#blackartist is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 76 people shared 217 posts with it — around 7 a day. Activity is down 8% versus the previous week, peaking on Oct 22 with 14 posts.

Posts with #blackartist

BreezyfulArt🌙

@breezyfulart.bsky.social

2 days ago

☀️Aurene☀️ #art #artsky #bskyart #drawing #illustration #blackartist

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VEZZ

@vezzl.bsky.social

about 9 hours ago

More art for some reason it's easier to get engagement here #artsky #art #illustration #autodesksketchbook #moe #cutecore #kawaiiart #kawaii #digitalart #blackartist

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Michael

@mdstamper.bsky.social

4 days ago

“Cleo” by Samella Lewis (American) – Offset color lithograph / 1996 – Crocker Art Museum (Sacramento, California) #WomenInArt #SamellaLewis #CrockerArtMuseum #Lithograph #AfricanAmericanArt #BlackArt #art #artText #BlackArtist #ArtoftheDay #arte #AfricanAmericanArtist #1990sArt #PortraitofaWoman

A young Black woman stands quietly before a geometric background. Her dark face is framed by pale, intricately patterned hair, with a thin yellow outline drawing attention to her features. Her large eyes gaze slightly upward towards us, while her expression remains solemn. She wears a white blouse with a rounded collar and a blue skirt as her dark hands gently hold the flower stems. Behind her, blocks of gold, blue-green, and deep brown form the suggestion of a cross or crossroad giving her a dignified, almost sacred presence.

The meaning of “Cleo” is especially interesting because American artist Samella Lewis’s grandson Unity Lewis, revealed that Cleo had been one of his grandmother’s nicknames. He suggested that the youthful figure might represent a symbolic self-portrait. The name also recalls Clio, the Greek muse of history, whose mother was Mnemosyne, the personification of memory. Unity interpreted the yellow glow surrounding the face as a sign of enlightenment, the flowers as symbols of strength and renewal, and the cross as a possible reference to sacrifices made by earlier generations. These interpretations connect the image to remembrance, identity, and the preservation of cultural history.

African American artist Samella Lewis was a pioneering printmaker, painter, educator, and art historian whose career transformed the recognition of Black artists in the U.S. Born in segregated New Orleans, she studied with the influential artist Elizabeth Catlett before earning advanced degrees in art history. With fellow artist Ruth G. Waddy, she published the groundbreaking Black Artists on Art volumes beginning in 1969, giving Black artists a platform to discuss their own work. She also founded the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles in 1976 and established an important scholarly journal devoted to African American art. Throughout her life, she challenged the exclusion of Black artists, particularly women, from art institutions and historical accounts.

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Laura JG

@laurajg.bsky.social

about 11 hours ago

By African-American artist Lois Mailou Jones (1905–1998), The March on Washington, 1963, watercolor on paper. #arthistory #blackartist #blackartists #womanartist #womenartists

A watercolor painting of the March on Washington. Sem-abstract style. People marching toward the Lincoln Memorial.

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Laura JG

@laurajg.bsky.social

4 days ago

By African-American artist Jonathan Green (born August 9, 1955), First Sunday, color lithograph, 1995. #arthistory #blackartist #blackartists #printmaking

A group of Black Women, sitting in pews, wearing their Sunday church clothes, including hats. Semi-abstract style.

From Artsy: “Jonathan Green is an African American artist celebrated for his color-saturated depictions of Gullah culture and daily life in the Lowcountry region of South Carolina. Born and raised in Gardens Corner, South Carolina, Green draws upon his personal experiences and heritage to portray the traditions and community of the Gullah people, a group of descendants of enslaved West Africans who live primarily in the coastal Southeast. Green earned his BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and his work is included in the collections of major institutions including the the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Florida and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City. Green’s distinct style and thematic focus on cultural preservation have positioned him as a significant voice in American contemporary art.”

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🐰𝑈𝑠𝑎𝑔𝑖🥕

@blackusagiart.bsky.social

about 15 hours ago

I love drawing her with so much red!!😩🙏🏾🩸 This was supposed to be up for Halloween, but I didn't know it would take me for ever to finish 😩 #ocart #Procreate #digitalart #blackartist

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🌈Zee Bee🦋 | Yuri Author📚

@onelayergirl.bsky.social

5 days ago

Ruby+Rosa and Furi+Eva having a little too much fun in the Halloween photo-booth with their Michael Jackson costume themes 😂🎃👻 #yuri #yurisky #lesfic #sapphicbooks #blackartist #comic #lesbiansky #webcomic #comicbooks #wlw #GL #sapphic #author #lesficauthor #halloween #happyhalloween

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zhrdoodles (commissions open)

@zhrdoodles.bsky.social

1 day ago

[OC] I'm currently experimenting with my style :) #digitalart #ocart #blackartist

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kashartworks

@kash2dawizzle.blacksky.app

3 days ago

Articles Art Show - Sunday 1st November (2026) #KashArtworks main: @kash2dawizzle.bsky.social 📍Firepit Gallery, Greenwich, London #artexhibition #artgallery #blackartist #artcommunity #canvaspainting #artprints #fashionshow #workshop #blackhistory

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Laura JG

@laurajg.bsky.social

1 day ago

By African-American artist Ellis Wilson (1899–1977), Funeral Procession, oil on Masonite, 30.75 x 29.5 in. (78.11 x 74.93 cm), Amistad Research Center. Made famous when it appeared in an episode of The Cosby Show. #arthistory #blackartist #blackartists More info in ALT

In the foreground, a group of Black women and children, all wearing black, walking mainly in single file toward the right. In the midground green foliage. In the background, the line of Black people continues, facing left.

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Shiv 🩷💜💙+💛🤍💜🖤

@blossomheartstring.bsky.social

1 day ago

I got two lovely compliments today. One from a cashier in a shop and one from a member of the public when i was getting my eyebrows done. (re: my eyeshadow). 🥺🥹 #bisexual #nonbinary #blackartist