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Freelance Cultural Critic
#writer
#blackwriters
https://linktr.ee/hokumarts
(literally) Starving Artist would love your support on Patreon !!!
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about 15 hours ago
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art imitates life
substack.com/@artmuserx/n...
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Art Review: Noah Davis at PMA
Weāre all gonna die.
https://substack.com/@artmuserx/note/p-195757627?r=18ijbn
3 days ago
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I wrote some poetry about gentrification. RIP West Village
substack.com/@artmuserx/n...
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artmuseRx (@artmuserx)
April 11, 2026 - 7:39AM We used to say goodbye at this corner After rehearsals and readings and rants Dreaming of rave reviews We would one day reach for At the newsstand From Habibi with the nice smile We used to say goodbye at this corner Pockets full of poker chips From McKennaās Pub happy hour That portal to world peace Where the bridge and tunnel meet In the aorta of the big bloody apple We used to say goodbye at this corner After a meeting slash clambake Next to the fire at Art Bar Our favorite tunes and $5 beers Before Google moved in And everybody showed up in vests We used to say goodbye at this corner And cruise Andy Cohen After almost bumping into him And men would come up to us Compliment our feet And ask us to wear lingerie We used to say goodbye at this corner Youād take a yellow cab Iād take the A down to Fulton Street And wait almost forever for the J After getting lost halfway there The sensory overload of it all We used to say goodbye at this corner Where major decisions were made To kiss or to hug To give a handshake To exchange numbers To give in to the transient nature again We used to say goodbye at this corner Old Banks turned into shopping And other tourist traps Toxic gourmet organic labels Afforded us an escalated price Mom & Pops devoured by bastard sons We used to say goodbye at this corner When Dollar Pizza Cost A Dollar! And the 99 Cent place was affordable Where you could fix any problem And still have enough for another drink All that precious New York City junk We used to say goodbye at this corner And say hello again later that night Meeting people weāll never see again Uptown where the rich are glitzier And louder and meaner And donāt know how to read a room We used to say goodbye at this corner And stop for Tylenol and Vitamin Water That recharge ritual before bed Setting 5 alarm clocks Falling asleep to Rufus Wainwright Wondering if heās gonna text back We used to say goodbye or this corner And then decide to walk to the next train A few blocks of meaningful conversation A think tank of passion and deception Bobbing and weaving again and again Between the elite and the destitute We used to say goodbye at this corner Before Target and Wells Fargo And weād share the cigarette we bummed From that lady from out of town And she told us she had high hopes For her daughterās auditions We used to say goodbye at this corner After looking at magazines we werenāt in (yet) And buying poppers and lube And cleaning that guyās Airbnb for cash And walking through a couple gardens Imagining we could someday have ALL THIS We used to say goodbye at this corner Back when 23rd Street was the final frontier And the strip of debauchery Brought in the more appeasing crowd Go-Go Dancers and Backrooms Used to be the West Village local color We used to say goodbye at this corner And then I would take a long walk Following the footsteps of my idols And reminding myself it was worth it To risk it all for a precious address And live amongst the motley of creatives We used to say goodbye at this corner But now we only send memes And the letters P M are anathema And we donāt know any of the bartenders The Ubers get more expensive at night And the $3 subway is crazier than ever
https://substack.com/@artmuserx/note/c-241830409?r=18ijbn
20 days ago
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Loved that someone on substack referenced this wonderful article about the past and future of theatre
rescripted.org/2023/08/04/d...
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Decomposition Instead of Collapse ā Dear Theatre, Be Like Soil
Co-signed by Lauren Halvorsen and edited by Regina Victor. With thanks to Stephanie Ybarra for always daring me to speak my ideas ā Annalisa Dias Editors note: This eco-driven essay urges us ā¦
https://rescripted.org/2023/08/04/decomposition-instead-of-collapse-dear-theatre-be-like-soil/
21 days ago
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3 more years of this
about 1 month ago
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Feels like my days of survival in NYC are coming to an end; I donāt want to suffer for my art anymore. Unless I sell my screenplay, get a full production of a play (and score an agent), or get an advance for my novel by next year, Iām going to have to leave.
about 2 months ago
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FYI the Oscarās
about 2 months ago
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Substack has been helping to find my voice again in a time of extreme surveillance and censorship. A mix of behind the scenes artist life and some cultural commentary - Iāve also decided to finish my novel in real time on there. Plus some poetry and short playsā¦
substack.com/@artmuserx?r...
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artmuseRx | Substack
DeVo is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, director/choreographer, dramaturg, and curator whose work spans theatre, dance, film, and new media - centering care, collaboration, and sociopolitical inqu...
https://substack.com/@artmuserx?r=18ijbn&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=profile&shareImageVariant=blur
about 2 months ago
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Finished another play that I workshopped twice before the pandemic. Itās now half a period piece about
#metoo
and half a piece about the current sexual misconduct crisis
2 months ago
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Iāve posted the first two chapters of my novel on Substack
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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The Slaves of Philadelphia (Part Two)
a novel-in-stories from the Bush era
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/the-slaves-of-philadelphia-part-two?r=18ijbn
2 months ago
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Still working on finishing my novel I started 20 years agoā¦
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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The Slaves of Philadelphia
a novel-in-stories
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/the-slaves-of-philadelphia?r=18ijbn
3 months ago
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3 months ago
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not āmove onā from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world.
