𝑻𝙝𝒂𝙩 𝘽𝒆𝙖𝒖𝙩𝒊𝙛𝒖𝙡 𝙈𝒊𝙣𝒅 🪐➗🚀✨ Cover alert! Tami Charles, Christopher Charles, and myself have teamed up on a new picture book out this Fall!

Jubilee. Joy. Freedom. Family. Galveston. Five Fifths. First. Finna. Regal. Rhythm. Cousins. Cookout. 365. #Black #HappyJuneteenth 🎉🎊✊🏾🗣️✨

⭐️𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒏𝒐 𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒅𝒊𝒓𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒐𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑸𝒖𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒈𝒐, 𝑭𝑳𝑶𝑻𝑼𝑺 𝑴𝒊𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒍𝒆. 𝑻𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝑳𝒂𝒘. okay carry on :)

🗣️𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏… 𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝟖𝟎𝒕𝒉 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚… 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒍𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓 (𝒂𝒌𝒂 “𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒑-𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓”) 𝒘𝒆𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌, 𝒃𝒆𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒔𝒆, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒅𝒆𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒊𝒈𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒑 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕. 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒅𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒉…

🏆🗽not gonna lie New York, that was impressive… …stay safe out there tonight 🫣 #KnicksIn5

😴Dₒₙaₗd Taₖₑₛ a Naₚ🙃 The 4 page picture book he deserves :) k thanks!

Elmo visit Dyckman Park. 🙂🏀✨ Elmo find his way back home. #SundaySketch

Who wants some 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉 Greeting Cards?! 👀🎉🌍 I just added some at a special Juneteenth sale price at NIKKOLAS.Art Cards ship from June 10th! 🚀📬 #Joy #jubilee #Justice #Cousins #cookouts #Fam #finna #FiveFifths 🗣️

Who wants some 𝑱𝒖𝒏𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒉 Greeting Cards?! 👀🎉🌍 I just added some at a special Juneteenth sale price at NIKKOLAS.Art Cards ship from June 10th! 🚀📬 #Joy #jubilee #Justice #Cousins #cookouts #Fam #finna #FiveFifths 🗣️

Cartoon by @4nikkolas.bsky.social

𝚆𝚎𝚖𝚋𝚢 vs. Ⓝ🅨Ⓒ lets gooooo 👽🏀🗽 When I was working on Space Jam 2, I always thought about throwing this reference in somehow, but it didn’t fit with the script… works well now though! Who yall got in the Finals?👀 #SundaySketch #WEMBYvsNYC #NBAfinals

🎨🎬✨this is my Boots Riley appreciation sketch to remind you to go support everything this Artivist does! I love how he says “Power to the People 🗣️” in so many insanely creative ways. #ILoveBoosters in theatres noww and it’s WILD #SundaySketch #iLoveBoots

Thousands are marching in 𝑺𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 right now, in opposition to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. A beautiful reflection of this historic moment that Tameka Fryer Brown and I captured in our picture book “That Flag”. 𝘗𝘚: 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘜𝘚 𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺, 𝘥𝘰𝘯’𝘵 𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘺 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 🗣️✨

Thank you @brotherjones_ for your statement in Tennessee today. While Black political power is (il)legally stripped away in TN, the cheerleaders of segregation, racism, and enslavement pat themselves on the back… Unacceptable. #ThatFlag has no place here.

