“There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.” ~octavia butler
earthseed black Arts Alliance New Mexico
We are Earthseed Black Arts Alliance New Mexico, a Black-led organization inspired by the science fiction of the great Octavia Butler. Earthseed focuses on centering and amplifying Black voices in Northern New Mexico as well as collaborating with Indigenous artists, artists of color and the city’s artist community as a whole. We believe artists are both at the forefront of change and are critical to the preservation of culture. We believe Black art has enormous healing potential and is a powerful tool for necessary communication, expression, and validation. Representation matters! and Black artists in New Mexico need to be represented and centered in the courageous conversations we are all having at the national level and at the micro level.
Upcoming Events
Support Earthseed!
Earthseed is a Black Arts Alliance with the focus of supporting Black art and artists in Northern New Mexico. Your contribution will fund projects, exhibitions, residencies, research, community events, and more. Supporting a vast network of Black artists and Black-led projects, centered around the thriving of Black culture and representation in the Arts!
Earthseed Black Arts Alliance is fiscally sponsored by Vital Spaces. Vital Spaces is a 501(c)3. Our FEIN is: 83-3490221.
Earthseed Projects
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Black History/Future Playing Cards
In celebration of Black history / future month we over here at Earthseed created these cards of 10 Black New Mexicans past and present you should know.
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Word!
Our Ongoing Poetry, Spoken Word, Musing and Reading Event.
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Black History/Black Song : History through the African American Len
So many people came together to make this a reality and we’re so incredibly proud of this! Black Story / Black Song is a curriculum designed for middle and high school students which includes a 40-minute video (or choose from eight individual 5-minute vignettes) featuring eight Black educational presenters speaking on various topics (Literature, Art, Science, Hip Hop, N.M. History, Poetry, African Ancestry, Civil Rights) as well as links and resources to dive in more, plus a teacher packet pdf with eight lesson plans
We Are Here.
“Here we are—Energy, Mass, Life, Shaping Life, Mind, Shaping Mind, God, Shaping God. Consider—We are born Not with purpose, But with potential.” ~Octavia Butler
While African Americans make up a small sector of Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico populations, WE ARE HERE. We are business owners, entrepreneurs, students, creatives, workers in all aspects of the service and tourist industry.
Our children attend schools here, and we are invested in this community, we live in and love. and yet we lack representation due to our relatively small numbers. In light of the current international spotlight on systemic inequalities at play in our society, we see this as the ideal moment for Black New Mexicans to have a voice in the conversation about how to address and heal this inequity, specifically as it relates to Black people.
Our Vision
We believe representation matters and as members of the arts community we ask to be made visible in our city; we seek to amplify our voices in the dialogue regarding the development of public and city funded arts & culture programming.
To counter the invisibility we are manifesting the following vision of what Black representation might look like in Santa Fe County and the greater Northern New Mexico region:
Visibility
The presence of a Black person appointed to the city arts and culture department.
Representation
Black representation among the nine person volunteer arts commission, appointed by the mayor.
Celebration
A city sponsored public art project that acknowledges, celebrates, and honors the history of Black people in New Mexico.
We are currently making a CALL FOR BLACK ARTISTS to expand our network and continue to connect with one another and also fundraising for all aspects of arts and culture programming and events. We are in the development phase of events such as art shows, installations, lecture series, residency programs, along with live online events.
“Belief Initiates and guides action— Or it does nothing.” ~o. B
CALL FOR bLACK ARTISTS
We are building our community and looking for Black artists of all mediums throughout New Mexico! We are in the development phase of events and gatherings, such as art shows, installations, lecture series, residency programs, along with live/online events and more! We are seeking black artists interested in building the black arts community, access and visibility in New Mexico. Is that you? If so…
cALL FOR COMMUNITY
We have an opportunity here to be the change we want to see. This is the time for action to follow up words of solidarity and support. Supporting Black arts in Santa Fe and Northern New Mexico is one way for our community to stand together in unity and love for one another.
There are many ways for community allies to show up and put their action where their words of support are. You can Donate directly to the alliance to further our work and continued thriving. You can donate time and volunteer hours to support our ongoing projects and events. You can donate materials and resources, studio space, storage space, performance and exhibition space. You can get creative and find ways that your access, privilege, position or connections can be shared with the us to continue our thriving, inclusion, and representation.