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Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Spotlights "On Display"
produced by Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham!

On Thurs., June 2 at 6:30 pm, join Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Series for an exciting online chat with Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham, the creator of On Display, a series dedicated to the history and culture of museums.

On Display, an ALL ARTS original series, showcases the critical role cultural organizations can play in shaping public debate and advancing cultural equity. Through interviews with museum professionals, cultural workers and artists, the series investigates how cultural institutions address critical issues including climate change, colonialism and the recentering of Black and Indigenous histories and experiences.

Season 2 of On Display premieres nationwide on ALL ARTS beginning Wed., May 4 at 8 pm ET. Watch on the free ALL ARTS app or AllArts.org/OnDisplay.

To RSVP for the chat on June 2, CLICK HERE.

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Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham

Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham is the co-founder and executive director of Museum Hue, an organization that centers the experience of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and all Creatives of Color. As an advocate for arts and culture, she has been on the forefront of developing invaluable resources that deepens public knowledge and understanding of art, history and culture. Under her leadership, Museum Hue alongside The Laundromat Project and Hester Street launched HueArts NYC, the only citywide effort to bring greater cultural equity, visibility and support to arts entities founded and led by Black, Indigenous, Latinx, Asian and all People of Color across New York City’s five boroughs. Museum Hue also built the first online directory and mapping of museums across the United States created in communities of color. As a United Nations Human Rights fellow centering arts and culture, she applies the UN’s ratification of cultural rights to her work to call for greater recognition and representation in the arts ecosystem. Stephanie also received the Americans for the Arts 2019 American Express Emerging Leader Award for her work. She also hosts and produces On Display, a show for The WNET Group’s multiplatform arts and culture initiative ALL ARTS that focuses on ways museums and other cultural spaces are addressing societal issues that resulted from intersecting histories and connects to contemporary life. Each episode covers various topics from immigration, mass incarceration, transportation and much more. As the United States reckons with a legacy of structural racism, oppression, and discriminatory policies and practices; she centers cultural equity as an essential part of achieving social justice. Stephanie holds a Bachelor’s degree in Art and Art History from Brooklyn College and a Master’s degree in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Studies (CHAPS) from Rutgers University. 

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Stephanie Johnson-Cunningham and Jorge González at The Clemente.
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Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Series is supported, in part, by the West Harlem Development Corp., National Endowment for the Arts, New York State Council on the Arts, Brooklyn Arts Council, Council members Laurie Cumbo, Farah Louis and Bill Perkins! Harlem World Magazine is the media sponsor for Reel Sisters Tea & Cinema Harlem Series! Please look out for our full events calendar coming soon! 

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