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@mdstamper.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 3:47 PM

“Shelter” by Danielle Mckinney (American) - Oil on linen / 2023 - Rose Art Museum (Waltham, Massachusetts) #WomenInArt #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists #DanielleMckinney #BlackArt #AfricanAmericanArt #BlackWomenInArt #Mckinney #OilPainting #art #artText #arte #BrandeisUniversity #RoseArtMuseum

American artist Danielle Mckinney’s paintings often give Black women something art history has too rarely granted them: uninterrupted time to rest, think, dream, and simply inhabit their own interior worlds. Trained first as a photographer, Mckinney brings a cinematic sense of framing and pause to paintings that can feel like film stills of moments already in progress, observed without explanation. In “Shelter,” the title suggests protection, but the refuge is not represented as a room or physical enclosure. Instead, it seems to reside in the woman’s inward attention and in the intimate space created between her hand and a butterfly. A Black woman appears in profile against a broad olive-brown field, leaning forward with her chin resting in one hand. Her short dark hair forms a smooth rounded silhouette, while a voluminous cream garment wraps her shoulders and body in loose, luminous folds. She extends two coral-painted fingertips toward an orange-and-black butterfly hovering just beyond her face. Warm highlights catch her eyes, cheeks, lips, and nails, drawing us toward the tiny encounter. With no furniture or setting visible, the woman, hand, and butterfly seem suspended in a quiet, concentrated space. The insect is often associated with change, fragility, freedom, or brief beauty, yet Mckinney does not force a fixed story. The encounter remains private and open-ended. That resistance to interruption is central to Mckinney’s work. She has described painting as a “spiritual act” and each canvas as a portal for exploring the soul, the self, and freedom within one’s own space. “Shelter” was included in Danielle Mckinney: Tell Me More at the Rose Art Museum, her first solo U.S. museum exhibition which brought together 13 paintings centered on Black women’s interior lives, autonomy, beauty, and resilience. The restrained palette, isolated figure, and minute butterfly turn an ordinary gesture of attention into a moment in which stillness itself becomes shelter.
@acorihonzo.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 2:39 PM

A proud moment watching Eric Orr sign boxes for the limited Rappin’ Max Robot Toy Tokyo exclusive, available now at NYCC! Honored to be part of seeing a Black creative get the recognition he deserves for his contributions to hip-hop and art history.

#blacksky #BlackArt #HipHop

@birdcomputer.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 11:48 PM

Portrait of the Artist

#myart #blackart #traditionalart

A traditional black and white drawing of a cartoonist drawing at a drafting table with green spot colors and screentones. Text at the top of the page reads: "Meanwhile..." There is a cartoon dog that thinks "Apparently, it's hard to cartoon when you can barely get out of bed." The artist has a speech bubble that reads "Ah Damn"
@thecuteblackcouple.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:01 PM

You can argue that an Adam and Eve cosplay is minimalist, perhaps too much 😅
@enozart.bsky.social #Outfitober2026

#art #digitalart #artsky #oc #ocart #ocsky #comic #comics #webcomics #blackart #blackartist #blacksky #illustration #ibispaint #ibispaintx #BlackSkyCreativesInc #thecuteblackcouple

@mschelseamaria.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 2:12 PM

Thirst Trap 🩸💦
A comic about how a vampire is still no better than a man. Uncensored version posted on the patreon (coming soon)
#art #funny #comicstrip #dating #spooky #blackart

@jeniusj.blacksky.appOct 9, 2026, 3:54 AM

Faith Ringgold: Dancing on the George Washington Bridge (1988)

#art
#BlackArt

Faith Ringgold: Dancing on the George Washington Bridge (1988) Colorful quilt of a group of Black women and girls in colorful and cute outfits floating and flying along a steel bridge across a blue night sky. There are colorful fabric patches around the border.
@mdstamper.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 7:40 PM

“Jazz Dancers” by Aldonia R. Bailey (American) - Acrylic on canvas / Possibly 1974 - San Bernardino County Museum (Redlands, California) #WomenInArt #AldoniaBailey #Bailey #BlackArt #AfricanAmericanArt #JazzArt #DanceInArt #BlackRenaissance #art #artText #arte #WomensArt #WomanArtist #WomenArtists

