Discover our mission to preserve, activate, and share Black cultural heritage.
You Can’t Create What You Can’t See
Our vision is to transform human lives by presenting Black artistic legacies in ways that dismantle the conventional functions of the archive, the exhibition, and traditional art history.
Black archival traditions are essential to Black communities
Black Artists Archive preserves and activates the cultural legacies of Black artists, collectors, and their families across the Midwest—archiving underrecognized collections and expanding access through stewardship, exhibitions, and education.
Our vision is to transform human lives by presenting Black visual culture in ways that dismantle the conventional functions of the archive, the exhibition, and traditional art history.
Set to launch in 2027, DUO is a three-month residency that will support artist/curator pairs exploring experimental and contemporary practices rooted in Black cultural frameworks while drawing from the Archive and the BCI.
