An illustration of four faces of black and brown femmes swooping down together into a pastel dreamscape circled by blue flames. Blue lava flows from volcanoes, the phases of the moon arc low across the horizon, and a rainbow spills from a hovering ear into a splotch of night sky. Beaming up from a pair of eyes in the ground are the words “Even there, there are stars” written in squiggly letters. Encircling this scene are two lovers whose bodies — one rainbow-hued and one filled with stars — curve around to meet as their tongues stretch out to pleasure one another.

Even there, there are stars
Chitra Ganesh, Amaryllis DeJesus Moleski, Emily Oliveira, and Tuesday Smillie
Organized by Allie/A.L. Rickard
Mentor: Daniel J Sander
January 14 – February 17, 2021

A toddler with curly hair wearing a red shirt faces away from the camera standing in what appears to be a crib. Their right hand holds onto the crib and with their left index finger they are touching a photograph on an otherwise blank wall of a toddler with their eyes closed and their fist up, perhaps an image of the same toddler.

NIGHT SCHOOL with Kameelah Janan Rasheed
Friday, December 18, 2020 @ 6pm ET
Friday, January 15, 2021 @ 6pm ET
Friday, January 29, 2021 @ 6pm ET

NIGHT SCHOOL invites the public for three evenings of learning with Kameelah Janan Rasheed. Inspired by Octavia Butler’s notion of “primitive hypertext,” or nurturing intimacy between seemingly disparate ideas, each evening begins with a short lecture interspersed with brief activities. After the lecture, learners engage in a series of gestures to create a collaborative object.

Black text on a purple and yellow gradient reads: CUE Open Call, Public Programs. Deadline: January 5, 2021. The text is interspersed with the outline of a nonagon rendered in black.

CUE is currently seeking proposals for artist-centered public programs including events, talks, and workshops to be presented at CUE between March and June of 2021. We invite proposals that address timely topics and/or issues related to cultural production and that contribute to CUE’s mission of supporting emerging and under-recognized artists. Deadline to apply is January 5, 2021.