St. Louis Public Radio’s Chad Davis asked Nichols about her new book and how she hopes it will inspire young activists to use art to speak truth to power.
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Art of Protest by De Nichols is shortlisted for the 2021 Goddard Riverside / CBC Young People’s Book Prize for Social Justice, a new literary award which “recognizes nonfiction books for children and teens related to urban life and issues that support values such as community, equality, opportunity, mutual understanding, respect, caring, and justice – in accordance with Goddard Riverside’s mission.”
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The online show “In the City: Memories of Black Presence” is a collaborative effort headed by De Nichols, 2020 Loeb Fellow at the Graduate School of Design; Griot founder and executive director Lois Conley; and Winthrop Professor of History and of African and African American Studies Walter Johnson. It runs through May 28, and is free and open to the public.
Read MoreBig Picture Press, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK, is excited to announce the acquisition of Art of Protest: What A Revolution Looks Like by designer-activist De Nichols. Featuring illustrations from Diana Dagadita, Olivia Twist, Raul Opera, Molly Mendoza, and Diego Becas. World rights were acquired by Joanna McInerney, Head of Big Picture Press, from the contributors directly.
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“The project, called “A Walking Xmas Carol,” also includes a musical element. As they stroll from one storefront to another, visitors are encouraged to listen along to a humorous, hip-hop adaptation of the story of Ebenezer Scrooge recorded by Chicago-based group Q Brothers. (St. Louis Shakespeare Festival performed Q Brothers’ very loose adaptation of Shakespeare’s “The Two Gentlemen of Verona” in January.) The storefront project was also developed in partnership with Central West End Window Walk.”
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De Nichols interviews with St. Louis Public Radio about two billboards she created in collaboration with The Luminary gallery and STL Made campaign. These works emphasize the role and importance of art as both a form of protest and public declaration of community power.
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De is an #AdobePartner with Adobe and IxDA for the 2020 World Interaction Design Day (#IxDD).
On September 29, communities across the globe will hold space on #IxDD to come together and activate the power of design to think critically about the themes of culture and sustainability.
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De joins design leader, Jessica Helfand, for a conversation on reliance, entrepreneurship, and activism for her daily essay series, The Self-Reliance Project, on Design Observer.
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The African American Design Nexus presents The Nexus, a podcast that explores the intersection of design, identity, and practice through conversations with Black designers, writers and educators. In this episode, I spoke with the hosts about the #DesignAsProtest movement, alternatives to profit-driven models of practice for designers, and the importance of self care and collective care in the face of the white supremacist logics that linger in design culture.
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Socially Driven Magazine covers De Nichols and five fellow arts-based entrepreneurs as they reflect on purpose and keys to their success.
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The Chouteau Greenway is one of six North American projects to earn Architecture Magazine’s 67th Annual Progressive Architecture Award. Each year, its panel of jurors select works within the built environment that “exemplify progress by using design to draw connections between individual users and the communities around them.”
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Intercourse is a series by Afrosexology that brings young black people from different genders, sexualities, and experience levels to talk about how we have navigated sex throughout our lives.
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De joins the team at Entrepreneurially Thinking podcast to speak about social challenges that matter to her and how her team at Civic Creatives uses design and creative organizing to bring awareness to these issues. Listen to the conversation.
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Artist. Activist. Global Speaker. Curator. Entrepreneur. De Nichols is an international changemaker at one of the highest levels of her field, and she is one of 9 designers from across the world who has been selected as a 2020 Loeb Fellow of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (Harvard GSD).
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There’s something about the simple act of breaking bread – sharing a home-cooked meal with others – that nourishes not only the body but also the mind and soul. But with the right ingredients, a meal can also spur social change. That is the idea that De Nichols, a civic designer, social entrepreneur and founder and co-organizer of local grassroots organization FoodSpark, is banking on.
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In this morning news television segment, I joined my friend Sherita Love (EdHub STL) on Fox 2 Now to share our experiences as women in the St. Louis startup community.
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I received the honor to have a conversation with STL by Design, a new podcast produced by AIGA STL leaders, Anna Heinze and Jayvn Solomon. Catch how the conversation unfolds as we talk design journeys, social justice, and the power of relationships.
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Art publication, Sixty Inches from Center, highlights the Dwell in Other Futures festival that featured me and artists, poets, visionaries, and leaders to engage in futurism theory and practice in order to imagine a more equitable, vibrant, and creative St. Louis of the future.
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Created and produced by SLAM! Agency in conjunction with Venture Cafe St. Louis and Venture Cafe Miami, Innovation City gives you an inside look at how rapidly business and culture are changing thanks to increasing diversity and inclusion, heightened creativity, and a stronger and better-connected business community.
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