So thrilled to lend my voice to this great story from PBS.... Cultural impact of Black men's fashion in the spotlight at upcoming Met Gala pbs.org/newshour/show/cultur…

freep.com/story/entertainmen… Minute-long 1898 silent movie, once lost, greets visitors of new DIA exhibit on Black film @rhea_combs

The forgotten Muslim heroes who fought for Britain in the trenches | First world war | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/2017/n…

I have just finished traveling around the planet all summer, speaking at events from Iceland to Ecuador to Rio to Barcelona to London to Mexico City to Auckland to Montreal - and places in between. What a privilege. And what made it worthwhile was meeting (and hearing presentations from) gifted design leaders like Liza Enebeis, Paula Scher, Lisa Smith, Eddie Opara, Stefan Sagmeister, Tim Goodman, Gemma O'Brien and Astrid Stavro. What made it insanely painful was sitting through talks where it quickly became clear a speaker believed that tossing one or two projects up on a screen - and then yakking endlessly about it - is “a presentation.” The difference between a story-driven talk from someone like Liza versus most designers, is the difference between lighting and a lighting bug. Thus, my fellow designers, here are Six Principles For A Pretty Damn Good Design Talk: 1. Tell a completely new story every 4 or 5 minutes - framing one overall idea or theme. If you have a twenty-minute speech, that’s five very different stories. Begin and end with your best ones. 2. A story has a clear beginning moment, a tough obstacle you overcame (in an original way) and a “wow” resolution. 3. Never be boring. If you are on an elevated stage with a spotlight, the audience is expecting you to be entertaining. Not informative. Entertaining. They are not there to hear a lecture. I once saw Frank Gehry give an hour talk on his sketching process for eight different buildings. Eight different dazzling stories. The giant room was spellbound. If Frank Gehry goes out of his way to make his lectures entertaining, so can you. 4. Rehearse. In front of your colleagues and friends. Ask them to be beyond ruthless in their criticism. Rehearse again. 5. If you can do all of these things, then accept an invitation to speak and you will knock it out of the park. 6. Again, never be boring. Be ridiculous. Absurd. But never be boring. (Yes, this rule will get you in trouble. Do not worry. Make mistakes - the audience will be with you.)

The value of what it means to be a trained competent, graphic designer has been diminished for years. AI for all it's benefits will only put petrol on it. For better and worse. But great ideas will always win.

When I read Amiri & Amina Baraka’s 1987 *The Music: Reflections on Jazz & Blues* — published the year I began writing professionally — what most affected me were not their contemplations on Miles Davis, Max Roach, and other great artists.

This is a statement from two of the people who wrote Florida's new education standards on slavery. In it they give several names of people to exemplify slaves who learned skills they applied later in life. Let's go through the supposed truth of this list one by one.

Ain’t nothing changed but the weather.

I understand the interest in #titanicsub. Something to also think about: The scene now at the tiny fishing harbour of El Lousa, #Tunisia. Boat capsized with 40 people. 11 drowned. Bodies arriving into port. Happening almost everyday. Pictures to follow

Please help me! My family friends son who is in Year 9, Black and Zimbabwean has been bullied at @DesboroughSch this is what the bullies left in his bag! 😡 The school MUST taken action pls RT! @Ofstednews

Here's the gofundme link: gofundme.com/f/nf36y-cover-m…

Good episide @dancharnas

Had the pleasure of spending time with this wonderful and visionary creative as an adult. His irreverent humor fueled me, while as a kid, his animations filled my weekends. Leo D. Sullivan, animator on 'Fat Albert,' 'Flash Gordon,' dies at 82 nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/leo-… via @nbcnews

The exhibition I co-curated with Doris Berger and colleagues @AcademyMuseum is up for a Webby Award. ✨ Please vote for our REGENERATION website. Details ⤵️. This microsite was especially designed to amplify the exhibit and info regarding Black film production from 1898-1971.

Huge congratulations. Gonna vote now. ✨

SOUND PATTERNS Art Exhibition No. 8: An exploration of martial arts within the Black aesthetic / Closing reception @HonfleurGallery Fri. 4.7.23 / 7-10PM EST Ft artist: Kojo Boateng (@kboateng) Info: shaolinjazz.com See you tomorrow🤟🏾 #shaolinjazz #artshow

After enduring a heart condition, Amy Sherald got a new lease on life w/ a successful heart transplant at 39 & fully embraced her #art. She was the 1st woman to win the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition @smithsoniannpg. @MichelleObama chose her to paint her official portrait.

When your show gets featured in @washingtonpost / See you all on Fri for the Sound Patterns Closing Reception: washingtonpost.com/arts-ente… #shaolinjazz #soundpatterns #artshow #honfleurgallery #blackaesthetic #martialarts #hiphop #artexhibition #washingtonpost

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We'd be remiss if we didn't give a shout to our beverage partner @elsilencio who provided support for our opening reception SOUND PATTERNS No. 8: an exploration of martial arts within the Black aesthetic @honfleurgallery For inquiries about the exhibition visit @honfleurgallery