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Joan Maynard gathered outside with children (Black & White photo)

03/07/24

Reclaiming Our Histories: A Reflection on Joan Maynard

02/13/24

Reflections on Toni’ Morrison’s the Source of Self-Regard

01/31/24

Leadership in Moments of Change

01/25/24

Meet Our Artists

The Laundromat Project Announces 2024 Create Change Artists-in-Residence and Fellows

12/21/23

The space in between…

12/15/23

A Very Short Reflection on Liberation

12/01/23

Essay Reports from the Field

Artivism: The Heartbeat of Community Advocacy and Housing Justice

07/31/23

Meet Kyla Massey, Operations Coordinator

07/27/23

Meet Amanda Boston, Arts Research with Communities of Color Fellow

07/27/23

Meet Nyra Wise, Development Intern

07/26/23

Meet Munira Khapra-Reininger, Director of Development & External Affairs

05/22/23

Collective Care: April’s Liberation Series in Review

Photograph of Folasade with a blue ombré overlay

05/22/23

Meet Folasade Ologundudu, Media and Storytelling Manager

Four LP staff members from the Community Engagement team smile alongside The LP's Executive Director, Ayesha Williams, in front of Greedi Vegan Restaurant

05/08/23

Executive Director Ayesha Williams shares reflections on her first few months as ED

Brooklynite Making a quilt

04/18/23

Women’s Herstory Month Celebrations at The LP

Photograph of two members of the United Order of the Tents bundled up against the cold, standing in front of Greedi Vegan restaurant.

03/22/23

Liberation Series Recap: Black History Month

02/15/23

Meet Trisha Barton, Senior Manager of Arts & Pedagogy

A banner with headshots of the twenty-one members of the 2023 create change cohort

02/08/23

Meet Our Artists

Announcing the 2023 Create Change Cohort

Artist Jazmine Hayes stands, confident, in front of The Laundromat Project storefront on Fulton Street. Her artwork is in the background.

01/18/23

Meet Our Artists

Jazmine Hayes Holds the Bed-Stuy Community in her Hands

People gathered around the table, working together at our 2020 Cultural Organizing/mapping workshop.

01/10/23

Co-creation and Reflection: Why does Art Matter to us?

12/19/22

Kemi Ilesanmi’s Farewell Reflection

12/15/22

Meet Alexander Huaylinos, Programs Associate

Blog post lead image for Morgan Fletcher

11/09/22

Meet Morgan Fletcher, Interim Director of External Affairs

The Laundromat Project staff members, led by the executive director, Kemi Ilesanmi, interacting with neighbors at the organization’s new storefront in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. Credit: Douglas Segars for The New York Times.

07/08/22

A moment of reflection & celebration

06/15/22

Destiny Belgrade

Meet Destiny Belgrave, Fulton Street Window Commission Artist

06/14/22

Cultivating Creative Collaboration: Sajata Epps

Head shot by Melisa Cardona

06/14/22

Being Abundant in Spite of It All: An Interview with Ebony Noelle Golden

06/14/22

Pedagogy and Purpose

Illustration by Julia Mata

06/14/22

Invest in Rest

06/14/22

OlaRonke Akinmowo

Black Abundance: Mutual Aid and Community Support Then and Now

06/14/22

Madjeen Issac Kyra Assibey Bonsu

Interview Meet Our Artists

Creative Conversations | Reimagining a Black Utopia for the Black Immigrant Communities

Johari James and volunteers for Str8OuttaBklyn’s ‘Clean Up Nice’ Neighborhood Cleanup, 2021

06/13/22

Emma Colón Amelia Brod

Johari James’ Vision of a Thriving Black & Brown Community

05/13/22

Meet Johnnay Leenay, Development Coordinator

05/06/22

Meet Catherine Mbali Green-Johnson, Director of Programs

04/29/22

Meet Andrea Gil-Garcia, Programs Coordinator

04/25/22

Jing Dong Jessica Cortez

Interview Meet Our Artists

Creative Conversations | A Space to Gather: Making Theater in Community

04/14/22

Meet Shana Wolfe, Director of Finance & Operations

Johari James and Mentee Youth Workers at Str8OuttaBklyn’s ‘Clean Up Nice’ Neighborhood Cleanup, 2021