American artist Aldonia Bailey described “Jazz Dancers” as showing dancers “swaying to the music” while people enjoy jazz in Central Park. Rather than isolate a single performer, she makes collective movement the painting’s subject as six women seem linked by an invisible beat, their repeating postures carrying the eye across the canvas like notes in a melodic line. Bailey’s saturated color, simplified forms, and energetic brushwork privilege atmosphere and memory over strict realism. The six Black women sweep diagonally across a vivid green lawn, their bodies leaning backward and sideways as though caught in the same musical phrase. Bailey dresses them in long, brilliantly patterned pink, blue, yellow-green, orange, and deep red skirts paired with pale sleeveless tops, jewelry, and hair ornaments. Their elongated poses turn movement into rhythm so arms bend, shoulders tilt, and skirts flare as the dancers sway together. Behind them, small pavilions painted in pink, blue, and white punctuate a park filled with loosely rendered figures. Tall palms and dense trees frame a glowing yellow-orange sky, giving the scene the warmth and bustle of an outdoor summer festival. This is jazz experienced through motion, community, and pleasure. The work also participates in a long tradition of Black artists representing music and dance as spaces of creativity, social connection, and cultural continuity. Bailey, a Louisiana-born artist long active in Southern California, has repeatedly returned to jazz, dancers, family, and Black everyday life throughout her practice. Her inscription appears to date the painting to 1974, which would make it an unusually early work in her career. The painting appeared in the San Bernardino County Museum’s 2026 exhibition Black Renaissance, where its exuberant celebration of Black music, movement, and communal life resonated with the exhibition’s dialogue between the legacy of the Harlem Renaissance and contemporary Black creativity.
@sp3llbook.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 4:28 PM

Ceremonies

#art #character #reference #concept #humanartist #drawing #illustration #urban #blackart #AFAM #AFAMart #black
#supportartist
#Sequentialart #comics #comicart #BlackSkyCreativesInc #blacksky

@thecuteblackcouple.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 8:13 PM

#Inktober2026 so far...

#inktober #art #digitalart #artsky #oc #ocart #ocsky #comic #comics #webcomics #blackart #blackartist #blacksky #illustration #ibispaint #ibispaintx #BlackSkyCreativesInc #thecuteblackcouple

@origindirectory.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:49 PM

Two centuries of Black American Art 🔖 History preserved, legacy honored. Today's Black artists & creatives deserve that same global reach — list your business or org FREE on Origin Directory & connect internationally 🌍 origindirectory.com #BlackArt #BlackSky

@origindirectory.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:48 PM

The state of Black Art is THRIVING 🎨 Atlanta Art Fair 2026 is proof! Black creatives and entrepreneurs belong on the global stage — search for jobs, find opportunities, and list your creative business FREE on Origin Directory 🌍 origindirectory.com #BlackSky #BlackArt

@bklynbee.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:29 AM

missin you

#artsky #art #blackart #paintsky

black art
@313smdhustler.myatproto.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:39 PM

What up doe #Blacksky I've been gone for a couple days y'all been behaving???

#BlackArt
#Spookyseason

@sp3llbook.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 4:43 PM

Rituals

#art #character #reference #concept #humanartist #drawing #illustration #urban #blackart #AFAM #AFAMart #black
#supportartist
#Sequentialart #comics #comicart #BlackSkyCreativesInc #blacksky

@aspartscollective.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:12 PM

Repost: “In the segregated South, circles were marked on the bottoms of glasses so white people would never have to drink from them. Howardena Pindell put that memory into her practice.

📚 Touched by the Mother: Black Men, American Art, Feminist Horizons by Huey Copeland”

#blackart #books

@soulsgrowndeep.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:45 AM

🧵 Couldn’t make it to Gee’s Bend for the Airing of the Quilts Festival? Bring a piece of its quilting tradition home with a high-quality reproduction on archival paper or stretched canvas from the SGD Custom Print Store.
#SoulsGrownDeep #GeesBend #BlackArt

@kleaeternalart.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:37 AM

Kael Tharion The stormweaver
#art #blackart #storm #fantasy #magic

@kiratheartist.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 1:08 AM

ebay.io/m/xihJHk Original Black Woman Portrait up for auction! #art #stippling #blackart #artforsale

@obsidianlit.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 11:53 PM

📍 Link for details and to RSVP: bit.ly/SeroteEvent

#ObsidianLit #BlackLit #BlackArt #BlackPoetry #ObsidianCommunity

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