I'M STILL HER

[nicowheadon]

🐾📚🐾 Not gonna lie—Phife’s SO nose deep in this week’s reading, he’s got me thinking he can read! 🧠 It’s a wonder I get anything done around here. 🤦🏾‍♀️ #teacherspet #TAfromhell https://www.instagram.com/p/BuZ-ZK_lwdp/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=k8nj5q0v9rdw

[nicowheadon]

♦️▪️♥️▪️♦️ That moment when you *almost* forget you are on the Upper East Side. I continue to be floored by how @derrickadamsny completely transforms his environment, and how his very presence in a space draws out people from your past, present and future! 🕒🔺🕧🔻🕞 (Thanks @waydemcintosh for the reminder, and nice to meet you @justintoart!) D, you are a literal force and I’m so proud to call you family! ✊🏾 ALSO: David Hammons @tiltongallery, y’all! (at Luxembourg Dayan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuY-c80FPEE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vnd4eoc1bf3s

[nicowheadon]

Join @studiomuseum, @nypl and author @imaniperry this Saturday at the George Bruce branch for #StudioSalon: #LookingforLorraine! 👀 This discussion and interactive workshop is inspired by her book “Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry.” In the book, Perry paints an empathetic portrait of an artist who lived in a community of thinkers working at the intersections of art and activism throughout New York City. In this Studio Salon, Perry will highlight Lorraine Hansberry's community activism and impact on Harlem. This program will be followed by an informal Q&A. 🙋🏽‍♀️ This Studio Salon is part of the Museum's ongoing partnership with George Bruce Library and is presented as part of #inHarlem, The Studio Museum in Harlem's initiative designed to explore innovative ways to work in the community while taking the Museum beyond its own walls. (at George Bruce Library - NYPL) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuJbK-sl2-8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=mfq9q677k6q6

[nicowheadon]

🔸🔛🔶🎶🧡🎶🔶🔝🔸 The team that Docs together, roc(k)s together! ✔️ @chayannemarcano @mangledsyntax @studiomuseum @drmartensofficial (at Harlem) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuH2r1wlPTU/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1dps01oddo3rd

[nicowheadon]

What a treat it was, reviewing, “Gordon Parks: The New Tide, 1940-1950” for @brooklynrail! 🌊 Parks’ images transform me, every single time. I’m lucky to have found a string of words to describe his genius, and my admiration. ⛓ Link in bio. (at National Gallery of Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGq5tElWb4/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ii9nbzc7eplr

[nicowheadon]

Boo, Art Detective on the case! #aBOOgiewitdahoodie 🔺🔍🔻 Experiencing all the feels writing about @kevinmbeasley’s #aviewofalandscape for @artnet. ✍🏾 Swipe 🔙 for some of my favorite details. #itsallinthedetails (at Whitney Museum of American Art) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuDLf6cl7SH/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1c2ushgd5xzgp

[nicowheadon]

Grateful for this day, and this community. 🖤 #CultureInAChangingAmerica #InterrogationsOfForm @parkavearmory @studiomuseum 🙏🏾 @thelmagolden @chayannemarcano @mangledsyntax @lpbrooks @lesliehewitt @bornokwui @__diya________ @ebonynoellegolden @onyedikachuke @harlempridenyc @toshi.reagon.live @astoldbytsige @ivorytower_headass @bill_t.jones @juliemehretu @bamuthi360 @heykorde @malikdlewis @the.jumpsuit.project @gi_huo @dahsawn @theflaherty @natblacktheatre @mario_gooden_thisishowwework @torkwasedyson 💬 #andsomanymore (at Park Avenue Armory) https://www.instagram.com/p/BuAg0LOF47q/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=12mviqxcmbro4

[nicowheadon]

✨🌈💕📽💕🌈✨ Thanks to all who joined @studiomuseum, @visual_aids and @sugarhillmuseum last night for “Day With(out) Art 2018 | Alternate Endings, Activist Risings!” 🎞✊🏾🎞 Infinite gratitude to those who spoke so candidly—both on stage and on screen—about the passion and urgency driving their work. And for your generosity in translating what Fred described as the impulse to “fight for your life, with your life,” as a call to action in service of others. 🙏🏾 @actupny #PositiveWomensNetwork @theseroproject #TheSPOT #TacomaActionCollective @vocalnewyork @cedlynn #MichelleLopez @frederickweston @fagalho @laurendkelley #StudioScreen #DayWithoutArt #inHarlem (at Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrAfa2SFyZN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=4wcqfy6g49wx

[nicowheadon]

✨📽✨ Join @studiomuseum, @visual_aids and @sugarhillmuseum #TONIGHT for “Day With(out) Art 2018 | Alternate Endings, Activist Risings!” ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽 Location: 6:30pm—8:30pm at Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling, 898 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York, NY 10032 📍 This film highlights the impact of art in AIDS activism and advocacy today by commissioning compelling short videos from six inspiring community organizations and collectives: ACT UP NY, Positive Women's Network, Sero Project, The SPOT, Tacoma Action Collective, and VOCAL NY. 🙌🏾 The participating organizations represent a wide range of operational strategies, from direct action and grassroots service providers to nation-wide movement building. 🗯 Following the screening, grassroots organizers Cedric Sturdevant (The SPOT), Michelle Lopez (Just KIDS), and visual artist Frederick Weston (Visual AIDS) will join for a discussion moderated by Lauren Kelley, Director and Chief Curator of the Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art and Storytelling. Panelists will discuss the role of family and community in creative responses to AIDS in New York City and the American South. 💭 This program seeks to reflect the persisting urgencies of today's HIV/AIDS epidemic by pointing to pressing political concerns. In their commissioned videos, organizations address intersecting issues including anti-Black violence, HIV criminalization, homelessness, and the disproportionate effects of HIV on marginalized communities. Amid growing interest in the histories of AIDS activism, Alternate Endings, Activist Risings foregrounds contemporary engagements between activists, artists, and cultural workers on the front lines. #StudioScreen #DayWithoutArt #inHarlen (at Sugar Hill Children's Museum of Art & Storytelling) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq93rP8lDLM/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1riaaveq90dev

