Dive Deeper: Insights from the Museum of the Future
Our curated blog posts invite you to journey with us, delving into our exhibitions, events, and the gifted artists who are shaping the art narrative of the Global African Diaspora.
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Weekly Artist Feature | Carlos Martiel
Carlos Martiel is a bold Afro-Cuban performance artist whose visceral, body-centered works confront systems of power, colonialism, and racial injustice. Using his own body as a medium, Martiel stages powerful acts of endurance that expose political and social violence—transforming pain into protest and the personal into the political.
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Weekly Artist Feature | Carlos Martiel
Carlos Martiel is a bold Afro-Cuban performance artist whose visceral, body-centered works confront systems of power, colonialism, and racial injustice. Using his own body as a medium, Martiel stages powerful acts of endurance that expose political and social violence—transforming pain into protest and the personal into the political.
June 18, 2025
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Weekly Artist Feature | Mark Thomas Gibson
Another exciting edition of our Weekly Artist Feature, and this week we’re spotlighting one of Miami’s most thought-provoking contemporary artists. Get ready to dive into the bold and graphic world of Mark Thomas Gibson, where race, politics, and American identity come alive through powerful visual storytelling!
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Weekly Artist Feature | Mark Thomas Gibson
Another exciting edition of our Weekly Artist Feature, and this week we’re spotlighting one of Miami’s most thought-provoking contemporary artists. Get ready to dive into the bold and graphic world of Mark Thomas Gibson, where race, politics, and American identity come alive through powerful visual storytelling!
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Spelman College (Celebrating Black Women in Art) Newsletter
In 1987, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, became the seventh president of Spelman College and the first Black woman to lead the college founded specifically for educating women of African descent. Committed to making Spelman College a center for scholarship about African American women, Cole was a strong advocate for the liberal arts. During her time at Spelman, Cole held an integral role in garnering funding for founding the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the only museum in the nation dedicated to art by and about women of the African diaspora and Africa.
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Spelman College (Celebrating Black Women in Art) Newsletter
In 1987, Johnnetta Betsch Cole, became the seventh president of Spelman College and the first Black woman to lead the college founded specifically for educating women of African descent. Committed to making Spelman College a center for scholarship about African American women, Cole was a strong advocate for the liberal arts. During her time at Spelman, Cole held an integral role in garnering funding for founding the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art, the only museum in the nation dedicated to art by and about women of the African diaspora and Africa.
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