Deyane Moses

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This week’s issue features a powerful in-depth article by on Tom Miller, his murals, and the annual celebration I launched six years ago in his honor. What began as a love letter to a Baltimore visionary has grown into a citywide tradition.

Tom’s first public mural in Baltimore — “However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets Its Source” — is fading and crumbling. We are in the early stages of advocating for its preservation, and we need the community behind us.

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Join Friends of Tom Miller and become part of the stewardship of his public art and the future of Tom Miller Week. 🔗 Link in bio.

Deep gratitude to the Miller family, collectors, institutions, and every supporter who has poured into this work over the years. Because of you, Tom Miller Week was voted Best Baltimore Tradition of 2025 by Baltimore Magazine and we also received a Mayoral Salute from in 2025.

Special thank you to Project Manager , , Mrs. Beverly Carter, , members of the Oliver community, and our longtime supporters who continue to help shape what Tom Miller Week is today.

Baltimore’s cultural memory is worth protecting and it starts with us.

Let’s restore the source!

✨ Happy Tom Miller Day ✨

Today we celebrate the life, legacy, and vibrant vision of Baltimore’s own Afro-Deco pioneer.

Join us tonight at 6 PM for Restore the Source: A Community Call to Preserve Tom Miller’s Murals — a virtual gathering to honor his first public mural and begin a thoughtful conversation about stewardship and preservation.

🖤 Free + Virtual
🕕 6:00–7:00 PM
🔗 Link to sign up for the Zoom meeting is in my bio

Let’s restore the source and honor his legacy. See you tonight!🫶🏾

Tom Miller week is back and we are grateful for your support over the past 5 years. This year we are focusing our attention on Miller's public works of art.

Paint is peeling.
Brick is exposed.
Art History is at risk.

Tom Miller’s first public mural in Baltimore is in critical condition—and we cannot afford to lose it!

Join us Wednesday, February 18 at 6 PM for a virtual Tom Miller Day gathering as we officially launch a phased restoration effort for However Far the Stream Flows, It Never Forgets Its Source (1991), located at North Avenue and Harford Road in Baltimore. MD.

For more than 30 years, this mural has stood as a reminder that no matter how far we travel, we must never forget who we are or where we come from. Today, weather, pollution, and time threaten its future. Now it’s our turn to show up for it.

During this free public event, we will share:

• The urgency behind the restoration
• The phased preservation plan
• How you can support through donations, advocacy, and community partnerships

This effort is led by Friends of Tom Miller and Blackives, LLC, with support from Brooks Media and Black Art Today Foundation.

RSVP on Eventbrite (link in bio).

Preserving the source is preserving his legacy.

Tom Miller Week is an annual, community-centered celebration honoring the life, work, and legacy of Tom Miller through public programs, storytelling, exhibitions, and preservation initiatives across Baltimore and beyond. The celebration was voted Best of Baltimore for Tradition by Baltimore Magazine in 2025.

Honored to have my thoughts shared in the February edition of . Thank you to for featuring me as well as .

is also featured on the cover and the work of my job . 🫶🏾 Pick up your copy today!!

Thrilled to share that I’ve been selected for Aspen Digital’s 2025 Community and Tech Leaders Initiative!

Out of 130+ nominations across the country, I’m honored to be one of 10 leaders chosen for this inaugural class. Over the next year, I’ll be diving into an “emerging tech” boot camp, monthly conversations with top experts, and 1:1 mentorship with innovators.

I’m excited for what’s ahead and ready to bring this knowledge back to my community.

Check out the program and full cohort here: http://bit.ly/46kqJ1B

We did it, Baltimore! 👏🏾🥳🎉

Tom Miller Week has been named Best Tradition (Arts and Culture) in Baltimore magazine’s 2025 Best of Baltimore Readers’ Poll! 🙏🏾🥹♥️

This honor fills me with so much gratitude. For the past five years, I’ve poured my heart into celebrating Tom’s life and legacy, not just as an artist, but as a Baltimore treasure. To see the city embrace this vision and lift it up… I’m truly humbled.

Thank you to the Miller family, Afro Charities, our amazing collaborators, and every person who has shown up with love, laughter, and support. This recognition belongs to all of us!

The August issue just hit newsstands! Pick up your copy today and celebrate all the brilliance that makes Baltimore shine. ✨

Me + my lil bubble machine had too much fun at AFRAM!

Fave Moments

* Surviving the heat w old + new friends
* Falling in love with a snake
* Playing with all the kids (Lamont ended up becoming our adoptive baby)
* Partying with the YNs during the set
* Seeing all of the headliners

🙏🏾 , for the 50th anniversary can you PLLLLEEEEAAAASSSE invite and include a dirt bike demonstration from and .baltimore ?!?!?!?!

My childhood dream was to become a veterinarian, but I guess I'll settle for snake charmer. 🐍♥️🧑🏾‍⚕️

From Afro Charities’ Spring Fundraiser to dancing under the stars at Garden Rooftop—and of course, my annual birthday crab feast—it’s safe to say I kicked off 39 in style!

Thank you to everyone who poured into me with love, laughs, and good vibes all weekend long. I truly feel the love from my family, friends, colleagues, and community.

And yes, I had to include last year’s group pic (that I forgot to post!) when we recreated Tom Miller’s Maryland Crab Feast screenprint.

Here’s to 39 and fine—and making the most of my final lap in this age bracket! 

Cover pic by

🎉 TONIGHT: TURN UP FOR TOM! 🎉

The final celebration of Tom Miller Week 2025 is gonna be LIT!!

Eubie Blake Cultural Center (First Floor Gallery & Outside Courtyard)

Saturday, April 19 | 5 PM – 8 PM

5 PM – Final Gallery Walk w/ Curators Deyane Moses & Aleem Allison

6 PM – 8 PM – Turn Up For Tom! Dance Party in the outside Courtyard

🎶 Sounds by Seven on the 1s and 2s
Spinning House, Baltimore Club, and all of Tom’s faves!

🌞 We’ll be outside soaking up the beautiful spring weather
🍗 Free food + drinks (while they last)
🎨 Art. Music. Joy.

This is the weekend party you don’t want to hear about next week.
Come through. Bring your friends. Bring your moves.

Let’s go out the way Tom would’ve wanted—LOUD, PROUD, COLORFUL, and FULL OF LOVE.

⏰ TICK TOCK, BALTIMORE ⏰

You’ve got LESS than 36 hours to bid on a never-before-seen Tom Miller original—(Justice is Not Blind), 1995—commissioned by the Monumental City Bar Association and held in the vaults of retired gallerist Mrs. Beverly Carter for nearly 30 YEARS.

🔥 It’s bold. It’s powerful. It’s BLACK Lady Liberty staring you down.
🔥 It’s got rowhomes, lawyers, crabs, and a Clean Block Campaign flower vase.
🔥 Reserve is $1800. If it ain't met, it ain't sold. PERIOD.

👉🏽 Link in bio to place your bid NOW or visit tommillerweek.org!

Then come TURN UP FOR TOM tomorrow at the closing reception + DANCE PARTY for Out of the Woodwork!
📍Eubie Blake Cultural Center
📅 Sat, April 19 | 5–8 PM
🎧 DJ: Sounds by Seven
🍴 FREE food & drinks while supplies last
🎨 5 PM: Curator Walkthrough
🕺🏽 6–8 PM: Dance Party
🎁 7 PM: Raffle + Auction Reveal

Wear your boldest colors. Bring your best vibes. LET’S GO OUT WITH A BANG 💥