On The Cover: Afilandra Goncalves
“I want my art to give a feeling of mysteriousness, that you’ve peeked into a moment that maybe you weren’t supposed to see,” says Afilandra Goncalves of Providence, who created […]
Events:
A Shared Journey
September 13, 2025 - March 5, 2026This Is a Thing, Recent Gifts to Prints, Drawings, and Photographs, 2020–2025
September 14, 2025 - March 1, 2026The Court: Art in Play
September 24, 2025 - April 26, 2026The Flower, The Labor, and The Sea
September 27, 2025 - June 28, 2026
It’s A Speculative Life: Black life in America as a study of speculative fiction
Wait, you cannot be serious. Who the hell do they think they’re talking to? For a moment, you don’t know how to respond. You’re too busy trying not to trip […]
Slamming Their Names Into History: Talking poetry & legacy with AS220’s Naffisatou Koulibaly
Amidst numerous up-and-coming open mics in Rhode Island, the Providence Poetry Slam (ProvSlam) remains one of the largest and longest-running slams in US history. Co-founded in 1992 by nationally renowned […]
Black in Rhode Island Map: Points of interest for Black History Month and beyond
Historic Sites Details Address 1. Sissieretta Jones Plaque Historical plaque honoring the great 19th century soprano. Read more about her here. 28 S Court St, PVD 2. Grace Church Cemetery […]
Remembering The WBRU 360° Black Experience In Sound
I was headed into middle school, just starting to develop an independent identity, my own taste in music. This meant I was distancing myself from my parents. Ironically, the catalyst […]
On the Cover: Jordan Seaberry
In 1968, The Beatles released one of the most highly regarded albums in popular music, The White Album. And in 2003, Jay-Z, in stark contrast, released his magnum opus, The […]
Thee Sissieretta Jones: The greatest opera singer of her generation
Grace Church Cemetery is a few blocks from my house. I like walking through cemeteries, I like reading the names, I like reading the inscriptions: There is one link that […]
Repaving History
It’s 1875, a year before Edward Mitchell Bannister becomes the first Black painter to win a nationally recognized award. He and his wife Christiana Carteaux Bannister are taking a slow […]
The Past, Cast in Bronze: What happens when we allow white people to tell Black stories?
Last summer, a statue of a bronze man sitting alone on a bench appeared in PVD’s Market Square. Although he can’t introduce himself, his bench bears his name: Edward Mitchell […]
Sowing Seeds of Sanctuary: One farm’s journey to change the food system
Julius Kolawole works with a young volunteer to plant seeds. Photos courtesy of the African Alliance of RI. There is nothing that defines a culture more intrinsically than its food. […]