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Freelance Cultural Critic #writer #blackwriters
Gentle reminder: if you’re an artist looking to move to NYC please DON’T. It’s a lie and a scam and unless you have financial support it is going to a struggle not worth your time, energy, and sanity. Build community where you are and/or find a way to work remotely or freelance. It’s Hell here rn.
October 2, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Gentle reminder: if you’re an artist looking to move to NYC please DON’T. It’s a lie and a scam and unless you have financial support it is going to a struggle not worth your time, energy, and sanity. Build community where you are and/or find a way to work remotely or freelance. It’s Hell here rn.
Another one in the books! #hokumarts
September 30, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Another one in the books! #hokumarts
I have a show next month:
Celebration of Human Rights I presents: What Really Makes Queens Great
humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festiv...
#playwright #theatre #offoffbroadway
Celebration of Human Rights I presents: What Really Makes Queens Great
humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festiv...
#playwright #theatre #offoffbroadway
IHRAF Festival Queens — International Human Rights Art Movement
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August 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I have a show next month:
Celebration of Human Rights I presents: What Really Makes Queens Great
humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festiv...
#playwright #theatre #offoffbroadway
Celebration of Human Rights I presents: What Really Makes Queens Great
humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festiv...
#playwright #theatre #offoffbroadway
Raising funds is not my favorite thing to do but France is calling (again) and this artist residency is so very timely in this pivotal part of my career now that I’m in my curator era and interested in producing site-specific works by underinvested artists
www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancest...
www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancest...
Donate to Art & Ancestors @ 150 Year-old Paris Residency, organized by Hokum Arts
Hi, I’m Louis DeVaughn Nelson - a Black, queer interdisciplinary artist, dra… Hokum Arts needs your support for Art & Ancestors @ 150 Year-old Paris Residency
www.gofundme.com
July 28, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Raising funds is not my favorite thing to do but France is calling (again) and this artist residency is so very timely in this pivotal part of my career now that I’m in my curator era and interested in producing site-specific works by underinvested artists
www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancest...
www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancest...
NEW BLOG POST: Mid-Year Update Newsletter
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/b...
#playwright #theatre #theatremaker #dancemaker #gay #lgbtq #gofundme #philanthrophy #blackartists #blackwriters #queerart #queerartists #interdisciplinary #hokumarts
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/b...
#playwright #theatre #theatremaker #dancemaker #gay #lgbtq #gofundme #philanthrophy #blackartists #blackwriters #queerart #queerartists #interdisciplinary #hokumarts
Brave New Work for Brave New Times: Mid-Year Update + What’s Ahead
With funding disappearing, censorship on the rise, and communities under siege, it can feel difficult to keep creating. But this is exactly when bold, nourishing, rebellious art matters most. Black…
devonelson.wordpress.com
July 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
NEW BLOG POST: Mid-Year Update Newsletter
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/b...
#playwright #theatre #theatremaker #dancemaker #gay #lgbtq #gofundme #philanthrophy #blackartists #blackwriters #queerart #queerartists #interdisciplinary #hokumarts
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/b...
#playwright #theatre #theatremaker #dancemaker #gay #lgbtq #gofundme #philanthrophy #blackartists #blackwriters #queerart #queerartists #interdisciplinary #hokumarts
It’s official! I’m available for creative coaching, creative consulting, script review, script notes and feedback, audition coaching, and dramaturgy…I’m a complete nerd & I come with excellent references. Let me know how I can help!!!! #playwright
Art Muse Rx devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
Art Muse Rx devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
Art Muse Rx
Introducing Art Muse Rx: Creative Support for Artists, By an Artist Who Cares In a time when the world feels increasingly uncertain, and the arts face unprecedented challenges, the need for authent…
devonelson.wordpress.com
July 4, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It’s official! I’m available for creative coaching, creative consulting, script review, script notes and feedback, audition coaching, and dramaturgy…I’m a complete nerd & I come with excellent references. Let me know how I can help!!!! #playwright
Art Muse Rx devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
Art Muse Rx devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
I had the craziest epiphany yesterday that the majority of my script writing work is about serial killers…therefore that’s my brand.