#standwithsurvivors
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Iāve been blogging since 2002 with intermittent attentiveness. Itās been awhile since Iāve been this excited about sharing my work and building a new audienceā¦the advent of influencer culture thwarted the joy of blogging awhile ago.
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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That's Why They're Called Predators
āAll you have to do is take a little bit of this and Iāll take you in to meet him.
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/thats-why-theyre-called-predators?r=18ijbn
3 months ago
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Iāve started putting my short theatre plays up on substack. I write horror and sci fi satire mostly
3 months ago
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Finished my series about when I moved to NYC in 2016. Things were a lot different then. I couldnāt imagine trying to move here now to chase my dreams with all these nightmares going on.
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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beginning of the end of the beginning
Remembering 10 Years Since Moving to New York City
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/beginning-of-the-end-of-the-beginning?r=18ijbn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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āThis is for documentation, for memory, for preservation of the culture they steal from and the history they are trying to erase.ā
#blackwriters
#queerwriters
artmuserx.substack.com/p/he-only-do...
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He Only Does It For The Money
Learning how to pander myself to the New York City art scene in 2016
https://artmuserx.substack.com/p/he-only-does-it-for-the-money
3 months ago
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I moved to NYC ten years ago trying to become the Black Carrie Bradshaw. Then I learned about the gate keepers.
#artist
#writingcommunity
#writers
#writing
#substack
#blackwriters
#queerwriters
#theatre
#newyorkcity
#SATC
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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How BeyoncƩ Thwarted My Career as an Art Critic
Iām not gonna lie - I moved to New York City because of the Sex And The City Dreamā¢.
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/how-beyonce-thwarted-my-career-as?r=18ijbn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
3 months ago
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Iāve been slowly tiptoeing my way back into the art writing and criticism space - trying to embrace new methodologies in the digital space and I came across this hearty paper about the evolution and importance of online publication
#theatre
#artwriting
www.critical-stages.org/11/theatre-c...
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Theatre Criticism and Digital Poetics (A Case Study)
Diana Damian Martin [1] I had been writing for six hours; the light from my laptop seemed infectiously bright, plastering my eyes with a faint haze, and my fingers hesitant in touching the keyboardā¦
https://www.critical-stages.org/11/theatre-criticism-and-digital-poetics-a-case-study/
3 months ago
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The world is ending so Iām making art like crazy
patreon.com/hokumarts?ut...
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Hokum Arts | Patreon
creating Dance Theatre, Video Art, Film, Literary Arts
https://patreon.com/hokumarts?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink
3 months ago
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Iāve started posting on substack
open.substack.com/pub/artmuser...
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Two Thousand Sic Teen
Memoirs of A Black Queer Writer Moving to New York City
https://open.substack.com/pub/artmuserx/p/two-thousand-sic-teen?utm_source=direct&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=post%20viewer
3 months ago
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NEW BLOG POST
devonelson.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/y...
#blackartists
#blackwriters
#queerwriters
#queerartists
#paris
#artistresidency
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You Canāt Take it with You
Always my first stop: the main artery that is The Seine River to get a glance at the city center. āDo you want to know all the wonderful and exciting things ā or do you want the truth?ā I quiā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/2026/01/07/you-cant-take-it-with-you/
4 months ago
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Happy/Proud to be the featured writer on
@newplayexchange.bsky.social
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4 months ago
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NEW BLOG POST
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...
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The New Degenerates
Here we goā¦the roaring twenties two point oh. Itās our turn to step up and step out as the artists who do not conform to the regurgitated consequences before us. Itās hard to turn our backs oā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/the-new-degenerates/
6 months ago
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Gentle reminder: if youāre an artist looking to move to NYC please DONāT. Itās a lie and a scam and unless you have financial support it is going to a struggle not worth your time, energy, and sanity. Build community where you are and/or find a way to work remotely or freelance. Itās Hell here rn.
7 months ago
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Another one in the books!
#hokumarts
7 months ago
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I have a show next month: Celebration of Human Rights I presents: What Really Makes Queens Great
humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festiv...
#playwright
#theatre
#offoffbroadway
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IHRAF Festival Queens ā International Human Rights Art Movement
https://humanrightsartmovement.org/ihraf-festival-queens
8 months ago
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Raising funds is not my favorite thing to do but France is calling (again) and this artist residency is so very timely in this pivotal part of my career now that Iām in my curator era and interested in producing site-specific works by underinvested artists
www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancest...
