Adobe Black Employee Network and MoMA Partnership Creates Immersive Black Art Experience Connecting Creatives and ERGs in New York City

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I've lived in New York City my whole life and never had a private guided tour at any museum. So I thought: why not change that, and bring people with me?Through Adobe’s ongoing partnership with The Museum of Modern Art, Benjamin Ojode and I asked ourselves: What if we used that access more intentionally? Turning a perk into a reason to bring together people from different walks of life to celebrate, reflect on, and be moved by Black art.So we did.Our Black Employee Network @ Adobe NYC built an evening around two extraordinary exhibitions: Arthur Jafa's Less is Morbid and Ideas of Africa: Portraiture and Political Imagination. Works rooted in resistance, ancestry, and the enduring force of Black creative imagination.We were joined by over 40 NYC-based visual artists, musicians, and photographers — alongside ERG communities from American Express, SoundCloud, and Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment. Creatives and corporate professionals standing in front of the same work, letting the art shape the conversation.And even as we were being ushered out, no one was ready to leave. Conversations spilled past the galleries and out onto the museum’s awning, stretching the evening a little longer.The long goodbye.A telling sign that in-person gathering still matters, that shared space still matters, and that within Black spaces, the arts and humanities do not just accompany these moments but spark what comes next.Deep thanks to the MoMA events team and especially to Charlotte Mitchell and Helena von Grolman for co-creating this night with us.The conversation continues. And so does the access.Scott Segrin Jr. Shana Lyonshashtag#AdobeBEN hashtag#MoMA hashtag#ArthurJafa hashtag#CommunityBuilding hashtag#ERG hashtag#CreativeCommunity hashtag#BlackArt hashtag#AdobeLife

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• Offsite Event

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• Connect