Photoville

Guests at the fifth annual First Fridays: House Music Edition, a celebration of DJ Larry Levan, a house music pioneer in New York City, best known for his decade-long residency at the popular New York City nightclub Paradise Garage, August 2018. Photographer: Emmanuel Mensah Agbeble (@Apmworldmag); Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
Guests at the fifth annual First Fridays: House Music Edition, a celebration of DJ Larry Levan, a house music pioneer in New York City, best known for his decade-long residency at the popular New York City nightclub Paradise Garage, August 2018. Photographer: Emmanuel Mensah Agbeble (@Apmworldmag); Photographs and Prints Division, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.

In Our Season of Discontent, Count It All Joy is an exploration of the Black vernacular through photographs depicting gatherings, essential workers, pioneers, genius, and joy. Drawn from the archival collections of the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture Photographs and Print Division, these images are nestled inside NYC parks, where the vegetation makes it easier to breathe and provide a respite during quarantine. They offer a view of Black life that resists against the present and historical record of systemic racism and violence perpetrated against Black communities.

EXHIBITION ESSENTIALS

Poems:
A Small Needful Fact by Ross Gay
Second Sermon on the Warpland by Gwendolyn Brooks
Nikki-Rosa by Nikki Giovanni

Album:
Journey Through The Secret Life of Plants by Stevie Wonder

Books:
The Sweet Flypaper of Life by Roy DeCarava and Langston Hughes

Reading List:
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List

Organizations

  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

    The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in Harlem, one of The New York Public Library’s renowned research libraries, is a world-leading cultural institution devoted to the research, preservation, and exhibition of materials focused on African American, African Diaspora, and African experiences.

In Our Season of Discontent, Count It All Joy

 archive : 2020

Featuring: Various Artists

Curated by: Novella Ford

Presented by: The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
  • The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Supported by:

  • NYC Parks

Locations

View Location Details St. Nicholas Park – 132nd Street and 139th Street

St. Nicholas Park – 132nd Street and 139th Street and St. Nicholas Ave,
New York,
NY 10030

Number 80 on the official photoville map Click to download this year's map

Location open 24 hours

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