Category: Arts

• 40 Days of Black Art. Day 1: Allan Crite

  40 Days of Black Art: My Lenten journey through images and individuals at the intersection of faith and creativity. Day 1: Allan Rohan Crite Three things: Known as the grandaddy of the Boston art scene, Crite’s work centered around three main themes: Negro spirituals, religious themes that emphasize non-European aspects of the Bible, and every day African…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  March 6, 2014

  Americana, Arts, Black History and Culture, Church, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Visual Arts

  40 Days of Black Art, African American, Allan Crite, art, Boston, church, Episcopal, Lent

• Lupita Nyong’o

  Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, None but ourselves can free our minds — Bob Marley, Redemption Song (lyrics adapted from a speech by the Honorable Marcus Garvey) While none but ourselves can free our minds, sometimes an image or a verse helps with the calibration process. Lupita Nyong’o’s tearful speech defining beauty at Essence’s 7th…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  March 3, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Nation Building, Performing Arts

  Actor, Fashion, Film, Kenya, Lupita Nyong’, Mexico, Oscars, Style, Women

• Why I Stopped Being A Voluntourist

  I don’t want a little girl in Ghana, or Sri Lanka, or Indonesia to think of me when she wakes up each morning. I don’t want her to thank me for her education or medical care or new clothes. Even if I am providing the funds to get the ball rolling, I want her to…

  Simone Monique Barnes

  February 20, 2014

  Arts, Black History and Culture, Cultural Integrity, Ethnic, Regional and National Identity, Literary Arts, Nation Building

  Africa, Dominican Republic, Nation Building, Tanzania, volunteer, voluntourist