Sherae Rimpsey speaks with Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones (@cheyennewj) about Toni Cade Bambara's "The Salt Eaters", Blackness and the politics and spirit of place found in "Introduction: Black Spiritual Ecologies" at The Front, New Orleans (@thefrontnola).

"The historical significance of each material and the place it was sourced from is important. It is a direct response to the continued practice Black people experience from colonial and supremacist systemic violence, always an extraction of the material or land. That for me is why placemaking is so central, and why it became the first pillar in this inquiry." Read more from their conversation at the link in bio. — 1. Darryl DeAngelo Terrell (@blkboyshine), "42º NE 14º49’58″N 17º14’24″W, Dakar, Senegal", 2021, wheat paste installation, 34 x 40 inches. Photograph by and courtesy of the artist. 2. Ingrid Raphaël (@movingbodyofwork), "Buried Under Water, I Remember – Enterré Sous l’Eau, Je Me Souviens," 2026, 46 x 63 inches, textile, canvas, raffia, flower, paper, leather, cyanotype, ink. Photograph by and courtesy of the artist. 3. Installation view of "Black Spiritual Ecologies" (2026) at The Front, New Orleans. Photograph by and courtesy of the Front.