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Noir is a Black-owned boutique, art gallery, & bookshop on “The Block,” Downtown AVL Shop online: https://noircollectiveavl.com/b-l-a-c-k-friday-shop/
Our next ROUGE event will be in celebration of Dif Our next ROUGE event will be in celebration of Different Strokes! Performing Arts Collective Ti[r]ed”-Black Women This online performance seeks specifically to amplify the voices of Black Women,” said Stephanie Hickling Beckman, [creator/producer/director], “it’s not just a showcase of artistic talent—it’s a reflection of the strength, vulnerability, and hope that Black women embody every day.” Featuring a talented ensemble of performers, “Ti[r]ed”-Black Women brings a diverse range of perspectives, blending art with activism to spark dialogue and inspire change. Two Steps! One: You can purchase your ticket here: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/differentstrokesperformingartscollective/1477692 All ticket sales benefit the organization(s). If for any reason the ticket cost is not in your budget, no worries; we've got you covered. Just show up! Two: Once you have gotten your ticket (or not), please RSVP for our in-person Watch Party so we can plan for you! Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1207635473209?aff=oddtdtcreator Any questions, please give us a call 828.484.2323 or email us: NoirCollectiveAVL@gmail.com Monday, January 20th 6 pm | Performance begins at 7pm
​Show up for YMI's Ujima Health Fair today from ​Show up for YMI's Ujima Health Fair today from 2 - 6, then Kwanzaa Ceremony from 6 - 8. Free and open to the public. Check out the website for details and schedule. Transportation/Shuttle service provided.
Habari Gani? As the second day of Kwanzaa comes t Habari Gani? As the second day of Kwanzaa comes to a close, i'm reflecting back on a conversation that i've had with Ajax many times. It's perfect for today, Kujichagulia or Self - Determination.  Ajax often shares that their life is a series of experiences and that who they are is not defined by what they are going through or the circumstances around them. Defining and redefining ourselves is part of the ever evolving experiences of getting to know ourselves. It is the process of how we liberate our minds, our hearts, and our spirits to become our authentic selves.  How YOU define YOU may be the only definition that matters.  How are you celebrating Kwanzaa this year? Join us for A Kwanzaa 365 Celebration every evening @ YMI from 6 - 8 pm.   The Ujima Health Expo @ YMI will take place from 2 - 6 pm on Saturday, December 28th. Come and enjoy talks, movement classes, food, wellness samples and more.
Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Habari Gani? Today is the first day of Kwanzaa. Habari Gani? Umoja. Unity. For us that also means putting Family First and cherishing our moments together. Noir will be sharing time and space with our family and close friends for the next day or so. While it is not the same as the in-person experience, you can visit us online: noircollectiveavl.com. Be sure to click the links which will take you to other Black entrepreneurs represented by Noir. We’ll reopen on Saturday, December 28th @11 am to participate in Ujima Health Expo. The mini Health Expo will take place from 2 - 6 pm. Come and enjoy talks, movement classes, food, wellness samples and more. A Kwanzaa 365 celebration will follow from 6 - 8 pm.
​Join us for Late Night Asheville. Noir is exc ​Join us for Late Night Asheville. Noir is excited to be included in this holiday warming event. Derian Blane and Adama will be performing on The Block. Cheers to Wine Walk AVL for putting this together & Melissa McKinney for letting us know about it. Now all we need is YOU! Warm drinks and refreshments!
getting ready for First Friday Tonight on The Bloc getting ready for First Friday Tonight on The Block 5-8pm
There’s no replacing Goombay. We can celebrate t There’s no replacing Goombay. We can celebrate the creativity and ingenuity of these makers who were prepared for the festivities. Friday, December 6th 5 - 8 pm Music by OGSynergy + Food by Betty Boards AVL Visit Noir & YMI for a pop-up shopping experience on Friday AND visit noircollectiveavl.com to find direct links to the websites of our featured makers.
NOiR. One Shop. Many Businesses. Shop the brands w NOiR. One Shop. Many Businesses. Shop the brands we love! Not every business has a brick & mortar, that’s why we’ve created a B.LA.C.K. Friday Everyday Shop (link in bio) which will take you directly to their online store. For the brands that we represent without online presence, we’re adding their products to our website. Keep checking back as we are consistently adding new products. Small businesses are essential to Asheville’s economy. Shop Small. Shop Local. Shop Often.
