“My experience working with essayist and curator Negarra A. Kudumu was a memorable one and I continue to enjoy one of the more productive and positive artist curator relationships with her. Through her Curatorial Lab, a critical online space dedicated to showing the works of emerging and contemporary artists like myself, she has provided a wealth of guidance, both aesthetic and theoretical, for my ongoing art project N’CHI, an art game, live action role playing and nation simulation experience. Her Curatorial Lab allows artists to revisit the more academic mode of the formal critique while simultaneously engaging the newest and most relevant social media outlets to reach new audiences and the art press with their current works. Additionally it is a platform that I have not yet seen in my 12 years as a professional artist and has the potential to become an enduring model for emerging curators and artists alike.”

— J. Dwight / Georgia, 2017

“Thinking a lot this week about collaborations with Negarra A. Kudumu, given the prominence of the exhibition in NYC that evolved from the book we co-edited, All Power: Visual Legacies of the Black Panther Party. Negarra is a smart, clear collaborator with insight and direct feedback, a joy to work with and a person who understands depth as well as deadlines. In addition to this book I have participated in panels she has organised and on her interview for Nicholas Galanin’s book, where once again she was swift and incisive. A powerful combo.”

— M. Dunn Marsh / Washington, 2018