June 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I had the craziest epiphany yesterday that the majority of my script writing work is about serial killers…therefore that’s my brand.
I don’t know who needs to hear this but that show isn’t SOLD OUT that’s just a marketing ploy to sell more tickets.
June 24, 2025 at 2:06 PM
I don’t know who needs to hear this but that show isn’t SOLD OUT that’s just a marketing ploy to sell more tickets.
New Blog Post:
artist as archivist
#artwriting #artcriticism #artsandculture
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/a...
artist as archivist
#artwriting #artcriticism #artsandculture
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/a...
Artist as Archivist
Artists have always carried the dual role of creator and archivist – recording our collective core even as the ground shifts beneath us. Now, with artificial intelligence transforming every c…
devonelson.wordpress.com
June 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
New Blog Post:
artist as archivist
#artwriting #artcriticism #artsandculture
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/a...
artist as archivist
#artwriting #artcriticism #artsandculture
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/a...
My dream is for everybody to ban the USA World Cup and The Olympics.
June 17, 2025 at 12:30 PM
My dream is for everybody to ban the USA World Cup and The Olympics.
Nobody is gonna wanna come here for the Olympics or the World Cup
May 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Nobody is gonna wanna come here for the Olympics or the World Cup
A living document of all the deaths to important programming courtesy of the NEA cuts. This is bad. Real bad. It’s time for foundations and private donors to step up to the plate! It’s your time to shine!!!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
NEA GRANT TERMINATION TRACKER
docs.google.com
May 9, 2025 at 3:06 PM
A living document of all the deaths to important programming courtesy of the NEA cuts. This is bad. Real bad. It’s time for foundations and private donors to step up to the plate! It’s your time to shine!!!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
Poverty Chastity Obedience
April 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Poverty Chastity Obedience
rip to all the writers who had to get them deadlines in before the holiday weekend
April 20, 2025 at 8:20 PM
rip to all the writers who had to get them deadlines in before the holiday weekend
Tell me why I was sitting on the subway sandwiched between two ladies doing online shopping on their phone? The way capitalism has us in a chokehold we ain’t never gone be free.
April 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Tell me why I was sitting on the subway sandwiched between two ladies doing online shopping on their phone? The way capitalism has us in a chokehold we ain’t never gone be free.
I tried to watch Severance and it did not work for me. In my defense I do not enjoy slow burn shows or movies
April 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
I tried to watch Severance and it did not work for me. In my defense I do not enjoy slow burn shows or movies
I can see the end of the world more clearly than I can see the end of capitalism
April 7, 2025 at 12:20 AM
I can see the end of the world more clearly than I can see the end of capitalism
Success in show business is 40% who you know 20% talent 40% who you know…and you need to be picked. You can make art without show business - though they are not the same.
April 1, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Success in show business is 40% who you know 20% talent 40% who you know…and you need to be picked. You can make art without show business - though they are not the same.
The arts are under attack BUT my new artist bio and artist statement is up 🤓 #playwright #blackwriters #theatre #playwrightsofblueskye #artist #theatremaker
newplayexchange.org/users/10957/...
newplayexchange.org/users/10957/...
Louis DeVaughn Nelson | New Play Exchange
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March 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
The arts are under attack BUT my new artist bio and artist statement is up 🤓 #playwright #blackwriters #theatre #playwrightsofblueskye #artist #theatremaker
newplayexchange.org/users/10957/...
newplayexchange.org/users/10957/...
They’ve been planning this since Obama.
March 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
They’ve been planning this since Obama.
We all have comfort shows and movies - surely you have a comfort read as well??? Mines is Dark Phoenix Saga always and forever
March 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We all have comfort shows and movies - surely you have a comfort read as well??? Mines is Dark Phoenix Saga always and forever