03/22/22

Interview Meet Our Artists

Starting with My Own Neighborhood: Johari James’ Vision of a Thriving Black & Brown Community

Image credit: National Association of Negro Musicians board members, 1941 © Carnegie Museum of Art, Charles “Teenie” Harris Archive. Description: Black and white photo of three pairs of Black musicians in formal dress, seated in front of a tall lace curtain. Each pair is looking at a page of sheet music.

02/01/22

5 Projects Preserving Black History and Envisioning Black Futures

01/24/22

Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani

Meet Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, Interim Director of Programs

10/22/21

Salvador Muñoz

Meet Board Member Salvador Muñoz

10/22/21

Meet Board Member Diya Vij

Image of The LP storefront window commission by Destiny Belgrave

09/27/21

Destiny Belgrade

Interview Meet Our Artists

Meet Destiny Belgrave, Fulton Street Window Commission Artist

07/08/21

Meet Our Artists

Meet Piper Anderson, Radical Imagination Fellow

04/22/21

Meet Brittany Grier, Community Arts Engagement Fellow

Illustration of biking, gardening, and relaxing on top of a grid of city streets.

04/10/21

Reimagining Blackness and Civic Design

03/24/21

Resource Guide: Radical Mapping

03/24/21

Meet Board Member Jessica Lee

03/24/21

Meet Board Member Panthea Lee

03/24/21

Meet Board Member Patton Hindle

03/24/21

Alison Cuzzolino

Meet Board Member Alison Cuzzolino

03/05/21

Meet Nora Thajudeen, Development Fellow

01/22/21

Meet Our Artists

Announcing the 2021 Create Change Cohort and Radical Imagination Fellow

12/11/20

Kemi Ilesanmi Emma Colón

Design is a Language: Kemi Ilesanmi and Architect Nandini Bagchee in Conversation

12/01/20

Invest in Rest

09/25/20

Get Out the Vote!

09/15/20

Meet Carol Loja, Development Intern

08/28/20

Black Abundance: Mutual Aid and Community Support Then and Now

05/02/13

Create Change Alumni Interview: Sonia Louise Davis

04/03/13

Petrushka Bazin Larsen

03/12/13

Bayeté Ross Smith

Meet Our Artists

Create Change Alumni Interview: Bayeté Ross Smith

03/01/13

Interview Meet Our Artists

Create Change Alumni Interview with Aliya Bonar

01/24/13

Interview with Mickalene Thomas

12/19/12

Hollis King Xenia Diente

Xenia Diente and Hollis King

12/18/12

Interview with Shani Peters

12/13/12

Mary Jeys Sinema White

Mary Jeys & Sinema White

12/11/12

Interview with Rudy Shepherd

12/06/12

Haifa Bint-Kadi Moira Williams

Haifa Bint-Kadi & Moira Williams

12/04/12

Interview with Jayson Keeling

12/04/12

Seyi Adebanjo Dennis RedMoon Darkeem Priscilla Stadler

Seyi Adebanjo, Dennis RedMoon Darkeem & Priscilla Stadler

11/29/12

Elizabeth Hamby Hatuey Ramos-Fermín Nontsikelelo Mutiti

Nontsikelelo Mutiti, Elizabeth Hamby, and Hatuey Ramos-Fermin

11/27/12

Interview with Kenya (Robinson)

11/20/12

Betty Yu Tomie Arai

Tomie Arai & Betty Yu

11/15/12

Julia Taylor Suran Song

Suran Song & Julia Taylor

11/14/12

Aisha Bell in Creative Conversation

11/13/12

Interview with Ronny Quevedo

11/04/12

Interview with Dread Scott

08/13/11

Meet Our Artists

StoryBlock at Kelly Street Block Party

03/17/11

Meet Our Artists

Meet David Shrobe, Artist-in-Residence at The Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling

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