#FLYYCHAT is BACK!!!

Monday, January 25th @ 8pm EST!!!

 #BlackGirlMagic in Museums!

with Aleia Brown, Stephanie Cunningham 

and 

Ravon Ruffin

 Starting 2016 with MORE #BlackGirlMagic!

One of my favorite things to do when the weather turns chill is to take a family trip to the museum!  Let me tell you, museums are on fiyah! Largely because there so many BRILLIANT women of color are having major influences on museums across the country.  Thanks to them, museums are creating critical dialogues that are relevant, urgent, healing and daring.  Basically, they are sprinkling their Black Girl Dust and crafting radical museum spaces.

Join me as I pick the brains of three AMAZING women to learn how we should be engaging with museums, what artists to be on the lookout for and how we can encourage our young people to join their ranks!

Please take a moment to learn more about Aleia, Stephanie and Ravon!

 #Flyy Bios

Aleia Brown

Aleia Brown is currently a visiting scholar at the Michigan State University Museum where she primarily serves as the curator and co-project manager for a collaborative exhibition with the Desmond and Leah Tutu Legacy Foundation. She is also a Public History doctoral candidate at Middle Tennessee State University. Online Ms. Brown co-leads two Twitter chats #museumsrespondtoferguson and #blktwitterstorians. 

Check out her website  aleiambrown.org and follow her on Twitter: aleiabrown and Instagram:  thataleiabrown.

Stephanie Cunningham

Stephanie Cunnigham is a Cultural Ambassador and Art Educator. She has worked at several reputable cultural institutions in New York City, such as the Brooklyn Museum, Studio Museum in Harlem, and the New-York Historical Society. As a Museum Educator she taught grades K-12 and college lectures using the museum’s permanent collections and temporary exhibitions. As Co Founder and Creative Director of Museum Hue, she works to advance the visibility and viability of people of color, utilizing museums, the arts and cultural institutions, as a medium for discussion, creation, and solutions. Stephanie believes that art and history captures the essence of the complexities of the world around us.

Check her out atL  museumhue.com

Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter @museummistress

 

 

 

Ravon Ruffin

Ravon is an alumna of Virginia Commonwealth University, and current MA candidate in American Studies with a concentration in Museums and Material Culture. She seeks to create sustainable practices to nurture community, enhance museum interactivity, and create meaningful impact. Academic interests, to include feminist discourse, urban studies, popular culture and visual studies, promote interdisciplinarity in museum curriculum to enhance community engagement and dynamic exhibition; as well as foster collaborative outreach networks among learning communities. As co-founder and content curator for Brown Girls Museum Blog, she promotes the advancement and visibility of minority communities within the humanities and social sciences as subjects and proprietors.

Check out her DOPE blog: browngirlsmuseumblog.com

Her forthcoming website: ravonruffin.com

And follow her here: 

Twitter: Ravon_Ashley 

Instgram: afroxmericana