MG
The course designers did a great job including so much important information in six weeks.
Architecture is a physical manifestation of power, identity, and history. This course offers a transformative framework for understanding the built environment through the lens of Blackness as both an identity and a lived experience. In an era where urban equity and social justice are at the forefront of global discourse, this course provides the critical fluency needed to deconstruct spatial inequalities and imagine more inclusive futures.
The Museum of Modern Art will take you beyond traditional blueprints to hear directly from a global collective of Black architects, scholars, and artists who are reclaiming stories erased by systemic racism. By exploring how creators use diverse mediums—from hip-hop and fiction to textiles and technology—you will analyze how Black makers have historically shaped, and continue to transform, the world around us. Whether you are a student of architecture or urban studies or a professional in design, policy, or the arts, this course will shift your perspective from observing the built environment to actively reimagining it as a space for collective liberation.
MG
The course designers did a great job including so much important information in six weeks.
FD
I loved the visuals and videos from the many different architects and creators. It was inspiring and instructional. The courses through MOMA have always been grand.
AW
Great content and good mix of readings and videos. Made me aware of so many artists and architects and activists that I had never heard of before.
AA
This course was better than I ever imagined. Truly appreciative that I had the opportunity to learn about architecture and art from a whole new perspective. Loved every second.
KK
An engaging, well-paced, critical course. Would recommend to all architects.
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I have absolutely no regrets on taking this course. All of the course information provided (videos, interviews, texts) were not only easy to follow and navigate but they were also very inspiring and thought provoking. There was a lot of new material that I learned from and a lot of content that motivated and inspired me as a Black woman, and also influenced my art as a visual artist. The artists and ideas presented in the course were authentic, original, and stimulating.
This is an amazing course! I am a PhD student at the University of North Texas, Information Science, Interdisciplinary Studies. My research is about African American Community Archives in Texas.
Once I took this course it opened my mind to another perspective that I am now looking at as it pertains to access to archives in institutions and the makeup of the buildings.
I really appreciate this course; I am still reviewing the materials!!!
The course was very informative and extremely thought provoking. As an architect that graduated from India, it has further deepened the realization of how education in art and architecture is heavily influenced by a racial bias, sidelining the regional as inferior or irrelevant.
This course was better than I ever imagined. Truly appreciative that I had the opportunity to learn about architecture and art from a whole new perspective. Loved every second.
I loved the visuals and videos from the many different architects and creators. It was inspiring and instructional. The courses through MOMA have always been grand.
Great content and good mix of readings and videos. Made me aware of so many artists and architects and activists that I had never heard of before.
The course designers did a great job including so much important information in six weeks.
An engaging, well-paced, critical course. Would recommend to all architects.
Very informative and thought provoking
Excellent education experience!!!
M