Inspirations
Inspirations, Aspirations & More Black Joy:
The Museum of Black Joy acknowledges & celebrates the work and creative energy of other joy-workers shining light on the transformational power of Black Joy.
Kleaver Cruz, Founder, Black Joy Project | Photo Credit: Stefen Pompée
The Black Joy Project has always been about taking the time to hold up mirrors for each other. Be it in conversation, writing, workshops, videos, audio recordings, photos and all the ways TBJP continues to manifest. Black joy is not about running away from pain or the context in which we exist, but rather that in the face of those obstacles we can conjure a force that offers us healing, time to reflect and good ol regular degular fun and good feelings. Thassit. And that with that power we, collectively, can cultivate a world where that is the base of our existence and where we get to exist with a love and appreciation for us that is reciprocated. That world is possible. —Kleaver Cruz
Photobook Fest, 2018
Black Joy and Resistance debuted at the International Center of Photography Photobook Fest, December 6, 2018. Source: See Author Website >>
Adreinne Waheed is a visual artist based in Brooklyn, NY and Berkeley, CA. Her work bears witness to and holds space for the beauty, brilliance and resilience of Black folks across the diaspora.
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We Want to Do More Than Survive: University of Georgia Professor Bettina Love is the author of, We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom, in which she shares her thoughts on how educators, parents, and community leaders can advocate for “education freedom” for students through civic engagement and activism. (Listen in on a conversation about Black Joy below.)
“We can’t have liberation without joy.” Dr. Bettina Love
Women’s Mobile Museum Collective | 2018 | From Top Left: Muffy Ashley Torress, Davelle Barnes, afaq, Sister Elaine, Tash Billington, Shana Adina Roberts, Carrie Anne Shimborski, Sir Zanele Muholi, Dannielle Morris, Lori Waselchuk, Shasta Bady, Andrea Walls, Iris Maldonado
Produced, Directed and Edited by: Cindy Burstein & Anula Shetty
WOMEN’S MOBILE MUSEUM
Led by internationally acclaimed South African visual activist Zanele Muholi, ten Philadelphia women challenged the barriers of contemporary art. Filmmakers Cindy Burstein and Anula Shetty documented the yearlong project. Women's Mobile Museum: Portraits of Visual Activism is a unique vision of Muholi, the ten participants, and their journey to reclaim the space and function of creating art.