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OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/
The Shape of Blackness announced the launch of its virtual art exhibition and media campaign featuring Black artists from South Africa and Oakland, CA comparing their perspective on Blackness, Race, and Identity in 2021. The exhibit features 11 visual artists, 5 from South Africa and 6 from Oakland, who created work in response to the question: When you look at contemporary Blackness, what do you see?
Created by Cedric Brown of the
Atlantic Fellows for Racial Equity, The Shape of Blackness exhibition engages perspectives on the Black experience past, present, and future to engage artists in a transnational conversation through visual art. Participating artists include Theko Boshomane, Tshepiso Moropa, Lebohang Motaung, Lebo Thoka, and Helena Uambembe from South Africa; and Aaron Beitia, Courageous, Nicole Dixon, Michon Sanders, Brette Sims, and Abba Yahudah from the United States. Brown partnered with curator
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Why are more people taking the plunge and launching ventures during a global pandemic? Experts aren’t sure. “It’s a significant increase,” said Mark Herbert, vice president in California for Small Business Majority, a national organization advocating for small businesses. “It’s something we’ve been tracking and we have more questions than answers at this point.”
Herbert said one possibility is that people whose businesses shut down for good during the crisis might be trying to start over. More than 19,000 businesses closed permanently statewide since March, according to a September Yelp analysis. Others, Herbert said, might be trying to make extra money after a pandemic-related layoff.