Bolanle Tajudeen is a curator and the founder of Black Blossoms, an expansive curatorial platform which started in 2015 to showcase the work of contemporary artists of colour. In 2020, Bolanle launched the Black Blossoms School of Art and Culture, an initiative dedicated to documenting and highlighting the art histories and creative practices of artists from historically marginalised backgrounds. As an alternative art school, Black Blossoms offers short educational courses including Art and Revolutionary China, Black British Art, The Black Image in London Galleries, and Curating Black Art. Bolanle teaches ‘Art in the Age of Black Girl Magic,’ exploring the historical and contemporary practices of Black women and non-binary artists.Lou & Bolanle discuss her shift in focus from politics to studying art at UAL where, as the Vice President of the Student Union she co-founded UAL So White to address the lack of diversity in the university's teaching staff. At the time there were 1,300 white and 126 BAME staff. In 2016 Bolanle curated her first exhibition featuring the artists Kudzanai-Violet Hwami & Silvia Rosi.Black Blossoms provides courses for the Government Art Collection team, public programming for Art on the Underground and partners include The Photographer's Gallery and Tate. We also discuss the media backlash Bolanle received following her Art on the Underground public programme. We round up hearing about Flourish Black Blossoms forthcoming event at Tate which is inspired by The Unfinished Conversation display curated by Aicha Mehrez.Shade Podcast is written, hosted and produced by Lou MensahMusic Shaded generously composed by Brian JacksonThank you for listening and for supporting Shade - an independent art show highlighting the work of Black art practitioners via Patreon and Ko-fiShade InstagramShade websiteBlack Blossoms Flourish at Tate Black Blossoms websiteBlack Blossoms InstagramSee you next time! Become a member at https://plus.acast.com/s/shadepodcast.

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