Mosaic Talk: "Reimagining the Future of Global Black Art" ft. Patricia Andrews-Keenan and Angela Tate

Mosaic Talk: Reimagining the Future of Global Black Art

A Reflection on 2025 Black Fine Arts Month
Hosted by the BPIA MOSAIC Committee

November 12, 2025
6:00–7:00 PM ET
Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/9794618227

As the 2025 Black Fine Arts Month concludes, join us for Visions Forward: Reimagining the Future of Global Black Art—a conversation celebrating the creativity, influence, and innovation shaping Black artistry around the world. This dialogue will explore how artists, curators, and cultural institutions are expanding narratives of identity, legacy, and expression across continents and generations.

Featuring Patricia Andrews-Keenan, Founder of Pigment International and Black Fine Arts Month, and Angela Tate, Chief Curator & Director of Collections at the Museum of African American History, this session will examine how global collaboration, technology, and storytelling continue to transform the landscape of Black art today and into the future.

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Biography - Patricia Andrews-Keenan

Patricia Andrews-Keenan is the founder of Pigment International® a Black woman founded and led multi-media art platform reporting on the art, people, issues, trends, and events shaping Black contemporary art and examining the linkages connecting historical and contemporary Black art. Founded in 2018 in Chicago, Pigment International serves as a connector within our community of Black creators, collectors, curators, investors, and other stakeholders. We create customized programming that sparks dialogue and inspires our constituents. We are the publishers of Pigment Magazine and founders of Black Fine Art Month. At Pigment International, we tell stories!

Andrews-Keenan also led the creation of Black Fine Art Month, first celebrated in October 2019 after being entered into the Congressional Record by Congresswoman Robin Kelly.

Black Fine Art Month is a global celebration of the Black Art aesthetic, an annual recognition of artists, innovators, collectors, curators, and those vested in the Black Art tradition, and an opportunity to commemorate these contributions through art programming.

She is a former communications executive with extensive corporate communications, public relations, advertising and community affairs, and event management experience. She formed the boutique communications firm The Tallulah Group in 2008 with a focus on media and public relations, communications, and community outreach. The Tallulah Group serves a roster of government, corporate, education, D&I, and healthcare clients. Andrews-Keenan’s background encompasses stints as a journalist, PR manager, government affairs director, communications, and corporate affairs executive with media companies, including Comcast, the Nielsen Company, and AT&T.

In 2021, BPIA hosted a virtual summit celebrating Black Fine Arts Month and Black artists, performers, curators, and collectors from around the world. Watch the recap here. 

Biography - Angela Tate

Angela Tate is a distinguished curator, scholar, and historian currently serving as Chief Curator and Director of Collections at the Museum of African American History in Boston and Nantucket. In this role, she leads efforts to preserve and interpret the rich legacies of African American communities across Massachusetts, expanding the museum’s collections, exhibitions, and public engagement initiatives.

Before her appointment in Boston, Angela served as Curator of Women’s History at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) in Washington, D.C. There, she contributed to groundbreaking exhibitions and research through the American Women’s History Initiative, highlighting the transformative impact of Black women’s activism and leadership in American history.

Angela is also a Ph.D. candidate in History at Northwestern University, where her research explores Black women in radio and their influence on global civil rights movements. Her work is supported by several prestigious fellowships and grounded in material culture, public history, and African Diaspora studies.

With a passion for storytelling and cultural preservation, Angela’s scholarship and curatorial practice center the voices of Black women and communities often left at the margins—connecting their legacies to broader conversations about identity, resilience, and collective memory.

Angela has served as a BPIA Advisory Council member (2024) and BPIA Board of Director (2025). She has led curatorial and historical engagements globally.