BBL: Black Beginning Live at Ars Nova

Ars Novas Spring line up highlights its resident artists with eight nights of programming curated by the current Vision Residency class: River L. Ramirez; LEGACY: a Black Queer Production Collective; and Machel Ross. Designed to foreground Ars Novas values through the creation of more equitable and power-sharing curatorial practices, the Vision Residency was launched in 2020 with the goal of expanding Ars Novas artistic vision by inviting artist-curators to program our stages and digital platform with their own work as well as work by artists they champion and admire. Each Resident is given broad support from Ars Novas full staff in their curation, which will result in events and performances in-person at Ars Nova and online on Ars Nova Supra. You can learn more about the Vision Residency program and the artists involved by visiting arsnovanyc.com/vision-residency.

On April 30, Legacy presents BBL: Black Beginning Live, a multidisciplinary variety cocktail sure to heighten your senses, raise your vibrations and leave you anew. BBL: Black Beginning Live will take place in-person at Ars Nova (511 West 54th Street, Manhattan) for $15 and online via Ars Nova Supra for $10. Tickets are now on sale at arsnovanyc.com.

Legacy: a Black Queer Production Collective(Garrett Allen, Kyle Carrero Lopez, Ashton Muiz, Basit Shittu) is a group of Black queer artists based in NYC. They collectivized in response to deep-seated underappreciation, undervaluing, and underfunding of Black queer art. Legacy focuses on uplifting Black queer voices and experiences by: creating space for artistic endeavors, providing equitable compensation for time and work, and fostering fellowship and opportunity for the community. As artists, Legacy dedicates themselves to creating works that shift culture and offer historically excluded perspectives. Black queer communities have long driven the arts on a global scale, and Legacy aims to ensure that full creative autonomy becomes and remains central to our collect histories.