Cath Ard

Sarah Lawrence

Firefighter in Training

Hannah Beachler

Michelle D. Commander

Ian Alteveer

Seneca Village—a vibrant nineteenth-century community of predominantly Black landowners and tenants—flourished just west of The Met's current location until the city used eminent domain to seize the land in 1857, displacing its residents to make room for the construction of Central Park. The Met's latest Bulletin, Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room, imagines a different history in the form of a new type of installation that departs from traditionally Eurocentric period displays to present a fictional but resonant domestic space. Texts by Ian Alteveer, Hannah Beachler, Michelle Commander, and Sarah Lawrence honor the real, lived history of the Seneca Village residents, while also exploring works by Black creators from the eighteenth century to the present day through the empowering lens of Afrofuturism. Including images of new works by Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Roberto Lugo, and Cyrus Kabiru, as well as an original graphic novella by New York Times bestselling author and illustrator John Jennings, this publication foregrounds generations of Black creativity and looks forward to a resilient future.

Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room

"Quão profundo pode ser um amor? Embora seja tido como um conto de fadas, é um engano, pode acabar sendo seu pior inimigo, te entregando de mãos atadas, a aquele que deveria ser seu inimigo." - Ela deixou a imortalidade por amor, é muito bonito. - Vindo de uma Guardiã da Natureza, naturalmente. – Sorriu, eles sempre amavam incontrolavelmente, e era sempre o amor que tirava suas vidas. Fazia com que eles deixassem a imortalidade. – Sim. O amor é o oponente que sempre nos derrota. E no caso de vocês, guardiões da natureza, minha pequena garota, é uma pena de morte.

O príncipe adormecido

Os Guardiões

Incumbent of Worthenbury, in the County of Flint; who was Ejected Therefrom by the Act of Uniformity in 1662

The Descendants of Philip Henry, M.A.

Sarah Lawrence

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