Please give @anisaolufemi a warm St. Louis welcome as they spend a month in the city reflecting on the Black pastoral in the arts as the inaugural fall arts writers resident. Olufemi is a Black American, Washington, D.C. based curator, writer, and cultural worker of Afro-Trinidadian descent. “Acknowledging and deepening our relationships with the lands that have mothered us...” — this is the vision of a Black Pastoral that Olufemi calls forth through their curatorial work and community activations. To date, Olufemi has mounted exhibitions in Washington D.C. and Chicago, and presented research at the Pratt Institute, the University of Oregon, Cincinnati Art Museum, and the Stony Island Arts Bank. DREAM1 (Photo 1) Photo by @colectivomultipolar Installation view of group exhibition Dreamscapes: Imaginings of a Black Pastoral, 2021. Curated by Anisa Olufemi at Roots & Culture Works by R. Treshawn Williamson, Tavon Taylor DREAM3 (Photo 2) Photo by @colectivomultipolar Installation view of group exhibition Dreamscapes: Imaginings of a Black Pastoral, 2021. Curated by Anisa Olufemi at Roots & Culture KTC1 and KTC3 (Photo 3 + 4) Photos by @katembowen Installation views of group exhibition Kickin’ The Can, 2022. Co-curated by Anisa Olufemi and R. Treshawn Williamson at ACRE Projects @ Drama Club Gallery