We are looking forward to the “If You Are in Advertising, You May Be a Racist“ panel on race and representation in advertising at the upcoming SXSW Music Film Interactive […]
Digital Diaspora Participant Reconstructs Her Family Album with Art
During our Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Roadshow at DC Public Library, emerging young artist Adrienne Gaither participated by sharing her art work which draws from her family photo albums and […]
Manhattan Borough President Hosts Black History Month Reception with Through A Lens Darkly!
It is gratifying to see our film Through A Lens Darkly continuing the work of Deborah Willis and Reflections in Black – inspiring the appreciation of African-American photographers in our […]
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Inspires Memory Lab in DC Public Library!
“I knew Digital Diaspora was impacting individuals, families, communities and institutions through the work we’ve been doing and the feedback we’ve gotten but it wasn’t until we returned to DC […]
Carl Van Vechten’s Harlem Renaissance Portraits on Display
“In 1983 the Eakins Press Foundation published only 100 copies of “O Write my Name”: American Portraits, Harlem Heroes by Carl Van Vechten, consisting of a portfolio of 50 photogravures […]
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion Visits Yale University for 1Yale1Family Project!
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion was invited for a special Black History Month kickoff event at the Afro-American Cultural Center at Yale University. The Center saw our DDFR Roadshow as a […]
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion in the Classroom at Temple University
Digital Diaspora Family Reunion started off the school year at Temple University! Thomas Allen Harris and Don Perry were invited by the Film Media Arts department to bring a mini-DDFR […]
Down by the Riverside – A Poem by Kezia Roberts with Photography by Ocean Morisset
Introduction by Thomas Allen Harris: Last month I was invited to participate in a panel exploring the intersection of Diaspora with contemporary art practice. The panel included presentations by Canadian […]
Footsteps of a Forgotten Soldier: The Life and Times of David Carll
For Denice and I our story was introduced to us in the early 1970’s as young children. Our grandfather, Percy Carl, would take us on walks to our family […]
The Sea Clouds Series & the Black Experience in Paris Comes to SF MoMA!
Through A Lens Darkly artist Lewis Watts and East Bay painter Bonnie Neumann are presenting their work in the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s latest exhibit running through January […]