Nicole Johnson

by Aaron L. McKinney Image Description: Aaron L. McKinney, Black male pictured smiling in a black suite with a white collard shirt. Black beard and goatee neatly cut and natural curly hair. Some work is about growth. Some work is about survival. And sometimes, survival is the most radical act available. If I don’t figure this out, people don ’t get paid. As Executive Director of a long-standing arts organization serving Black and Brown communities, Aaron’s work is immediate. Every decision...

Cate & Joanna There is a moment when you realize the system is not coming to help you. Not because it failed- but because it was never designed with you in mind. You are now given two options: adapt alone, or build something new. Image Description: Cate Benioff, a white woman pictured smiling from the shoulders up. Brown hair tied back and a Black V neck shirt Cate Benioff There was no one there to tell us how to do the job. Cate builds from the ground up, giving people what she never...

Lights Up On Zuri Washington Written by Yetunde Audio Recording Coming March 15th Zuri seeks refusal. A self-described lover of rock and creator of the initiative DEI Punk, she positions herself not as someone trying to claim a seat at the table, but as someone willing to overturn it entirely. She speaks openly about moving from being in service of the piece to claiming her identity as the artist, naming leadership, care, and confrontation as central to her practice. “I’m not trying to sit at...