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The Griot Museum of Black History earns one of Monument Lab’s $100k Re:Generation project grants to support the launch of its “Black HerStory Initiative,” which seeks to honor Black women whose contributions span political, social, and cultural spheres of the city through oral histories and public mark-making.
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.
“This book will encourage and equip [readers] to use art as a language and instrument that can help…champion [their] chosen cause.”
School librarian, Terri Lent, provides a “Highly Recommended” starred review of Art of Protest on behalf of the national organization, School Library Connection, which will be featured in their November/December 2021 issue.
Trade reviewer, Kathleen McBroom provides a Booklist review of Art of Protest, portraying it as a “fresh guide” and “attractive offering” of “considerable and helpful artistic advice through the lens of public protest.”
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.”
As a capstone to our fellowship experience with Monument Lab and the Goethe Institut, St. Louis’s MADAD Collective (De Nichols, Damon Davis, Mallory Nezam) was featured in a new exhibition by Goethe’s Montreal organization. “Shaping The Past / Inscribing The Future” features works by several of the 2020 ML fellowship cohort, as we reflect on our artworks that engage topics of spatial justice, memorialization, and public art within our local communities.
Art of Protest gets a new cover for UK Pride for its Aug 31 re-release!