The Black Embodiments studio
The Black Embodiments Studio is an arts writing incubator, public programming initiative, and publication platform dedicated to building discourse around contemporary black art. Each year BES convenes the Arts Writing Incubator, where people gain practical and conceptual support in developing their own arts writing, and collaborates with artists, writers, on public programming initiatives from public talks to mail art. The year culminates in the publication of A Year in Black Art, a journal collecting participants’ writing.
BES began in 2017 with the goal of addressing the need for black arts writing support in Seattle and the program continues to evolve. We welcome Arts Writing Incubator participants nationwide and we are collaborating with arts orgs in the PNW and the Midwest to provide even more (funded) opportunities for people to think closely with black art and artists.