Nicole Johnson

Lights Up On Zuri Washington Written by Yetunde Listen to the full audio here 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 the...

In this piece, there is a shattering of the glass. Each artist confronts what it means to continue creating while the systems meant to support them remain unstable, extractive, or incomplete. Survival alone no longer feels sufficient. What emerges instead is a collective pivot toward care, ownership, and self-definition. Taken together, these reflections capture artists in a state of becoming. They are not simply responding to burnout or inequity, but actively reshaping how they relate to...

Vanessa & Kadeem Listen to the Audio Here In this piece, there is a shattering of the glass. Each artist confronts what it means to continue creating while the systems meant to support them remain unstable, extractive, or incomplete. Survival alone no longer feels sufficient. What emerges instead is a collective pivot toward care, ownership, and self-definition. Taken together, these reflections capture artists in a state of becoming. They are not simply responding to burnout or inequity, but...