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The Brief: Winter 2026
Ways of Seeing
a personal experience with an artwork
On American Artist’s Shaper of God: Apple Valley Autonomy (2025)
I had two choices. I could become a writer, or I could die really young. Because there wasn’t any...
The Brief: Special Edition!
We’re excited to announce the 2026 Arts Writing Incubator cohort! We’re sending out a special edition of The Brief to tell you about who we’re think thought with this year. We’re also taking the opportunity to use this application cycle to...
The Brief: Fall 2025
Ways of Seeing
a personal experience with an artwork
On Barbara Chase-Riboud’s Confessions of Myself (1972)
Jet Toomer
We couldn’t secure image permissions but you’ll find a link to the work below.
Barbara Chase-Ri...
BES x Nairobi Print Project
If you know The Black Embodiments Studio at all, you’ll know it was a no-brainer for us collaborate with Nairobi Print Project, a platform dedicated to open access scholarship and conversation on art and curatorial practice in Africa and th...
Our First Edition!
3 Works
looking closely for 200, 400, and 600 words
Reloading distance in retrospect
Chloë Bass
As a form of preservation, I offer the following remembrance:
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