[nicowheadon]

And finally, stepping into today infinitely grateful for our community—all those pictured (and not pictured) here that have held, and continue to hold, us up! 🙌🏾 (📷: 1-4, @lcwheadon; 📷: 5-10, @kingtexas) #throwbackthursday #weeksvilleintheknees #lastpostiswear 🖤 @malikdlewis @lcwheadon @jdad310 @hilarywoof @sycofantastic @myparedros @trwarburton @randy_wheadon @sdogram66 tariqsaunders @leerenee65 @markrsloan @pghms3 @sable_elyse 👋🏾 (at Weeksville Heritage Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfRb9GlbD-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ocvi4i2tnhd7

[nicowheadon]

Also grateful that levity and play are such vital tools of communication for my people! ✨🌈✨ @hmurphii @sable_elyse @hallierr @ejames3 @malikdlewis @liamcalderbank @chayannemarcano @astoldbytsige @sky_walker1738 @thelmagolden @derrickadamsny @michaelchuapoco @negraanegra @lpbrooks @zacharyfabri @miguelluciano_ny @gi_huo (📷: 1-7 💕@kingtexas💕) #throwbackthursday #weeksvilleintheknees (at Weeksville Heritage Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfIdr9Fm1_/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fh5rlkbvltl9

[nicowheadon]

Grateful for the tenderness and intimacy of these moments, and for Texas Isaiah’s singular ability to see and capture them. 📷: @kingtexas 💕 @malikdlewis @heykorde @cpmussar @randy_wheadon @j.d._bars @kindnessmusic @myparedros @jordanmcasteel #throwbackthursday #weeksvilleintheknees (at Weeksville Heritage Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqfGSvJlxV7/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1a038r2lllx7t

[nicowheadon]

🛫💭🛬🌪🛫🗯🛬 #FlashbackFriday to these whirlwind past 10 days! 💦 It was an honor to engage students and colleagues at @prattinstitute in reflecting on how risk, intuition, and community have shaped my personal and professional development. 🏛 (@prattfuse @yoessie @chermosa) And to later share my thoughts on “Rethinking Museum Citizenship,” and the future of museums as part of @museumnextpics and @caribmuse 💭 The very best parts of public speaking are: conquering your own fears and pride to open your ideas up to critique and growth; loosening your grip on all you think you know, and being transformed by new ways of thinking and working; taking pause to reflect on the 🔥 that drives you, and strategies for keeping that flame alive and spreading it like wildfire; and doing so in the company of such fiercely dedicated colleagues and friends. 🙌🏾 Thanks to all who showed up to support, participate, share, challenge, and connect—let’s continue to hold each other up and drive this work forward, in community. 🌈 @malikdlewis @niwameka @chayannemarcano @mangledsyntax @arianacurtis413 @michelleinthemix (at University Of The West Indies Cave Hill) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp9d4POFHsE/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w6uv2h4tg4l4

[nicowheadon]

Out here, putting the “muse” back in Museums! 🌵🏛🌵 #MACBarbados2018 #ItinerantIdentities ✊🏾 @arianacurtis413 @michelleinthemix @arqalexmartinez @caribmuse @uwimona (at Bridgetown, Barbados) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp8ex1GlJCr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1wzuh5mgwj24v

[nicowheadon]

🌴🌊🦀🌞☠️🚲🍤👀🍹☂️🥥 Fun NOT pictured here: getting chased down a dark alley by a Schnauzer with an attitude, only to be rescued at the last second by our favorite beach dog, who literally jumped out of nowhere to save our 🍑s. #blessup #doggod #boonboo #honeymooners (at Puerto Pirata) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bpeoy-Kh0dN/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ntmthiwhkyxn

[nicowheadon]

Sloths are seriously too damn cute, y’all! 🙈 They are also Darwinian badasses that have roamed the earth for, like, 40 million years without even breaking a sweat (literally)💦 Trying to channel their resilient chill from this day forth. 🙏🏾 Also the volunteers at @jaguarrescuecentercr are doing the absolute MOST (like lobbying for underground power lines) to ensure these majestic creatures don’t go extinct. ✊🏾 @malikdlewis (at Jaguar Rescue Center) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpYZuaXBZx1/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16qwwfm3s64df

[nicowheadon]

✨🍯🌚✨ @malikdlewis #booNnoo #honeymooners 🌴✌🏾🌊🐕🖤💪🏾🍻🚲🐜 (at Puerto Viejo, Limon, Costa Rica) https://www.instagram.com/p/BpXHNkbBy0V/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=31vv7y8lgbj7