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Artistic director JooWan Kim of Ensemble Mik Nawooj combines hip-hop and orchestra, showcasing a vibrant cultural experience.

The Woodland Opera House will be hosting a Broadway Masterclass with a member of the touring company of  “Six the Musical.”

YoloArts’ Gallery 625 will be hosting a new group exhibition featuring artwork that focuses on the American experience through an African American lens.

Nationwide — The Lewis-Barthé collection is for sale through Unity Lewis (the paternal grandson of Samella Lewis) and Art For Us By Us, an online initiative providing a platform for Black, Indigenous Artists of Color. This is the first time that these works are being shown as a collaborative collection. “I hope that my people will look into my

Latin percussionist Javier Navarrette will open the second annual set of events, which will last into October this year.

A curator, artist and musician carries the legacy of his grandmother’s groundbreaking work documenting the Black experience

Author, painter, curator, and historian, Samella Lewis, who sought to preserve the history of Black communities across time, has ascended.

Samella Lewis was an energetic artist, curator, collector and historian, and her manifold contributions to art history were extensive and deep.

We talk to Shonna McDaniels, director of the Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, about the cultural institution she founded over 25 years ago, the many Black pioneers around the region, and the relationship between race and the arts.