. I am never coming down from this high. I am never coming down from this high. I am never coming down from this high. . Thank you, @sunrara @simoneeyvetteleigh for so expertly curating this gathering of exquisite artists, scholars and activists, under a waxing gibbous moon in Venice. Thank you for showing me more of myself through the 700+ sistas in attendance. Italia will never be the same! And neither will we. 🙏🏾 . “Loophole of Retreat: Venice is a symposium centered on Black women’s intellectual and creative labor Oct. 7-9, 2022, part of Simone Leigh’s U.S. Pavilion exhibition Sovereignty at the 59th Venice Biennale. At the Cini Foundation, Venice & Live-streamed. Curated by Rashida Bumbray with five thematic directives: Maroonage, Manual, Magical Realism, Medicine, Sovereignty.” @loopholeofretreatvenice . Shout out to the amazing Participants: . Vanessa Agard-Jones Mistura Allison Deborah Anzinger Firelei Báez Holly Bass Black Quantum Futurism Phoebe Boswell Rizvana Bradley Dionne Brand Cecily Bumbray Tarana Burke Tina Campt Cecily Aimee Meredith Cox Javiela Evangelista Ayana Evans Denise Ferreira da Silva Ja’Tovia Gary Aracelis Girmay Kaiama Glover dream hampton Saidiya Hartman Leslie Hewitt Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich Zakiyyah Iman Jackson Sandra Jackson-Dumont Zara Julius Lauren Kelley Bouchra Khalili Grada Kilomba Daniella Rose King Autumn Knight Negarra A. Kudumu Las Nietas de Nonó Gail Lewis Raquel Lima Diane Lima Canisia Lubrin Jessica Lynne Tsedaye Makonnen Nomaduma Masilela Paloma McGregor Maaza Mengiste Nontsikelelo Mutiti Kettly Noël Stella Nyanzi Lorraine O’Grady Okwui Okpokwasili Senam Okudzeto Janaína Oliveira Oluremi Onabanjo Olumide Popoola Sharifa Rhodes-Pitts Annette Lane Harrison Richter Legacy Russell Christina Sharpe Lisa Marie Simmons Maboula Soumahoro Tourmaline Françoise Vergès Alberta Whittle Mabel O. Wilson Nelisiwe Xaba