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Save the Date: Nanm Santre 5th Annual Goddess Awakening Circle at Riis Beach!
If you were able to make it to a STR.DST.MRKT. activation, you met Natou Ma'at of Nanm Santre, her beautiful art, and healing practice. Whether through her vibrant paintings, oils, soaps, or the Reiki workshop she led at the Lakou NOU culminating expo showcase, Natou brings a truly special energy to everything she does.
Now, she’s inviting women to join her for the 5th Annual Goddess Awakening Circle at Riis Beach, New York on Saturday, July 26, 2025, under the Lionsgate Portal — a powerful cosmic energy that opens at the end of July and brings in Sirian (Sirius Star) frequencies of rebirth, abundance, and alignment.
last week in The Met bathroom for the reopening of the Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
it’s giving “A Vampire from Brooklyn Goes to The Met”
AHOY!!!
(if you get the reference…😊)
Just finished bingeing all the episodes of the Oyasound Podcast hosted by Sabine Blaizin, what a gift! I’m in love with this project and the invitation it offers to dive deeper into the collaborators, stories, histories, and connections to, from, and beyond Haiti and across the diaspora that shaped the album Tonight We Fly (Aswè A Na Vole) by Sabine Blaizin and Okai Musik.
Watch the podcast
TEXTILE LANGUAGE by ART COMES FIRST
At 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair
New York [May 8th - 11th, 2025]
The Dear Neighbor Project by Tiffany Baker
Created by Brooklyn-based artist Tiffany Baker, The Dear Neighbor Project is a multi-site mural installation that transforms the voices of Gowanus residents into public art, reflecting their personal experiences with neighborhood flooding.
As an artist with a studio based in Gowanus, I was honored to be interviewed for this project.
Photos by Cameron Blaylock @camerablaylock
HCX Lakou NOU Culminating Expo Showcase
Last Thursday on May 1, the first day of Haitian Heritage Month, we gathered at Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Culminating Lakou NOU Expo Showcase to celebrate the close of a transformative residency cycle, filled with community connection, storytelling, and a shared vision of possibility. The expo, held at HCX’s space in Crown Heights, featured installations, performances, and presentations by the 2024 Lakou NOU artists-in-residence.
As one of this year’s resident artists, it was both an honor and a joy to present alongside such powerful voices. Each Lakou (“yard” in Haitian Kreyòl) representing neighborhoods across Brooklyn, including Flatbush, East Flatbush, Crown Heights, and Canarsie, offered a distinct lens on Haitian identity, memory, and futurity. The expo became more than a showcase; it was a vibrant gathering of intergenerational exchange, diasporic storytelling, and collective dreaming.
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