Sugarcane Magazine

The very first series of carousels that I did for Sugarcane were the White Shoe series by . It was my very first viral post and the first post that was taken down in the middle of the night because somebody reported the images. Nona is one of my favorite artists. I typically don’t tell people who I like for numerous reasons, but I will say this here. I loved Nona’s photography and the bravery that she expressed with her camera. I love what she expressed as a woman, as a Black woman, and as a woman whose body looks so much like mine and other women that I grew up with. I loved how she told the truth, and I loved the beauty in that truth. I was so excited to purchase her monograph some years ago. I would typically keep it out for people to look at, but it was too precious for me to risk anybody sitting a glass on or possibly engaging in conversation about their discomfort with the images so I kept her on my bookshelf for safe keeping. It was also incredible watching Nona from a distance because she is not only my age, but she is a mother. It was great watching her navigate the art world as a parent and a parent that had the resources to open up the world to her daughter. To say that I am not misty about her passing would be a lie. I have two of my own and I am also a motherless daughter. So thinking about her daughter and what she may be feeling is heartbreaking. Today I will spend time keeping Nona and her daughter in my prayers. Praying that her soul goes to the East and that her daughter can sit in the energy of the love that her mother gave her. -Melissa

Crowns by Regina Taylor Crowns directed by Carey Hart, this musical is both moving and celebratory. It uses hats as a creative lens to delve into black history.

THE QUEEN HERSELF MS. MAHALIA JACKSON

Well deserved 🩷🩵🩵🩵🩵 way to go Wayans family

The Wayans family is an American show-business family. Family members include Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Damon Wayans Sr., Kim Wayans, Damon Wayans Jr., Damien Dante Wayans, and Chaunté Wayans.

Keenen Ivory Desuma Wayans (born June 8, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, director and filmmaker. He is a member of the Wayans family of entertainers. Wayans first came to prominence as the host and creator of the 1990–1994 Fox sketch comedy series In Living Color. He has produced, directed or written several films, starting with Hollywood Shuffle, which he cowrote, in 1987. Most of his films have included him and one or more of his siblings in the cast.

One of these films, Scary Movie in (2000), which Wayans directed, was the highest-grossing movie directed by an African American From 1997 to 1998, he hosted the talk show The Keenen Ivory Wayans Show. In 2014, he was a judge for the eighth season of Last Comic Standing.

Damon Kyle Wayans Sr. born September 4, 1960) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, and writer. A member of the Wayans family of entertainers, Damon performed as a comedian and actor throughout the 1980s, including a brief stint on the NBC sketch comedy series Saturday Night Live. He later joined his family on Fox's sketch comedy show In Living Color (1990–1992), and wrote and performed on his own animated series Waynehead (1996–1997) and live-action series Damon (1998). Since then, he has starred in a number of films and television shows, some of which he has co-produced or co-written, including Mo Money, The Last Boy Scout, Major Payne, Bulletproof, and the sitcoms My Wife and Kids and Poppa's House, the latter featuring his son Damon Wayans Jr. From 2016 to 2019, he starred as Roger Murtaugh in the Fox television series Lethal Weapon.



Happy Black History Month 

This is 2025’s way of saying “make the move”. @kosisochukwunnebe career move from finance to conceptual art is proof that a creative life is possible and rewarding. Learn more in our series Molasses. Visit our stories for details.

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A beautiful depiction of fatherhood 🥰
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You Father are in Me and I in You
244 x 122cm

In to see at Gallery 193.