NEWS + EVENTS
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BET profile on Day One DNA Curator, Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
November 26, 2023
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New Harvard Exhibit Features 50 Years of Hip-Hop Memorabilia From Ice-T and Afrika IslamAward-winning photographer Laylah Amatullah Barrayn curated the exhibit, which celebrates Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary.
https://www.bet.com/article/clbo6w/chronicling-50-years-of-hip-hop-through-the-archives-of-ice-t-and-afrika-islam
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Day One DNA Boston Globe Q&A
November 26, 2023
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Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, charts the formative
phases of hip-hop through the experience of two of its early practitioners: the rapper
Ice-T and his friend and frequent collaborator, the producer DJ Afrika Islam. Working
with the archive the pair amassed over the years, curator Laylah…
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Rest is Power Exhibition Opening Reception
September 2, 2023
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SAVE THE DATE: Thursday, September 7 · 5 - 7:30pm
Rest is Power is an exhibition that amplifies visual narratives of rest for global Black people. In a selection of artworks that span photography, painting and new media, the curators underscore Black rest as a radical act of resistance. In…
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ADI Magazine & Brooklyn Book Festival
September 2, 2023
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SAVE THE DATE: Saturday, September 30, 6 - 8pm - MoCADA, Brooklyn
Adi Presents: The Voices We Hear with Airea D. Matthews & Laylah Amatullah Barrayn
FREE!
RSVP Here and see you there!
Join Adi Magazine at MoCADA for an event featuring poet Airea D. Matthews and photographer Laylah Amatullah…
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Petrucci Family Foundation Tribeca Showcase
May 1, 2023
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We Are Present Book Signing!
January 20, 2023
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WE ARE PRESENT: 2020 IN PORTRAITS
Magnum Foundation invites you to a panel and book signing celebrating We Are Present: 2020 in Portraits, the debut monograph by Magnum Foundation grantee Laylah Amatullah Barrayn. Taking viewers through one of the most dynamic years in recent history, We Are Present is a…
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