhood burn trauma) to get through. Trusting myself to be patient enough to safely and slowly work through the steps really made all the difference.
Itโs been almost two months and I am still so grateful for the time in the Dye Garden and the gift of watching the plants and pollinators in action.
Now that itโs all done, I feel compelled to continue my studies with indigo and potentially other dyes and textile techniques. Iโm SUPER EXCITED about the possibilities and what dye can teach me about the world and myself!!!
More soon!
10 Sep 2026
โWriting the Grooveโ was incredible.
Thank you to Olaronke and the amazing team at @thefreeblackwomenslibrary for welcoming us into your space and the brilliant audience for filling the room with so much love!
Iโm so grateful to Novella, Cheryl, Lynne, Delphine, Joel, and Serena for offering their powerful presence and words. The love was truly felt!! Tears of joy, grief and pride were shed.
Thank you to each and every person who offered their time by being in that beautiful room with us.
Shout out to @lu_xdyz, @lovejonespr, @adamadelphine for the images here that I wasnโt able to capture myself.
Novella & I in conversation about my form โThe Grooveโ and the genesis of my newly relaunched campaign.
The joy I felt in this moment watching Mama Cheryl read. ๐๐๐๐
Cheryl closing her portion of the reading with a June Jordan poem.
Delphine reading Berette MacCauleyโs poem in โPraise House,โ ADFโs monograph published earlier this year.
Sophia reading a letter from Black Liberationist Robert Seth Hayes during his wrongful incarceration, from her project โCorrespondence.โ
An excerpt from Lynneโs powerful poem โProof of Life.โ
A magical moment.
08 Sep 2026
My series โThe Grooveโ is BACK on the streets of Brooklyn like it was always meant to be!
Originally commissioned in 2021, the relaunched street art series is focused on how AI is directly impacting Black cultural and political life. It centers my form โThe Grooveโ a generative positionally that asserts the unassailable possibilities of Black life. It is a refusal against the (ac)counting and commodification that White Settler Capitalism has long waged on humanity in general and on Black people in particular. It is the perfect setting to deal with the algorithm and its roots/routes in historical chattel slavery.
If youโre in NYC visit the works at Marcus Garvey Blvd & Van Buren Street and at Nostrand Avenue & President Street.
Thank you to The Braintrust whose support makes this possible. ๐๐ฟ
Over the next year, the works will be placed in communities across the United States and other spaces. Iโm in search of strong community partners so please reach out if you may be interested. โค๏ธโ๐ฅ
07 Sep 2026
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