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Posted: 2020-10-09T20:08:06Z | Updated: 2020-12-21T16:47:47Z

Art and media are powerful catalysts for change, and in a year marked by the fight for racial justice, the work of Black artists feels more poignant than ever.

HuffPost has teamed up with RYOT, Verizon Medias immersive storytelling production house, and All Black Creatives , a foundation and agency that celebrates and empowers Black creatives, to bring you a unique virtual exhibit were calling Art Is Revolution (AIR).

This immersive 3D exhibit showcases the work of groundbreaking Black artists in a year of racial reckoning, curated by Danielle Elise, founder of All Black Creatives.

In this moment an election, a global pandemic, a corporate cultural awakening as Black folks, our bodies and minds are stretched thin, Elise said. Not only are we stretching to survive, we are also having to educate and bear the burden of a world around us that is just waking up to the work to be done.

So Elise picked several restorative themes Lift Every Voice, Healing, Black Joy and Future and selected 21 artists whose work stood out for giving image, voice, compassion, honesty, sound, truth and reflection to the revolution, she said. Honest art thats what I look for.

Each week of this four-part series, youll find artwork from multidisciplinary Black creators, including photographers, musicians, writers, poets, sculpturists and more.

Each artist in this show is tied together by the same thread every single artist possesses a passion and an honesty that I knew this project needed, Elise said. Their art IS their revolution. This message rang so clear for every single artist and every piece curated.





Click on the Launch AR button above to be taken to a 3D gallery experience and make sure to hit the Sound On icon at the top right of your screen to hear the artists talk about their work.

On desktop, use your mouse or touchpad to zoom and rotate each 3D object. On mobile, you can also view the artwork in your own space and walk around them. Use two fingers to resize and rotate each exhibit.


Using a variety of technologies, including drone-captured photogrammetry, we have transformed these artworks into augmented reality exhibits that you can explore and interact with. Using your mobile phone, you can even bring these pieces, virtually, into your own space.

The first theme, Lift Every Voice, pays homage to Lift Every Voice and Sing , a song also known as the Black National Anthem written originally as a poem by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson .

This theme centers on art that represents the revolution, highlights the Black Lives Matter gatherings in the streets, Elise said. Our Black women matter, our Black queer and trans family matters, our Black men matter, and so we lift every voice. It is both a call to action and a reflection of that action.


Noel Spiva

Multimedia designer, St. Louis, Missouri