Noir will be open on Friday and Saturday from 11 - Noir will be open on Friday and Saturday from 11 - 6. Thank you for reaching out and keeping Noir in your thoughts. We're looking forward to finding harmony in our schedule as we spend time partnering with other organizations in Hurricane relief for our communities, making new products with other entrepreneurs, and spending time with family and friends. We started a GoFundMe to share resources with the entrepreneurs represented by Noir, especially those who do not qualify for the many grants becoming available, so that they can purchase the raw materials to make new products. How can you share your time, talents, or treasures? If you have capacity to share this post, money, or words of encouragement, then go to our GoFundMe: https://gofund.me/1aea13d3 If you have time to do product prep work, like attaching labels, let us know your availability. If you have blank journals, affirmation books and cards, or art supplies, we’re collecting to share with those who need a little uplift to their spirits. Please bring it by the shop. And get ready, First Friday is back by popular demand, December 6th 5 - 8pm.
We’re representing in Charlotte. Go Panthers! St We’re representing in Charlotte. Go Panthers! Stadium. Noir, JustBlk.co, Sala Menaya-Merritt, blackmiracles.com, radically authentic fashion, loud musings
What a sweet and unexpected First Friday evening. What a sweet and unexpected First Friday evening. As Ramin chided, “Aren’t you glad to have been invited!” Yes, i am! We appreciate the phone calls and texts of encouragement for an impromptu First Friday! What we know is that we’ve worked so hard to build this and tonight was a beautiful reminder of what Noir means to so many folks. We’re not sure where we go from here – what we do know is that we are not alone! Special thanks to musical guest appearance from our neighbor and friend, Adama! Also to Dr. Tamarie of real eyes consulting, Aflorar Herb Collective, and Daniele Martin for special self-care gifts to all attendees. (Please be in touch so that you can get yours!) Also & always to JD for all the things! Love you all! We’ll see you next month on December 6th! Until then, please consider shopping online: NoirCollectiveAVL.com or contributing to the various GofundMe efforts including ours: https://gofund.me/4a35ab2c
We're here and we're okay and making well wishes f We're here and we're okay and making well wishes for our community. Noir Collective AVL is an active partner in Bridging The Gaps WNC, an initiative of YMI Cultural Center, which like many other agencies is organizing community relief work. We are also positioned to support the organizers, volunteers, and all other community members participating in this work by creating and holding a creative and regenerative space for processing and healing. We have transformed our art gallery and gift shop into a community space for creativity and connection. You are invited to join us to create something as a way of processing or to make cards of “well wishes” for others. We are accepting donations of journals, books, paper, writing and coloring instruments, and art supplies for use in our space and for community giveaways.  If you’d like to participate in this moment, please bring or send supplies to: 39 S. Market Street Asheville NC 28801 In these times, we must find, share, and continue to generate hope and find a sense of peace in it all. We are sending our love and well wishes to everyone. Together we will rebuild Our Asheville. #ThePeoplesAsheville
We’re getting ready for First Friday on The Bloc We’re getting ready for First Friday on The Block & BoomTown FestAVL. We’ve been digging up treasures from YMI archives and found an exhibit from 2008, “That’s Me!” which features Andrea Clark and works by a few other artists. The partial reshowing of “That’s Me!” is a depiction of Black Asheville before Urban Renewal, a federal program that was designed to beautify America by clearing American cities of unsightly living conditions and” blight”. The federal plan was implemented in Asheville by bulldozing and leveling thousands of Black neighborhoods. New highways, interstate and traffic patterns cut through the heart of many Black Asheville communities and new buildings were erected that restricted the movement, commerce and travel. While we are discussing reparations in Asheville, this exhibit along with several others (#GrindAVL, #RSAA, and #TheAshevilleMuseumOfHistory), is one more call to take note of the devastation and loss that is part of what Asheville is today, to get involved in bringing understanding and awareness, and to advocate for compensation for many Asheville families that lost so much. Reception Friday, September 6th from 5 - 8 pm. James Vester Miller Talk & Tour with Andrea Clark, Saturday, Sept. 7th @2 pm #JamesVesterMiller #urbanrenewal #reparations #AndreaClark #BlackNeighborhoods #BlackAmerica #ThatsMe #BlackArt #UrbanNews https://theurbannews.com/our-town/2008/thats-me/
Noir & The People’s Place are attending Bite Me Noir & The People’s Place are attending Bite Me AVL Food Festival. Do you have your tickets yet? Free festival tickets available through PeoplesPlaceAVL.com. Join us @YMICulturalCenter on Wednesday at 6 pm for Cynthia Greenlee and Hawa Hassan, two James Beard award-winning legends. This is a rare opportunity to witness a meeting of minds and hearts as these chefs share their passion for food and its deep cultural significance. Specialty cocktails by Oak & Grist. What could be better as a follow up than “The Wine Down” at our favorite local bar, Bottle Riot, 37 Paynes Way.
