Elizabeth
@afroartnerd.bsky.social
Art historian and HBCU Professor | Author: Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic | elizabethchamilton.com
Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
My panel was fabulous!
September 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
My panel was fabulous!
Sign up for the Feminist Art History Conference, where I’ll be presenting on the 27th. I hope to see you there!
September 16, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Sign up for the Feminist Art History Conference, where I’ll be presenting on the 27th. I hope to see you there!
Painter Jacob Lawrence was born on this day in 1917. Here I am at the New Orleans Museum of Art with one of his paintings from the Black Orpheus exhibition.
September 7, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Painter Jacob Lawrence was born on this day in 1917. Here I am at the New Orleans Museum of Art with one of his paintings from the Black Orpheus exhibition.
Don’t forget about the Feminist Art History Conference! Access to prerecorded presentations starts now for registered participants.
September 1, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Don’t forget about the Feminist Art History Conference! Access to prerecorded presentations starts now for registered participants.
On the 25th anniversary of Who Is Jill Scott, I can’t put into words how much this album means to me. When I was an 18 year old newly-wed military wife isolated in Wyoming, Jill helped me come into myself. I still have the original CD, which I had on repeat for years.
July 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
On the 25th anniversary of Who Is Jill Scott, I can’t put into words how much this album means to me. When I was an 18 year old newly-wed military wife isolated in Wyoming, Jill helped me come into myself. I still have the original CD, which I had on repeat for years.
I got the 15th anniversary vinyl of the ArchAndroid. This is one of my favorite albums. It got me through some grueling commutes in grad school.
July 9, 2025 at 11:37 PM
I got the 15th anniversary vinyl of the ArchAndroid. This is one of my favorite albums. It got me through some grueling commutes in grad school.
Check out this review of my book in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4288
May 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Check out this review of my book in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4288
With @ysolstar.bsky.social after our presentation at the Africana Digital Humanities Convening…
April 17, 2025 at 8:14 PM
With @ysolstar.bsky.social after our presentation at the Africana Digital Humanities Convening…
Elizabeth Catlett was born on this day in 1915. Here I am with Mother and Child at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
April 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Elizabeth Catlett was born on this day in 1915. Here I am with Mother and Child at the New Orleans Museum of Art.
I’ll be presenting on Africana Digital Storytelling. I hope to see you there!
April 4, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I’ll be presenting on Africana Digital Storytelling. I hope to see you there!
My Gramma would have been 92 years old today. I remember her by playing the songs she recorded in the late 1950s, early 1960s. She was also a poet. It’s not lost on me that she was born in the same season as so many other divas: Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, and Chaka Khan.
March 28, 2025 at 10:20 PM
My Gramma would have been 92 years old today. I remember her by playing the songs she recorded in the late 1950s, early 1960s. She was also a poet. It’s not lost on me that she was born in the same season as so many other divas: Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughn, and Chaka Khan.
“What's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?” — Toni Morrison, Jazz
February 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
“What's the world for you if you can't make it up the way you want it?” — Toni Morrison, Jazz
@ravynnkamia.bsky.social posted her Lego typewriter and I knew I had to have one.
January 25, 2025 at 12:43 AM
@ravynnkamia.bsky.social posted her Lego typewriter and I knew I had to have one.
I surpassed my goal, although I was hoping to read more fiction. I totaled 61% nonfiction and 39% fiction. I will be more intentional in 2025.
December 31, 2024 at 1:02 AM
I surpassed my goal, although I was hoping to read more fiction. I totaled 61% nonfiction and 39% fiction. I will be more intentional in 2025.
I made this print about 20 years ago, when I was a BFA student. It is a solar print that uses the intaglio method. The image is an old photo of my Mother with a heart charm sewn on, representing her two heart transplants. When I started my PhD program, I abandoned my art-making practice.
December 25, 2024 at 9:26 PM
I made this print about 20 years ago, when I was a BFA student. It is a solar print that uses the intaglio method. The image is an old photo of my Mother with a heart charm sewn on, representing her two heart transplants. When I started my PhD program, I abandoned my art-making practice.
My top artists for 2024:
December 5, 2024 at 2:50 AM
My top artists for 2024:
Benny Andrews was born on this day in 1930. He was an activist, who founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, USAF veteran, and alumnus of Fort Valley State University.
November 13, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Benny Andrews was born on this day in 1930. He was an activist, who founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, USAF veteran, and alumnus of Fort Valley State University.
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,056,715!
September 17, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,056,715!
My non-writing, summer project: a quilt!
July 5, 2024 at 11:20 PM
My non-writing, summer project: a quilt!
With Simone Leigh’s Brick House at the Legacy Sites Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
June 20, 2024 at 9:06 PM
With Simone Leigh’s Brick House at the Legacy Sites Freedom Monument Sculpture Park
I got a portrait bust of Ida B. Wells 😊
May 29, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I got a portrait bust of Ida B. Wells 😊
