Please join us at Philip Martin Gallery on Saturday, November 7, from 11am - 2pm for The Black Is Beautiful Experience in collaboration with Treble Clef Audio®️.
The Black Is Beautiful Experience brings together music, archive, poetry, and community inspired by the legacy of Kwame Brathwaite and the Black Is Beautiful movement.
New music inspired by a legacy of beauty and self-definition.
Beauty In Bloom and Radiance were created by Brandee Younger in response to the photographs and cultural vision of Kwame Brathwaite.
Drawing inspiration from the Grandassa Models and the Black Is Beautiful movement, the music reflects themes of beauty, identity, and self determination. Through sound, the compositions honor a vision that transformed how Black people saw themselves and how they wished to be seen by the world.
A multi-artist, multi-disciplinary project rooted in image, sound and history.
Black Is Beautiful Experience is a curated multi-artist project created by Rhymshot in collaboration with the Kwame Brathwaite Archive.
Through sound and vision The Black Is Beautiful Experience, reimagines the 1960s Harlem movement for the next generation.
With Treble Clef Audio providing the music through its sculptural TCA-M loudspeakers, visitors are invited to pause, listen and connect with the art.
Brandee Younger — Harp
Brandee Younger appears courtesy of Impulse! Records.
Joel Ross — Vibraphone Joel Ross appears courtesy of Blue Note Records.
Rashaan Carter — Bass, Musical Director, Co-Producer
Joe Dyson — Drums
Marquis Hill — Trumpet
De’Sean Jones — String Arrangement
Urban Art Orchestra — Strings
Mixed by Kevin Marques
Mastered by Michael Fossenkemper
Recorded at MoSounds
Philip Martin Gallery · Los Angeles · Saturday, November 7, 2026 · 11am - 2pm
Treble Clef Audio®️ · Sound by Design®️