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Donate to Art & Ancestors @ 150 Year-old Paris Residency, organized by Hokum Arts
Hi, Iām Louis DeVaughn Nelson - a Black, queer interdisciplinary artist, dra⦠Hokum Arts needs your support for Art & Ancestors @ 150 Year-old Paris Residency
https://www.gofundme.com/f/art-ancestors-150-yearold-paris-residency
9 months ago
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NEW BLOG POST: Mid-Year Update Newsletter
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/b...
#playwright
#theatre
#theatremaker
#dancemaker
#gay
#lgbtq
#gofundme
#philanthrophy
#blackartists
#blackwriters
#queerart
#queerartists
#interdisciplinary
#hokumarts
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Brave New Work for Brave New Times: Mid-Year Update + Whatās Ahead
With funding disappearing, censorship on the rise, and communities under siege, it can feel difficult to keep creating. But this is exactly when bold, nourishing, rebellious art matters most. Blackā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/07/18/brave-new-work-for-brave-new-times-mid-year-update-whats-ahead/
10 months ago
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Itās official! Iām available for creative coaching, creative consulting, script review, script notes and feedback, audition coaching, and dramaturgyā¦Iām a complete nerd & I come with excellent references. Let me know how I can help!!!!
#playwright
Art Muse Rx
devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
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Art Muse Rx
Introducing Art Muse Rx: Creative Support for Artists, By an Artist Who Cares In a time when the world feels increasingly uncertain, and the arts face unprecedented challenges, the need for authentā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/art-muse-rx/
10 months ago
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I had the craziest epiphany yesterday that the majority of my script writing work is about serial killersā¦therefore thatās my brand.
10 months ago
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I donāt know who needs to hear this but that show isnāt SOLD OUT thatās just a marketing ploy to sell more tickets.
10 months ago
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New Blog Post: artist as archivist
#artwriting
#artcriticism
#artsandculture
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/a...
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Artist as Archivist
Artists have always carried the dual role of creator and archivist ā recording our collective core even as the ground shifts beneath us. Now, with artificial intelligence transforming every cā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/06/15/artist-as-archivist/
10 months ago
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My dream is for everybody to ban the USA World Cup and The Olympics.
11 months ago
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The time has come š
#gaypride
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11 months ago
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Nobody is gonna wanna come here for the Olympics or the World Cup
12 months ago
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A living document of all the deaths to important programming courtesy of the NEA cuts. This is bad. Real bad. Itās time for foundations and private donors to step up to the plate! Itās your time to shine!!!
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
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NEA GRANT TERMINATION TRACKER
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1cHCTXssMWuMweRLUjGQKtsck_rg7v4tMg7cpfzDQil8/htmlview?gid=0#gid=0
12 months ago
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Poverty Chastity Obedience
about 1 year ago
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rip to all the writers who had to get them deadlines in before the holiday weekend
about 1 year ago
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Tell me why I was sitting on the subway sandwiched between two ladies doing online shopping on their phone? The way capitalism has us in a chokehold we aināt never gone be free.
about 1 year ago
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I tried to watch Severance and it did not work for me. In my defense I do not enjoy slow burn shows or movies
about 1 year ago
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I can see the end of the world more clearly than I can see the end of capitalism
about 1 year ago
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Success in show business is 40% who you know 20% talent 40% who you knowā¦and you need to be picked. You can make art without show business - though they are not the same.
about 1 year ago
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The arts are under attack BUT my new artist bio and artist statement is up š¤
#playwright
#blackwriters
#theatre
#playwrightsofblueskye
#artist
#theatremaker
newplayexchange.org/users/10957/...
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Louis DeVaughn Nelson | New Play Exchange
https://newplayexchange.org/users/10957/louis-devaughn-nelson
about 1 year ago
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Theyāve been planning this since Obama.
about 1 year ago
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We all have comfort shows and movies - surely you have a comfort read as well??? Mines is Dark Phoenix Saga always and forever
about 1 year ago
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We are Gen Y
about 1 year ago
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New Blog Post
#blackwriters
#artsandculture
#art
devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/t...
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The Wounded Healers
Here we are again. So many of us feel like a Cassandra. These unprecedented things we are repeating are like bitch slaps in the face considering the weight we put on trying to prevent these events.ā¦
https://devonelson.wordpress.com/2025/03/08/the-wounded-healers/
about 1 year ago
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Iām 46 and most of my female classmates had one boy child and stopped. Now the second batch, my Millennial friends, are having girls. Is nature healing?
about 1 year ago
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If Iāve learned anything in my 30 years of doing working in arts & culture: a huge number of non-profits are a front for a cult.
about 1 year ago
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Bookmarking this as something Iād like to re-create.
youtu.be/Kk8eJh4i8Lo?...
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La Roux - Bulletproof (Official Music Video)
YouTube video by LaRouxVEVO
https://youtu.be/Kk8eJh4i8Lo?si=f8WQ7x_kCGVDfCV-
about 1 year ago
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