The Griot Museum of Black History earns one of Monument Lab’s $100k Re:Generation project grants to support the launch of its “Black HerStory Initiative,” which seeks to honor Black women whose contributions span political, social, and cultural spheres of the city through oral histories and public mark-making.
Read MoreAs a capstone to our fellowship experience with Monument Lab and the Goethe Institut, St. Louis’s MADAD Collective (De Nichols, Damon Davis, Mallory Nezam) was featured in a new exhibition by Goethe’s Montreal organization. “Shaping The Past / Inscribing The Future” features works by several of the 2020 ML fellowship cohort, as we reflect on our artworks that engage topics of spatial justice, memorialization, and public art within our local communities.
Read MorePre-Order Art of Protest ahead of its October 2021 publication release. Guided by activist, lecturer, and speaker De Nichols’s powerful narrative and stunningly illustrated by a collaboration of young artists, this volume also has plenty of tips and ideas for creating your own revolutionary designs. This is a fully comprehensive look at the art of protest.
Read MoreThe online show “In the City: Memories of Black Presence” is a collaborative effort headed by De Nichols, 2020 Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design; Griot founder and executive director Lois Conley; and Winthrop Professor of History and of African and African American Studies Walter Johnson. It runs through May 28, and is free and open to the public.
Read More“The project, called “A Walking Xmas Carol,” also includes a musical element. As they stroll from one storefront to another, visitors are encouraged to listen along to a humorous, hip-hop adaptation of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge recorded by Chicago-based group Q Brothers. (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival performed Q Brothers’ very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” in January.) The storefront project was also developed in partnership with Central West End Window Walk.”
Read MoreDe Nichols interviews with St. Louis Public Radio about two billboards she created in collaboration with The Luminary gallery and STL Made campaign. These works emphasize the role and importance of art as both a form of protest and public declaration of community power.
Read MoreIn this live conversation by Exhibit Columbus and Dezeen, a panel of experts discussed how cultural organisations and communities can work toward creating equitable civic spaces across the US.
Read MoreThe Visionary Dialogues was created to support women artists in St. Louis by bringing them together virtually to share their challenges, strategies, and successes during this time of historical uncertainty.
Read MoreTwo of De Nichols’ works about the COVID-19 pandemic are on display at the Smith Campus Center at Harvard University May 12–June 30, 2020.
Read MoreMallory Nezam, De Nichols, and Damon Davis are the artists and designers of MADAD, a collective from St. Louis, MO, selected for the 2020 corhort of Monument Lab’s Transnational Fellowship. MADAD works to reimagine how joy, justice, and interactivity improve public spaces and cultural experiences in St. Louis.
Read MoreDe Nichols is a featured artist of Counterpublic, a major new triennial exhibition by set to animate the everyday spaces of Cherokee Street with expansive artist commissions, performances, processions, and public programs from April 13th to July 13th, 2019.
Read MoreArt publication, Sixty Inches from Center, highlights the Dwell in Other Futures festival that featured me and artists, poets, visionaries, and leaders to engage in futurism theory and practice in order to imagine a more equitable, vibrant, and creative St. Louis of the future.
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