Atlas Of Blackness

12/20/2025

What We Carry is highlighted in MinnPost! Swipe to read excerpts from the article and visit the full story via the link in our bio. You still have time experience the exhibition in person!

🕓 Gallery hours:
Today until 4 pm
Tomorrow, noon to 4PM
Monday, 3:40 pm to 7PM

12/19/2025

If you missed the gallery opening for What We Carry, you still have a chance to come see it! The gallery is open Saturday and Sunday from noon to 4PM and Monday from 3:40 to 7PM. We hope to see you there!

12/15/2025

So many familiar and new faces came together for the opening of What We Carry! The care, conversations, and shared presence throughout the evening reminded us why community spaces like this matter. Swipe through for moments from the opening! Gallery hours are in the next slide.

12/03/2025

11/27/2025

Thank you to everyone who donated and helped us make this holiday season a little easier for our community of Fosters. Because of your support, we were able to provide direct funds to Fosters and their children, as well as pay overdue medical bills.

We are grateful because none of this would be possible without you. Thank you for easing the burdens our community carries.

If you would like to sponsor a family for the holidays, please DM us.

11/26/2025

This season our community gathered funds to support holiday meals for foster youth and foster connected families. If you identify as a Foster or if you support and care for a Foster, you are welcome to apply. Funds will be sent out today.

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08/02/2025

Thank you to everyone who showed up and supported the opening night of What We Carry. We are deeply grateful for your presence and your belief in these talented emerging artists. If you were unable to attend last Friday or would like to experience the exhibit again, our gallery is open on Saturdays and Sundays from 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm through August 10. Private viewings can also be arranged upon request.

07/18/2025

Meet Majah Barnes,

Majah Barnes is a Research and Film Fellow with Atlas of Blackness’s Black Scholars Program. A Minnesota native with roots in Liberia and Nebraska, Majah is a storyteller at heart. Her early love for reading and writing evolved into digital art and photography, where she weaves emotion, identity, and imagination into visual form. Her current project explores postpartum depression and psychosis through the lens of Black motherhood. Centering vulnerability, grief, and strength, Majah challenges the myth of unbreakable Black women and sheds light on the realities many mothers face but few speak about. Her work is both a reflection and a release, honoring the unseen and the unspoken.

Register for the What We Carry Showcase using the link in our bio.

07/18/2025

Meet Precious Murray

Precious Murray is a Photojournalism Fellow with Atlas of Blackness’s Documenting MN program. She is a writer, artist, and student pursuing a degree in Human Services with a focus on Social Work. Her project centers on the intersection of Dale and University in Saint Paul, where she documents the growing impact of neglected public transit, addiction, and mental health crises. Through black and white photography and sound, she captures the stories of unhoused individuals and others often left unseen. Rooted in her social work values, Precious’s work is a reflection of care, truth, and the urgent need to witness what many choose not to see.

Register for the What We Carry Showcase using the link in our bio.

07/17/2025

Meet Saint Grim,

Saint Grim is a Research and Film Fellow with Atlas of Blackness’s Black Scholars Program. A multimedia artist and producer from Minneapolis, Saint uses visual storytelling to explore identity, emotion, and the realities of living with mental illness. Saint’s current project is a striking photo series rooted in radical vulnerability. Through bold imagery and layered symbolism, Saint captures the emotional highs, lows, and in-betweens of being a Black artist navigating visibility, tenderness, and survival. Their work invites viewers to witness both the struggle and the beauty within.

Register for the What We Carry Showcase using the link in our bio.

07/16/2025

Meet Naomi Gbor,

Naomi Gbor is a Research and Film Fellow with Atlas of Blackness’s Black Scholars Program. A multidisciplinary artist and thinker, Naomi is passionate about exploration, expression, and transformation. Her work blends photography, painting, poetry, and film to explore how trauma, healing, and spiritual inquiry shape the way we live and understand death. Her project, How Death Teaches You How to Live, invites viewers to reflect on the many symbolic deaths and rebirths we experience throughout life. Through sensory-rich storytelling and visual art, Naomi examines how endings and beginnings shape us, urging us to listen to the deeper lessons hidden in grief, transition, and time. Her work challenges the idea that death is distant or mysterious, offering instead that it is a teacher we meet again and again.

Register for the What We Carry Showcase with the link in our bio.

06/13/2025

Join us for a powerful and heartfelt film screening at in Uptown. We’re proud to present “Resistance & Joy: Reclaiming Identity,” a curated collection of six short documentaries exploring storytelling, healing, and the reclamation of self. We’re especially excited to welcome filmmaker and director India Martin, who will be joining us in person to discuss her film Out of Focus ().

🗓️ Saturday, June 14 at 4:00 PM
📍 Queermunity MN – 3036 Hennepin Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408
🎟️ Free and open to the public
🔗 RSVP: Link in bio

Guest Speakers:
W. Geedi
Patience Zalanga
Felicia Perry
India Martin

Moderator:
Shiranthi Goonathilaka .on.theeee

Featured Films:
Amma’s Pride – Shiva Krish
Asian Bi***es Speak – Janet Chen
Out of Focus – India Martin
HANDS Performance – Rashaad Newsome
Ka ‘A’ume‘ume: Navigating Home – M. Kaleipumehana Cabral
Talking Walls – Marcellus Armstrong

Presented by Atlas of Blackness in partnership with Queermunity MN (), as part of the Elev8Docs initiative ().