ItaParica and Sky, 2020

Praia Paciencia - Rio Vermelho, Salvador da Bahia, Brasil 2020

After sunrise - Festa da Iemanja, Rio Vermelho, 2020

Lavogem do Bonfim, 2020

O Cravinho with friends. The Pelo. 2020.

Mural honoring Iemanja. Rio Vermelho. Rua da Paciencia. 2020.

Lavogem do Bonfim

Still from my video poem "Invocation for Jose Antonio Aponte"

Charisma at the Crossroads at Alice Young Arts Center at Drew University

I have been moving. So, I am just sharing photos from the production of my play CHARISMA AT THE CROSSROADS at the Alice Young Arts Center at Drew University, directed by Lisa Brenner with co-director Kimani Fowlin. Sitting in the audience and watching my writing come to life was one of my favorite experiences as an artist in 2018.The play will be published in an anthology of plays for BIPOC youth in 2021 on Bloomsbury. Loved working with youth artists from Newark, NJ for this!

Review of Visionary Aponte Exhibition in BOMB Magazine

My visual poem "Invocation for Jose Antonio Aponte: Lamina 26" was part of the Visionary Aponte exhibition at Little Haiti Cultural Center for Art Basel-Miami. Really enjoyed working with inde film-maker Toshi Sakai on this project. And I am simply honored to be in community with fierce visual artists I admire and respect while illuminating Aponte's urgently relevant history of resistance and power in Cuba. Our present time demands that we invoke this communal spirit as we move forward as diaspora. Big thanks to Tosha Grantham for pulling us together on the one. The exhibition is moving to NYU's King Juan Carlos Center on February 22nd. Check out the exhibition review in BOMB magazine ...
https://bombmagazine.org/articles/reanimating-history-visionary-aponte-art-and-black-freedom/

Got a chance to talk about the connection between art and activism with Margaret Prescod on Soujourner Truth Radio  ...
https://soundcloud.com/sojournertruthradio/black-women-artists-for-black-lives-matters-nina-angela-mercer-on-connecting-art-activism

On Performance and Black Theatre: An Interview with Playwright Nina Angela Mercer, a repost of JT Roane's interview in PERSPECTIVES, published by AAIHS

Talking to my brother, scholar J.T. Roane, is always rich with gems, especially over fries at my favorite diner in the Bronx. Check it out.

http://www.aaihs.org/on-performance-and-black-theatre-an-interview-with-playwright-nina-angela-mercer/

Taking the Road with Ebony Noelle Golden's 125th and Freedom - A Recap and Call to Join the Tribe

Check out my experience witnessing, walking, and strategizing with the 125th and Freedom Tribe at the link ...

https://medium.com/@ninaangelamercer/taking-the-road-with-ebony-noelle-goldens-125th-and-freedom-ef4da537f3d2