TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image

ARTIST TALK 5.21.2026 / 6-7PM FREE Join us this Thursday for a talk with the exhibiting artists of How We Stay Free: Mike Arrison / Harvey Finkle / Joe Piette / Sunny Singh /

Congratulations to our 2026 AIR Program recipients Kat Thompson and Matthew Ludak! TILT’s artist residency supports visionary artists who are advancing contemporary photography through innovative approaches to making and whose work is aligned with our core values. Kat and Matthew will be in residence in July and November, respectively. Visit tiltinstitute.org to learn more about the artists.

Kat Thompson image credit: Gabriela McAdams-Ojeda

Artists Mike Arrison, Harvey Finkle, Joe Piette, and Sunny Singh will be in conversation with author Christopher R. Rogers and curator James Britt about their exhibition “How We Stay Free” on May 21st at 6pm. The exhibition is currently on view at TILT Institute through June 27th. For more information visit tiltinstitute.org

Image credit: Mike Arrison

My City Need Something Book Launch + Conversation with Christopher R. Rogers and karim brown at TILT Institute on May 16th at 1pm. This experimental essay-as-LP challenges Black Philadelphians to prioritize the urgency of reckoning with our own hang-ups and half-steps to reground ourselves within the daily, prefigurative life-work of rehearsing Black liberation. For more information visit tiltinstitute.org

Register at BLUESTOOP.ORG/EVENTS.

Nicole G. Young is a writer whose non-fiction work has been featured in Elle, YES!, Vox, SEEN, Scalawag, and Bitch magazines. She is a part of the editorial team of Jacaranda Books, working to bring a non-fiction book series on Black American culture to life. She was selected as an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellow in 2023, attended the 2024 Tin House Summer Workshop, and received the 2024 Alonzo Davis Fellowship at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Nicole previously served as a writer at The African American Policy Forum, co-host of the Kidlit These Days and Worth Noting podcasts, and contributing editor for Book Riot Media. In addition to her freelance non-fiction writing, Nicole is dreaming up fantastical worlds for middle grade and young adult readers in her fiction novels and short stories.

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