THIS is OUR First Saturday of RESeT. NOiR will be THIS is OUR First Saturday of RESeT. NOiR will be closed today. Still radiating from all the LOVE during First Friday’s Soul Sistah. So much that NOiR will be extending our REST by taking off every First Saturday beginning TODAY August 3rd for a RESeT. We will see you back on The Block on Wednesday, August 7th.
THIS is OUR First Friday. Please note that Noir THIS is OUR First Friday. Please note that Noir will not be open to the public for First Friday this evening. We will instead be hosting a REST and RESeT for our Soul Sistahs | Womxn of Color. We’ve done a lot. We’ve done too much. And there is so much more work to do. Tonight, it’s about how we think, how we move, how we keep up or not, and most importantly how we rest. Food, beverages, gifts, CHOCOLATE, have all been provided for by sweet and kind humans in the community who love us and most importantly SEES US. We will SEE our Soul Sistahs at five @Noir. NOiR will be extending our REST by taking off every FIRST Saturday beginning August 3rd for a RESeT. We'll let you know if we have a guest vendor running things while we're gone. In the meantime, we will see you back on The Block on Wednesday, August 7th.
"It is in your hands to make a better world for al "It is in your hands to make a better world for all who live in it" - Nelson Mandela Honoring the creative revolutionaries, change makers, and the change agents that have shaped our lives! Saturday, August 17th 6 - 9 pm at YMI Cultural Center Join us in the 30th anniversary of the Nelson Mandela state dinner in Washington, DC. Recipes have been provided by food historian and author, Adrian Miller. Entertainment. Great conversation. This special occasion is a fundraiser for a new enterprise, The People's Place. Do you have your ticket? Equity & Access tickets are available for the fundraising dinner for BIPOC members of our community. Each participant will receive a free ticket to all the special events at Bite Me AVL Food Festival. Get your ticket here: https://peoplesplaceavl.com Noir is a sponsor. "No one is born hating another person because of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love." ~Nelson Mandela
Join us on July 5th from 5 - 7 pm for the PARTY OV Join us on July 5th from 5 - 7 pm for the PARTY OVER HERE after your party on the 4th! If you’re in town, please join Noir + YMI for a First Friday backyard celebration. H.F.F.E. will be serving hot fish and youth entrepreneur, Amare Amore, returns with delicious cold beverages. Music by DJ Delight. Special Art Sale. Local Artists featured: DeWayne Barton, Jenny Pickens, Sala Menaya, & Chris Collins. “Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations, & Right Path” interactive art exhibit will be open with a brief meeting of the traveling artists and the curator, K. Melchor Quick Hall from 6 - 6:30 pm. This civic season (the period of time between Juneteenth and July 4th) is an opportunity to learn more about how to be involved in our Asheville communities. Bring your thoughts and ideas for a liberated and just community for all.
Feeling grateful for the CHANGE in the air. Noir Feeling grateful for the CHANGE in the air. Noir Collective is showing Black art in a few exciting and unconventional venues: YMI’s Gallery @ The Corner Spot, JD Ellison & Company, The Workshop Lounge @ The Foundry Hotel, Asheville Community Theatre (seasonal), and Catawba Vale Business Hub in Old Fort. Buy Black Art | Appreciate Black Art. Either way, consider the Change you can make with your existing buying power. Buyer & artist friendly investment packages available. Art Sale going on now! 39 S. Market Street Wed - Sat 11a - 6p
“Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations & Right P “Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations & Right Paths” featuring Black feminist artistic visions of our shared liberation. Exhibit opens Juneteenth! Dr. K. Melchor Quick Hall is the primary organizer of the “Aiming for Freedom: Race, Reparations & Right Paths” traveling art exhibition. Joining this traveling exhibit are local artists: DeWayne Barton, Sala Menaya, and Jenny Pickens. Noir Collective AVL & YMI's Gallery @ The Corner Spot. Also join our neighbors with many Juneteenth on The Block from 4 - 7 pm!
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