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Why do artists, writers, and activists form collectives? And, what happens then when your mission/directive/purpose has been accomplished? Or you find that it either cannot be realized, or needs more time/resources/attention than initially planned? For some, that could mean disassembly, for others adaptation and transformation.

Join Collective Arising artist Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo along with Taylor Brandon of the no neutral alliance and Jamal Batts of The Black Aesthetic in a conversation moderated by Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh about the ephemeral and malleable qualities of artist collectives.

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About the panel:
 Lucia Olubunmi R. Momoh, co-curator for Collective Arising, is a curator and writer from Sacramento, currently based in Philadelphia, where she currently works as the Constance E. Clayton Curatorial Fellow at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Momoh previously served as Curatorial Associate for Prospect.5 Yesterday we said tomorrow, Curatorial Assistant at the UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, and Curatorial Fellow at the New Orleans Museum of Art. Her writing has appeared in publications such as burnaway, 64 Parishes, and The Iron Lattice, a Print Magazine. She holds an MA in Art History from Tulane University and a BA in Art History and French from the University of Oregon.

 Jamal Batts, PhD is a curator, writer, and scholar. His work considers the relation between black contemporary art, sexuality, and risk. Recently, he curated the 2022 University of Pennsylvania MFA thesis exhibition, Imperative of Struggle. He is currently a Stanford University IDEAL Provostial Fellow in the Department of Art and Art History. Batts is a member of the curatorial collective The Black Aesthetic. 

 Lukaza Branfman-Verissimo (they/them/Lukaza) an artist, activist, educator, storyteller & curator who lives/works between Lisjan Ohlone Land [Oakland, CA] and Powhatan Land [Richmond,VA]. With roots in storytelling, their work is informed by a  commitment to craft and community, engagement with society, and interests in preserving and broadcasting B.I.Q.T.P.O.C. stories. Their work has been included in exhibitions at SEPTEMBER Gallery [Kinderhook, NY], EFA Project Space [New York City, NY], Leslie Lohman Museum [New York City, NY], Yerba Buena Center for the Arts [San Francisco, CA] and Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive [Berkeley, CA], amongst others.

 Taylor Brandon is an artist and writer from Oakland, CA whose practice is grounded in the study of Black geographies, Black American cultural lineages, her family, and her experience as a Black queer woman. 

Her practice is defined by her own intuition, movement, archival work and experimentation through video and writing. Taylor uses the interiority, chemistry, movement, and mundaneness of her own body as a starting point and model to understand herself and the worlds around her. 

 Taylot's creative practice is preceded by a five year public relations career in entertainment, art, and education. She is also a founding member of No Neutral Alliance (NNA), a group of working artists and arts administrators who are fighting to dismantle anti-blackness within arts institutions while simultaneously creating meaningful space outside institutions.

Taylor’s work has been published in Selvedge Magazine, SF Eater, Vanity Fair and Abstractions Magazine.