THE BLACK SCHOOL

The Black School: Mission

Based on our commitment to community building and our core principles of Black love, wellness, and self determination, The Black School’s mission is to promote and extend the legacy of art in Black radical histories by providing innovative education alternatives centered in Black love. Through youth art workshops, community wide events/programing, and our student staffed art and design studio, we use art to transform social realities while celebrating Black people's history and the beauty and ingenuity of our ever evolving culture.

About The Black School

The Black School is an experimental art school teaching Black and POC people of color students and allies to become agents of change, founded by Joseph Cuillier III and Shani Peters in 2016. Their mission is to promote and extend the legacy of art in Black radical histories by providing innovative education alternatives centered in Black love. They have held over 100 workshops on radical Black politics and public interventions that address local community needs, serving over 400 students, and also produced three Black Love Fests, collaborated with more than 40 professional artists, and partnered with over 50 organizations. With this foundation TBS is now working to build a physical home for its programing in the 7th Ward of New Orleans, LA, Cuillier’s hometown.

email: contact@theblack.school

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website: theblack.school