Onajide
@onajide.bsky.social
visual artist, writer, curator, researcher, cultural worker, professor. ArtPortfolio: http://art3st.com
Lacking a model of self education... open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Lacking a model of self education...
I am the only member of my immediate family with a university degree.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:12 PM
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Jazz Combo at FGCU open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Jazz Combo at FGCU
a sample for your delight!
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January 25, 2026 at 10:25 PM
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My opening reception yesterday at Florida Gulfcoast Univ. Jazz students playing some of the music they composed in response to joining me for a walk in a park in Miami. Also I did two printmaking workshops with students.
Becoming Tomorrow’s Dream open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Becoming Tomorrow’s Dream open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Becoming Tomorrow’s Dream
Reception today
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January 23, 2026 at 8:17 PM
My opening reception yesterday at Florida Gulfcoast Univ. Jazz students playing some of the music they composed in response to joining me for a walk in a park in Miami. Also I did two printmaking workshops with students.
Becoming Tomorrow’s Dream open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Becoming Tomorrow’s Dream open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Becoming Tomorrow's Dream open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Becoming Tomorrow's Dream
solo exhibition by Onajide Shabaka
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January 15, 2026 at 11:59 PM
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A quick look at 2025 open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
A quick look at 2025
Just a few words about a year with challenges and rewards.
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January 3, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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Betye Saar open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Betye Saar
Art Basel Miami Beach, Roberts Projects LA
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December 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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Friday morning conversation open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Friday morning conversation
at The Bass Museum
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December 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Friday morning conversation open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Apple juice open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Apple juice
(no sugar added)
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October 10, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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Not a Future open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Not a Future
(the end of September, a few thoughts)
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September 30, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Not a Future open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Sign O the Times open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Sign O the Times
Columbia University, LeRoy Neiman Center
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September 16, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Sign O the Times open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Art Conversation & Tea open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Art Conversation & Tea
In connection with the exhibition, Murmur, I would like to invite you to a conversation with artist and Dimensions Variable (DV) co-director, Leyden Rodriguez-Casanova over the exhibition with a post ...
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September 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Recovery & Healing open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Recovery & Healing
Stool “A” Design: 1971 © Shabaka
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August 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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Drink a bit of tea! open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Drink a bit of tea!
“Tea drinking culture varies significantly across the globe, with unique traditions and customs associated with the beverage in different regions.
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August 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Drink a bit of tea! open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Sign O the Times or Buck-in-Hamm-Palace open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Sign O the Times or Buck-in-Hamm-Palace
Upcoming exhibition
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August 1, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Sign O the Times or Buck-in-Hamm-Palace open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Ceramic legacies open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Ceramic legacies
My paternal relatives were enslaved on plantations of Edgefield County, South Carolina.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY
Rather than following a path a walk is more akin to a succession of steps that effectively rewrites the space that opens in front of the walker.
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July 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY
Rather than following a path a walk is more akin to a succession of steps that effectively rewrites the space that opens in front of the walker.
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July 7, 2025 at 2:12 PM
FROM UNKNOWING TO DISCOVERY: A WALK, A JOURNEY open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicaid!
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NO CUTS to Medicaid!
Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicai...
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July 4, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cutting or defunding programs like Medicaid would create major gaps in state funding and devastate state budgets. We're running out of time to protect our health care. Tell Congress NO CUTS to Medicaid!
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Reading listed open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Reading listed
Naming Africans: On the Epistemic Value of Names (book)
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June 29, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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Remembering Miami Today open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Remembering Miami Today
Ruth Shack
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June 18, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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Invite: Art Talk with Yessica Gispert & Onajide Shabaka open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Invite: Art Talk with Yessica Gispert & Onajide Shabaka
Tertulia Nights
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June 11, 2025 at 2:03 PM
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What's Old is New open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
What's Old is New
After a very busy weekend and attending to important tasks I can get back to my Substack musings.
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June 4, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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Artistic Walking Practice open.substack.com/pub/onajide/...
Artistic Walking Practice
Decades old and still going...
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May 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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