BlackStar
Jasmine Weber is a seasoned editor with extensive experience in the publishing and arts sectors. Currently serving as Managing Editor at URBAN BOOKS LTD since January 2022, Jasmine also holds the position of Section Editor at Seen Journal, a role started in February 2021. Previous experience includes a tenure as News Editor at Hyperallergic from July 2018 to January 2022, where Jasmine focused on art and culture coverage. Earlier positions involved an Education Department Internship at The Studio Museum in Harlem, a Summer Internship at Tina Kim Gallery, and a Marketing and Publicity Internship at Kensington Publishing. Jasmine holds a Bachelor of Arts in Ethnic & Racial Studies and Visual Arts from Columbia University, earned in 2018.
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BlackStar
BlackStar creates the spaces and resources needed to uplift the work of Black, Brown and Indigenous artists working outside of the confines of genre. We do this by producing year-round programs including film screenings, exhibitions, an annual film festival, a filmmaker seminar, a film production lab, and a journal of visual culture. These programs provide artists opportunities for viable strategies for collaborations with other artists, audiences, funders, and distributors. We prioritize visionary work that is experimental in its aesthetics, content, and form and builds on the work of elders and ancestors to imagine a new world. We elevate artists who are overlooked, invisibilized or misunderstood and celebrate the wide spectrum of aesthetics, storytelling and experiences that they bring. We bring that work to new audiences as well as place it in dialog with other past and contemporary work. And, we curate every aspect of our events to be intentional community building efforts, connecting diverse audiences in a Black-led space centered on joy and thriving.