Aphrochic Magazine: Issue No. 7
For our Summer 2021 issue, we have an issue full of color, life and all of the things that make our Diaspora beautiful. For our cover story, we are thrilled to sit down with one of our favorite folks in fashion, the amazing Charles Harbison. After a 5-year hiatus and a cross-country jump from New York to Los Angeles, Charles is back with the much-anticipated return of his eponymous fashion line, HARBISON. We also sit down with the iconic Dyana Williams. A legend of the Philadelphia radio scene that we grew up on, she’s better known outside the city as the mother of Black Music Month. We sat down with Dyana to talk about Black music, the newly opened National Museum of African American Music and the artists on her playlist that she feels are doing the most for the culture. In our Hot Topic, AphroChic contributor Ruby Brown takes an incisive look at Pride, all that the LGBTQIA+ community has accomplished and all that’s left to do. And in response to the growing debate over Critical Race Theory, which in the last months has taken over news feeds and legislative floors alike, we take a break from our ongoing discussion of the African Diaspora to offer a brief exploration of CRT, it’s origins, it’s concepts and why it seems to have everyone so upset. Throw in some amazing art from THE CONSTANT NOW gallery in Antwerp, inspirational words from author Alexandra Elle, and the latest updates from the outdoor spaces at the AphroFarmhouse and we think this issue will have you ready for the summer season.
For our Summer 2021 issue, we have an issue full of color, life and all of the things that make our Diaspora beautiful. For our cover story, we are thrilled to sit down with one of our favorite folks in fashion, the amazing Charles Harbison. After a 5-year hiatus and a cross-country jump from New York to Los Angeles, Charles is back with the much-anticipated return of his eponymous fashion line, HARBISON. We also sit down with the iconic Dyana Williams. A legend of the Philadelphia radio scene that we grew up on, she’s better known outside the city as the mother of Black Music Month. We sat down with Dyana to talk about Black music, the newly opened National Museum of African American Music and the artists on her playlist that she feels are doing the most for the culture.
In our Hot Topic, AphroChic contributor Ruby Brown takes an incisive look at Pride, all that the LGBTQIA+ community has accomplished and all that’s left to do. And in response to the growing debate over Critical Race Theory, which in the last months has taken over news feeds and legislative floors alike, we take a break from our ongoing discussion of the African Diaspora to offer a brief exploration of CRT, it’s origins, it’s concepts and why it seems to have everyone so upset.
Throw in some amazing art from THE CONSTANT NOW gallery in Antwerp, inspirational words from author Alexandra Elle, and the latest updates from the outdoor spaces at the AphroFarmhouse and we think this issue will have you ready for the summer season.
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WATCH LIST<br />
Public art is perfect for summer days, and an outdoor digital exhibit in Atlanta is celebrating artists<br />
and the South. The South Got Something to Say, curated by Karen Comer Lowe, showcases artwork by 10<br />
Atlanta-based artists on four A&E Atlanta digital signs throughout downtown Atlanta. Running through<br />
July 31, the title of the exhibit comes from something Atlanta-based rapper Andre 3000 said at the Source<br />
Awards in 1995. Lowe says, “That phrase [about the South] issued a proclamation about the rising impact<br />
of Atlanta as a city. Since that time, the city has risen as an influential force in music, film, and politics.<br />
This digital exhibition is a recognition of the visual culture of Atlanta and the people who contribute<br />
to that culture. The works, while variant in medium, address a reckoning with the intersectional<br />
inequities of our being.” The featured artists include Sheila Pree Bright, Jurell Cayetano, Alfred Conteh,<br />
Ariel Dannielle, Shanequa Gay, Kojo Griffin, Gerald Lovell, Yanique <strong>No</strong>rman, Fahamu Pecou, and Jamele<br />
Wright. Interestingly, the works are mostly filled with color and joy, offering a post-pandemic form of<br />
celebration in the great outdoors.<br />
Flat Splat, Just Like That<br />
by Jamele Wright<br />
Mixed Media on a Found Canvas<br />
12 aphrochic<br />
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