DeKalb / Decatur GA.- The Sights & Sounds Museum of Black Culture now has a new display item from ONLI STUDIOS. Prof. Onli was there recently to make a lecture and signing presentation on "Why We Black Age It!".

The focus this presentation was that the Black Age of Comics is a growing open sourced genre in the business of graphic novels etc., that is not limited to ethnicity, persuasions or orientations. But does celebrate concepts derived from the Black, African, Urban or Indie experience expressed i comic books, games, animation or such.

Afterwards Onli surprised Founder / Curator Horton with a permanent gift of the ONLI STUDIOS landmark iconic promotional banner featuring Malcolm-10 and other Onliverse characters along with a strong reference to the Black Age of Comics genre.

Here is the banner, (with vintage creative homies Blues Master Mudbone and Onli,) displayed at the entrance of the Sights & Sounds Museum in the North DeKalb Mall in Decatur GA plus other photos of the banner in full effect. This is a museum in a mall….free admission for all to experience culture in real time!

 At the first C2-E2 Convention in Chicago with Capt. Black…….

 With Ms Cat in NY at the Schomberg Library ………..

With Ms Rahkel at BLACK AGE X in a money flow with fans a buying'!

T-Shirts don't lie!

Serious curators, astute investors and smart collectors are circling to determine who will be the stars in the pending Afrofuturism art buying boom! Rhythmism is poised and Prof. Onli in the hunt.

CHICAGO- "Spontaneous Exposure" is an important group exhibition of visual fine artists with studios on the 3rd Floor of the Bridgeport Art Center in Chicago. It opens this today, May 20th. Hours are 6pm until 10pm. 

It will run for a month and is open to the public per free admission. Located at 3400 south Racine, mid-block, via the Sculpture Garden entrance. Smart curators, serious collectors and insightful fans of contemporary visual art will love the power and varied stylizations and concepts explored by these talented independently minded artists. 

Prof. Onli will be showing excerpts from his "No Evils" Rhythmistic collection which recontextualizes the Chinese proverb of "Hear No, See No & Speak No evil.

Indie vs Mainstream?  

Where will you get your Afrofuturist funk from?  

How will you get your Black Age on?

Download link to mobile indie funk & fire!

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"Thatz what I am drawing about!!!" LINK to mobile & print products.

 Prof. Onli is on the move. In Chicago and Atlanta. 

CHICAGO- "In Retrospect: The University of Illinois at Chicago's African-American Cultural Center at 25" celebrates the 25th Anniversary of the African-American Cultural Center on the campus of UIC. Our current Gallery exhibition, featuring an array of Chicago's most notable artists, all of whom have participated previously in the Center's "Visiting Artist Series," will close on Friday, May 13th and this reception is to recognize and honor their participation during this anniversary.

All of the pieces are available for purchase and you are invited to stop by the Gallery at anytime before the closing to look at the exhibition.

The AACC Gallery is open M-F 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. For more information or to RSVP for the Closing Reception, please feel free to contact us at (312) 996-9549 or via email at: uicaacc@uic.edu. 

Rhythmism lives in fine art and Graphic Novels. Onli was a Visiting Artist-Lecturer at the University of Illinois at Chicago's African American Culture Center. This included a solo exhibition along with a recorded lecture by Prof. Onli the day of the opening reception. Onli's exhibitions were theme based and featured titles such as "The Future of Black Art" or "No Evils".

We appreciate your continued interest in Rhythmism and the Black Age of Comics Movement.