First Look: YouTubeâs âBlack Renaissanceâ With the Obamas, Stacey Abrams, H.E.R. & More
Black Renaissance is a celebration and amplification of Black culture by showcasing its creators, writers, artists, and storytellers.
Author:
YouTube Originals
Black Renaissance is a celebration and amplification of Black culture by showcasing its creators, writers, artists, and storytellers.
Last month, we told you about
YouTube’s documentary
President Barack Obama, former
Black History Month special today,
YouTube Originals, in partnership with
Google Arts & Culture, also revealed that
Black Renaissance will also highlight the work of
Stacey Abrams,
Stacey Abrams and H.E.R. will appear in YouTube s Black Renaissance
Poet Amanda Gorman does it again
Amanda Gorman
HER AMAZINGNESS knows no bounds and American poet Amanda Gorman has further etched her name into history by becoming the first poet to present at the Superbowl.
Prior to what is one of the biggest sporting spectacles in the world The 22 -year-old praised the powers that be for enabling her to deliver her art on such a stage.
Taking to Twitter she wrote: “Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art & our country, because it means we’re thinking imaginatively about human connection even when we feel siloed.”
She didn’t disappoint.
Art Industry News: Serena Williams Built a Professional-Grade Art Gallery Inside Her Palatial New Miami Home + Other Stories
Plus, a Met trustee sells a tiny Rembrandt for more than $20 million and Cuban artists call for the removal of the country s culture minister.
February 5, 2021
Serena Williams attends the 2019 Met Gala at the Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 6, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue)
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