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Freelance Cultural Critic
#writer
#blackwriters
https://linktr.ee/hokumarts
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.
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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
6 days 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
10 days 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
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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
12 days 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/
13 days 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
16 days 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
18 days 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/
27 days ago
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Happy/Proud to be the featured writer on
@newplayexchange.bsky.social
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about 1 month 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/
3 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.
4 months ago
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Another one in the books!
#hokumarts
4 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
6 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
6 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/
7 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/
7 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.
7 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.
7 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/
8 months ago
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My dream is for everybody to ban the USA World Cup and The Olympics.
8 months ago
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The time has come š
#gaypride
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8 months ago
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Nobody is gonna wanna come here for the Olympics or the World Cup
9 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
9 months ago
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Poverty Chastity Obedience
9 months ago
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rip to all the writers who had to get them deadlines in before the holiday weekend
10 months 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.
10 months 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
10 months ago
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I can see the end of the world more clearly than I can see the end of capitalism
10 months 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.
10 months 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
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Louis DeVaughn Nelson | New Play Exchange
https://newplayexchange.org/users/10957/louis-devaughn-nelson
10 months ago
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Theyāve been planning this since Obama.
11 months 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
11 months ago
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We are Gen Y
11 months 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/
11 months 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?
11 months 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.
11 months 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-
12 months ago
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Theyāre shutting down stores like Walgreens in BIPOC communities and blaming it on theft etc. but the shoplifting statistics prove otherwise:
www.businessdasher.com/shoplifting-...
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15+ Shoplifting Statistics That You Must-Know in 2024
With that in mind, we'll dive into the details of shoplifting statistics to understand the true reality. šļøš
https://www.businessdasher.com/shoplifting-statistics/
12 months ago
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Thereās something about people born on the 19th š
12 months ago
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Thatās the thing about The Thin _____ Line and ______ Supremacy Groups: itās always a ābrotherhoodā never anything else!
12 months ago
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I firmly agree with whoever thought it would be a good idea to make a season of drag race with a gaggle of demon twinks.
12 months ago
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Iām ecstatic about the return of Meg Ryan
12 months ago
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We are repeating all the worst parts of history
#degenerateart
12 months ago
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I finally got around to watching Sing Sing - thereās no argument that it was high quality and Colman is brilliant but it was just so Hollywood to take such a effed up situation and turn it into a feel good movie.
12 months ago
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I will never get over how perfect those flare jeans were. Thanks Kendrick.
#gobirds
12 months ago
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If youāre racist you shouldnāt be watching the Super Bowl or any sport for that matter.
#gobirds
12 months ago
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I thought I was too scarred and jaded to feel intellectual lust anymore but I got a little peon of romantic interest in Brooklyn last night. Strange.
12 months ago
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The amount of people who donāt use their headphones on their phone on public is insane
12 months ago
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Yāall need to get back out there in them streets.
12 months ago
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Seeing all those queer and Black and female folks get recognized for their work at both the Obie Awards and The Grammys this weekend really gave me a little boost.
about 1 year ago
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Hackers please save us!!!
about 1 year ago
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