Elizabeth
@afroartnerd.bsky.social
Art historian and HBCU Professor | Author: Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic | elizabethchamilton.com
Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
Header image: Alison Saar. Tobacco, Indigo, Sugar, Cotton, and Rice (2018)
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Elizabeth
@afroartnerd.bsky.social
· May 6
Check out this review of my book in CAA Reviews: www.caareviews.org/reviews/4288
An artist featured in my book, Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic Artle #Artle December 31, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
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December 31, 2025 at 5:26 PM
An artist featured in my book, Charting the Afrofuturist Imaginary in African American Art: The Black Female Fantastic Artle #Artle December 31, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Time to rewatch my favorite holiday movie: Hav Plenty!
December 30, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Time to rewatch my favorite holiday movie: Hav Plenty!
Artle #Artle December 29, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Artle #Artle December 28, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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Artle #Artle December 27, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟩 ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 27, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Happy Birthday to Jean-Michel Basquiat, born on this day in 1960. I find myself mourning his death and imagining who he could have been if he hadn’t died in 1988. I believe his prolific art practice was him reckoning with his own mortality. (Portraits by James Van Der Zee, 1982)
December 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Happy Birthday to Jean-Michel Basquiat, born on this day in 1960. I find myself mourning his death and imagining who he could have been if he hadn’t died in 1988. I believe his prolific art practice was him reckoning with his own mortality. (Portraits by James Van Der Zee, 1982)
I really enjoyed this conversation. Give it a listen!
Elizabeth Hamilton on the podcast talking about art, futurism, vernacular culture, and the deep archive of Black Studies from the museum to the everyday. Great listen, on all platforms or here:
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Elizabeth Hamilton - Art History and African American Studies, Fort Valley State University
Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · 02/21/2025 · 49m
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December 21, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I really enjoyed this conversation. Give it a listen!
Artle #Artle December 21, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 21, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Artle #Artle December 18, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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Artle #Artle December 15, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 15, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Artle #Artle December 14, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Artle #Artle December 14, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
My book is in excellent company 😊
Hello, it’s me: the person who is about to launch book two and racing to wrap up book three 😬
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
Pleased to report I hit 50K today and I am feeling good
I think *The Cosmos is a Black Aesthetic* might be a banger 👀
(Under contract with @dukepress.bsky.social!)
December 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
My book is in excellent company 😊
Artle #Artle December 7, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 7, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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Artle #Artle December 6, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 6, 2025 at 12:46 PM
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Artle #Artle December 5, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
December 5, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Artle #Artle December 5, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
My top artists/ albums of 2025:
December 3, 2025 at 9:10 PM
My top artists/ albums of 2025:
Reposted by Elizabeth
“There’s a place in contemporary American culture for African-American female truth telling. To tell it like it is or to tell it like it isn’t or to tell it like you dreamed it up:” Kara Walker, whose birthday is today.
November 26, 2024 at 3:45 PM
“There’s a place in contemporary American culture for African-American female truth telling. To tell it like it is or to tell it like it isn’t or to tell it like you dreamed it up:” Kara Walker, whose birthday is today.
Reposted by Elizabeth
Want to go out and bring objects home while respecting the blackout general strike Nov 25–Dec 2?
Try the library.
Try the library.
November 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Want to go out and bring objects home while respecting the blackout general strike Nov 25–Dec 2?
Try the library.
Try the library.
Reposted by Elizabeth
Benny Andrews was born on this day in 1930. He was an activist, who founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, USAF veteran, and alumnus of Fort Valley State University.
November 13, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Benny Andrews was born on this day in 1930. He was an activist, who founded the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition, USAF veteran, and alumnus of Fort Valley State University.
Artle #Artle November 13, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
November 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Artle #Artle November 9, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
November 9, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Artle #Artle November 9, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle #Artle November 5, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
November 5, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Artle #Artle November 5, 2025 🎨 🟩 ⬜ ⬜ ⬜ www.nga.gov/Artle
This is amazing and immediately brought to mind Charmaine Wilkerson’s Good Dirt. www.mfa.org/press-releas...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Resolves Ownership of Works by Enslaved Artist David Drake
BOSTON (October 29, 2025)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also k
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October 30, 2025 at 12:54 AM
This is amazing and immediately brought to mind Charmaine Wilkerson’s Good Dirt. www.mfa.org/press-releas...
Artle #Artle October 21, 2025 🎨 🟥 🟥 🟥 🟩 www.nga.gov/Artle
Artle – the daily art exploration game.
Discover artwork and guess the artist in 4 tries. A new artist puzzle is available daily.
www.nga.gov
October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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