💡🍎Some of the best teachers I had in high school (and professors at Hampton University) were the ones who helped me to 𝑢𝑛𝑙𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑛 certain things in life. It’s why I wrote and painted 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆. Happy Teacher Appreciation Week !! 🎓✏️👏🏾 #ThingsIKnewToBeTrue #TeacherAppreciationWeek

yet another day of the Supreme Court right-wing majority dragging us back to the 1960’s 🙄 Equality is not a difficult concept. #VotingRights #Dissent

“AND SO AS YOU CAN SEE…. We need a 𝑺𝒖𝒑𝒓 𝑺𝒂𝒇𝒆ᵀᴹ 𝑩𝒂𝒍𝒍𝒓𝒐𝒐𝒎 to protect us, when Secret Service just can’t cut it… I didn’t want to have to bring this up… I’m so glad I just happened to attend my first ever WHC Dinner last night so I could witness just how much we need this Ballroom.” DJT 🍊🤡

Beautiful rendering of a celebratory moment! 🙂

𝑻𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑴𝒐𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒂𝒄𝒌! 🚀🌖🪂✨ Welcome Home Artemis II and congratulations on your historic journey. You gave us a little bit of hope again :) @astro_reid @astrovicglover @astro_christina @astrojeremy #NASA #ArtemisII

I’m taking my birthday weekend to highlight some of the humanitarian and scientific programs that are being cut in order to fund trump’s $1.5 TRILLION for War/Military budget. Imagine a world where all of these initiatives are prioritized and funded. 🌱🗣️☀️🚀✨ #PeaceFunds

Come see me at LA Times Festival of Books!! 📚🗣️🚀✨ Sat. April 18th, 12:35pm on the Children’s Stage! I’ll be showcasing and doing a live digital painting demo, covering my art journey and my books 𝐀 𝑪𝒉𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒆 𝐈𝐬 𝐆𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐚 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒆 and 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆, w/ a book signing to follow. #latimesfob #bookfest

I know it’s April 1st but this is no joke: 𝘼 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙛𝙡𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮! 🧑🏾‍🚀🚀🌚✨ And his name is Victor Glover. NASA’s Artemis II will begin their lunar orbit journey this afternoon. Thank you for your attention to this historic matter. #Moonshot #VictorGlover

Yes to Dolores Huerta. Yes to C̷e̷s̷a̷r̷ ̷C̷h̷a̷v̷e̷z̷ Dolores Huerta Ave. Yes to believing women the first time. Yes to Farmworkers’ dignity and respect. Yes to C̷e̷s̷a̷r̷ ̷C̷h̷a̷v̷e̷z̷ Farmworkers’ Day on March 31st. ¡𝚂𝖎́ 𝑆𝕖 𝗣𝘶𝗲𝒅𝕖! #DoloresHuerta #Sí #SundaySketch

@4nikkolas.bsky.social coming through with the banger.

The story behind my Legacy Tower in Downtown Disney is full of pride and mid-century Black brilliance, and I’m so grateful The LA Times for taking the time to highlight the weight and meaning in my Artivism and architecture. full article! >> www.latimes.com/travel/story... #Legacy ✨

hey that’s me! 🙂🙏🏾 check out my Legacy Tower at Downtown Disney

Brilliant. Crucial. Brave. ICYMI

What is existence without woman? What has woman not done for us? Who do we run to for answers… Right now. If not Woman? 𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝑾𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒏’𝒔 𝑫𝒂𝒚 🌼✨ 𝐺𝑎𝑖𝑎 2.0 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑛𝑜𝑤 𝑎𝑣𝑎𝑖𝑙𝑎𝑏𝑙𝑒 𝑎𝑡 𝑤𝑤𝑤.𝑁𝑖𝑘𝑘𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑠.𝐴𝑟𝑡 #Gaia #WomensDay #IWD #InternationalWomensDay

feels like a good weekend to shoutout this queen of ballet…. 🩰 ✨ American Ballet Theatre legend, Misty Copeland.

“𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑚𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑦 𝑓𝑜𝑟 ________ 𝑏𝑢𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑛’𝑡 𝑓𝑒𝑒𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒 ________” 😒 ɹooԀ 'sɹɐʍ :ʎǝʞ ɹǝʍsu∀

BHM Art Giveaway! 🎨🗣️👊🏾✨ Happy Black History Month yall! Comment “YES PLEASE!” below and you may receive a print or poster in the mail very soon 🤓🎨 More pieces available at www.NIKKOLAS.art! #BHM #Nikkolas #Art #BlackHistoryMonth

#JesseJackson was a giant. I knew I had to include him in this A Change is Gonna Come scene, along with James Baldwin, the Black Panthers, and others. Rev. Jackson dedicated his life to organizing for all of us, that we could one day see the People United… to Save Humanity. #iAmSomebody #PUSH

a brief history of those who have won* the Presidency of the United States of America 🫩😓 I will be taking no further questions at this time ✨

𝓡𝓞𝓢𝓐 💐 Strategic Civil Rights activist & NAACP Secretary. Social Justice case investigator. Community organizer & Montgomery Bus Boycotter, preceded by Claudette Colvin, Viola White, and others. 4 BHM Sundays = 4 Canvases 🌍🙏🏾🎨✨ (30”x40” acrylic on canvas) www.NIKKOLAS.Art #Art #BHM #BHM100

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐲𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝 created a 𝘊𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘺 portrait of me at my Legacy Tower! 🤯🥲🙏🏾✨ There’s even a permanent plaque that explains my tower design, a commemoration of the legendary Black architects of the mid 20th century. ♥️🖤💚 Disney BHM is a 10/10 no notes 👊🏾✨ #CelebrateSoulfully #Disneyland #Legacy

Keira and Bianca are best friends at school. Outside of school, they are not allowed to play together. That Flag is written by the gorgeous @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social and illustrated by the artivist @4nikkolas.bsky.social #BlackAuthorsMatter #BlackIllustratorsMatter #Healing #BlackHistory #BHM

𝓑𝓮𝓷𝓲𝓽𝓸 𝓑𝓸𝔀𝓵 🤯 ♪♫ 🩵❤️ I’m booking a flight back to Puerto Rico asap because wowww… #BadBunny #superbowl

𝓒𝓞𝓡𝓔𝓣𝓣𝓐: 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 🕊️✨ Activist icon and defender of human rights Carrier of grace, love, and poise under pressure Founder of the King Center Champion of the Beloved Community Coretta Scott King is first in my annual BHM canvas series 🎨✊🏾🗣️✨ 4 Sundays in February = 4 Canvas speed paintings…

𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐃 𝙵𝚞𝚐𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎 𝚒𝚜 𝚊 𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚍𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝚋𝚎 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚊 𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝟷𝟼00 𝙿𝚎𝚗𝚗𝚜𝚢𝚕𝚟𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚊 𝚊𝚟𝚎. 𝟻’𝟷𝟷” 𝟹𝟾0 𝚕𝚋, 𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚎 𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚜𝚔𝚒𝚗, 𝚞𝚗𝚞𝚜𝚞𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚜𝚖𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚜, 𝚘𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚗 𝚜𝚖𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚜. 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚕𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚢𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚊𝚝 𝚊 𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚎. WHAT ARE WE DOING?????

We are so thrilled for @4nikkolas.bsky.social! THE HISTORY OF WE by Nikkolas Smith has been named a Robert F. Sibert Informational Book Honor!

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒐𝒇 𝑾𝒆 just received a SIBERT Honor! 🙏🏾🌍📚 𝑾𝒆 contains documented proof that every human being on Earth can be traced back to Middle Paleolithic Era Africa. It’s a reminder that 𝑾𝒆 are ALL family with shared ancestral roots if you go far back enough.

Alex Pretti was a 37 year old ICU Nurse. Alex was just murdered for filming ICE and protecting his neighbors. And because he had a legal firearm securely tucked away while shielding them from pepper spray, 2A supporters will say he deserved to die. He did not. Abolish. ICE. #AlexPretti

Kidnapped in Minneapolis. Used as bait. 5 yr. old #LiamRamos has reportedly been taken to TX detention facility by terrorist group I C E. I should be drawing my own 5 year old, just for fun… not someone else’s that this administration is using as a pawn in their game of cosplay-confederacy