Nikesha Breeze’s work is deeply invested in reclaiming both historical narratives of the African diasporic body and the reclaiming of Afro-futures. She works in multiple mediums and interdisciplinary practices combining painting, sculpture, textiles, installation, filmmaking and performance art. Breeze is descended from one of the founding families of Blackdom, the first African American community in New Mexico. Her talk with explore her works, artistic practice and connections to Blackdom. You can see her work in the exhibition Indelible Blue on view through April 24.

Can our divergent histories lead us to understand place differently? How do these histories result in the formation of different relationships to place in New Mexico? How might an understanding of Black or Indigenous geography help us better relate to our neighbors? Moderator Hakim Bellamy will facilitate a conversation with three artists from Art Meets History: Many Worlds Are Born, Jeanna Penn, Leo Vicenti and Nikesha Breeze, who will answer these questions through approaches in their own work that offers a deeper understanding of Black and Indigenous geography.