Surviving the Burn: Black Water Vernacular

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Monolith - Public Sculptural installation and Educational Display at Walnut Creek Wetland Center. Raleigh, NC

INDYWeek - 2023

“We Got to Return to the Swamp”: Derrick Beasley in Conversation with Pierce Freelon

(Photography by Kennedi Carter)

WUNC Embodied Podcast - 2024

Opened Up: Black Masculinity and Friendship

Artist and community organizer Derrick Beasley tells Omi about his latest medium-spanning exhibition, “Surviving the Burn: Black Water Vernacular,” and how his work seeks to reshape views on masculine intimacy and care.