5 Black Contemporary Painters You Should Be Following In 2025
Whether you’re an avid collector, a gallery-goer, or simply hungry for fresh artistic voices, you’ll leave each show with your perspective expanded and your soul stirred. In the sections below, you’ll find 5 artists whose practices span portraiture, abstraction, figuration, and beyond plus direct links to their portfolios or Instagram feeds, so you can check them out. Ready to discover your next favorite painter? Let’s go.
HEALING SHOULDN’T COME WITH A PRICE TAG
Why free, easy mental health check-ins are more essential than ever
It was 2020, everything changed. Neighborhoods shifted to screens, good days became rare, and it felt like everyone connected online was also quietly struggling. Mental health needed help just as much as ever, but for many, the door to care stayed firmly locked.
Education vs. Affordability: When Passion Collides With Practicality
Pursuing higher education is often seen as a defining milestone—one that promises growth, upward mobility, and personal achievement. But for many African American students, the cost of that pursuit transforms what should be a liberating experience into a difficult trade-off.
Redacting Personal Information: PDF Editing For Privacy Compliance
Redacting sensitive information in PDF documents is crucial in safeguarding privacy and ensuring compliance with these regulations. This blog post will dive into the essential strategies for redacting personal information in PDFs, and how redacting is different from when you edit PDFs, focusing on how online PDF editors such as Lumin can assist in this process.
The Rise Of Sustainable Tourism In Africa And Why It Matters For Black Travelers
It is no longer tourism as usual in Africa. While the continent is undeniably home to breathtaking wildlife and landscapes, things are moving in a different direction: sustainable tourism.
Okay, So We’ve Graduated… Now what?
Post-grad life didn’t come with the manual everyone made it seem like it would. There was no instant clarity, no magic opportunity waiting at the end of the stage. Just me, my degree, and a whole lot of unanswered questions.
Summertime In The City
It seems that this summer is hot to trot. And you should be, too! Summer has been described as the song that sings itself. So, from art to jazz, go out and sing your tune, with these sizzling (low-cost or free) entertaining activities.
American flags. Parades. Fireworks
These familiar sights capture the spirit of Independence Day — a celebration of freedom. At the heart of that freedom is the right to express oneself, a core value honored every Fourth of July.
Sadie Alexander Statue Significance And Recent Updates
A Philadelphia native born January 2, 1898, Sadie Alexander shattered racial and gender barriers to become the first Black woman to earn a law degree from the University of Pennsylvania (1927) and became the first Black woman to practice law in the state. Now, nearly a century after her academic triumphs, the city is poised to install a bronze homage, amplifying conversations around representation in public monuments.
Best Black Movies To Stream This Summer 2025
The summer of 2025 arrives amid a swell of momentum for Black filmmakers. The summer festival circuit has already spotlighted groundbreaking voices from Zambian auteur Rungano Nyoni to Nigerian epic fantasy at Cannes while streaming giants and studios roll out major releases directed by and starring Black talent.