Black Magic Arts collective uses art, performance, and ritual as a tool for social and political transformation in the #BlackLivesMatter movement!
Inviting Black-identified artists, healers, performers, visionaries, radical educators, and political organizers seeking spaces to collaborate and dream up new ways for Black community to thrive, be abundant, and grounded in our DIGNITY! How can we use healing and sacred practice to sustain the movement? How can inter-generational wisdom sharing be central to our work? What does it look
like to us
12/17/2015
Sign the petition: Black Arts Movement Cultural District for downtown Oakland I just signed a petition to Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, BAM Project Director: We demand the City of Oakland proclaim the Black Arts Movement Cultural and Business District along the 14th Street corridor, from Martin Luther King, Jr. Way to Alice Street and beyond. It will be an Afro-centric sacred s…
Support this dope new collective of women artists and arts organizers in the East Bay!
CTRL+SHFT Collective Cis-women, trans-spectrum, q***r, and PoC run collective in Oakland, California bringing art and critical engagement to the public and fostering emerging artists in the Bay Area. The best way to contact us is via email: [email protected]
08/22/2015
De-installing the SOMARTS piece. Thanks to Melorra& Melonie Green and the entire prep staff!
Much love to the collective! Excited about future projects.
Black Magic Arts Collective is planning an event for Tuesday. Much of this idea has been mapped out, but we'd love to have more folks plug in.
We have a final planning meeting this Sunday, August 23 from 8-9:30pm. For questions or the address to the meeting, e-mail [email protected].
***Love & Solidarity***
07/20/2015
From our performance piece, Dark Matter(s), by collective member Alicia Bell
07/20/2015
Night Light at SOMArts Cultural Center
(Photo by Tryka D Tryka)
07/20/2015
Night Light at SOMArts Cultural Center
(Photo by Sandra M. Ramirez Velez)
07/20/2015
Last Night's Performance...
(Photo by Ashara Ekundayo)
07/18/2015
Black Magic performs tonight at MAKING A SCENE: 50 YEARS OF ALTERNATIVE BAY AREA SPACES
http://www.somarts.org/makingascene/
Black Magic installation ft. Kevin Demery-Raine.
06/29/2015
Black Futures and Spirit Guardians in Brianna McCarthy’s ‘Vétiver Night Women’ Angelique Nixon reviews the exhibition ‘Vétiver Night Women’ by Trinidadian artist Brianna McCarthy, which was held at the Medulla Art Gallery, Port of Spain between May 14 - June 5, 2015. Blending spiritual, mythical and astrological imagery in this striking series, McCarthy's work celebrates and e…
06/18/2015
CALLING ALL HEALERS, MEDITATION LEADERS, ART FACILITATORS, SPACE HOLDERS!!
Black Magic Arts Collective is collaborating with BYP 100-Bay Area, black.seed, & Black Lives Matter to organize a day of healing this upcoming SATURDAY in Oakland for Black folks from 11am-4pm. Interested in participating? Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected]
event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/746328208810605/
CALLING ALL HEALERS, MEDITATION LEADERS, ART FACILITATORS, SPACE HOLDERS!!
Black Magic Arts Collective is collaborating with BYP 100-Bay Area, black.seed, & Black Lives Matter to organize a day of healing this upcoming SATURDAY in Oakland for Black folks from 11am-4pm. Interested in participating? Contact Alicia Bell at [email protected]
event info: https://www.facebook.com/events/746328208810605/