The Black Studio

04/04/2026

The Black Studio is grateful to share a conversation with . She is an artist, independent curator, writer, and cultural worker whose work moves thoughtfully across Black cultural production, memory, visibility, and self-representation. Her practice holds space for the complexity of Black life and the many ways art can carry history, presence, and feeling.

This conversation comes alongside Glory at NXTHVN ( ), a deeply resonant exhibition co-curated by Tara Fay Coleman and Juanita Sunday. We’re honored to be in conversation with Coleman and to spend time with the ideas and care informing this work.

We will be posting the footage in segments!

03/15/2026

Only 5 days until we welcome Michael E. Sawyer for a conversation on radical temporality and Black aesthetics.

Expect thoughtful dialogue, music, drinks, and a room full of people thinking about art, philosophy, and Black life together.

📍 TONS — East Liberty
🗓 March 20 | 6–9 PM

Hosted by The Black Studio.
RSVP in our bio.

03/13/2026

We’re honored to be joined by Michael E. Sawyer: scholar, writer, and cultural critic whose work explores Black aesthetics, temporality, and the philosophical dimensions of Black life. Sawyer is the author of An Africana Philosophy of Temporality and The Door of No Return: Being-as-Black, where he examines how Black existence reshapes our understanding of time, history, and cultural production.

We are a week away from this Conversation and Mixer event happening

6-9 pm

RSVP Today at the link in our bio.

03/13/2026

We’re honored to be joined by Michael E. Sawyer: scholar, writer, and cultural critic whose work explores Black aesthetics, temporality, and the philosophical dimensions of Black life. Sawyer is the author of An Africana Philosophy of Temporality and The Door of No Return: Being-as-Black, where he examines how Black existence reshapes our understanding of time, history, and cultural production.

We are a week away from this Conversation and Mixer event happening .

RSVP Today at the link in our bio.

03/10/2026

Article dropping on our Independent Magazine “Subjects” this Friday!

03/09/2026

03/06/2026

Our first event of the year is happening at TONS in East Liberty on March 20th.

We will be hosting a discussion with between The Black Studio and a Director of Graduate Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, Michael E. Sawyer.

We will be talking about all things Black Studies, specifically aesthetics and time. Come with an open heart and ear. We will have food, drink, and the end of the night there will be a cocktail hour with music by

RSVP in the link in our bio!

03/03/2026

The Black Studio loves you

03/02/2026

On March 13th, We are releasing one of the first articles from our archives for community consumption/research. All you have to do is:

1. Go to our website (theblackstudio.org)
2. Make an account
3. Go to your account page to access archives
4. You’re all set

01/29/2026