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A photographic portrait by James A. Palmer of a young Black woman wearing a floral dress. She is seated next to a table. Her arms rest on the chair's back and her hands are clasped in a prayer pose.

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The Beauty Remains: Decoding “The Wilde Woman of Aiken”

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A black and white photograph of Cab Calloway with his dancers at the Cotton Club. Calloway stands in the middle, onstage with his arms outstretched. He holds a conductor's baton in his right hand. His band is seated, playing instruments behind him. 

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A Tale of Two Harlems: The Legacy of Jazz and Racism at the Cotton Club

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The Price of Freedom: Nancy E. Prophet and Black Artists in Paris 

Colony Little (she/her/hers) is a Raleigh-based freelance writer and the creator of Culture Shock Art, a site dedicated to the synergies among art, music, and design. As a Black woman with familial ties to the South, Little presently writes with a particular focus on amplifying the artistic voices of Black creators who are influenced by and create work in the American South.  Freelance writing credits include Artnet News, ARTnews, The Art Newspaper, ARTS.BLACK, CARLA, Hyperallergic, W Magazine, and Walter Magazine in North Carolina. Little was a 2020 recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant.