Project Description

Artist Profile

Steven G Fullwood

STEVEN G FULLWOOD is an archivist, visual artist, and the exhibition coordinator for the exhibition, “Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.” Fullwood is the co-founder of the Nomadic Archivists Project, an initiative that partners with organizations, institutions, and individuals to establish, preserve, and enhance collections that explore the African Diasporic experience. Fullwood’s published works include Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam’s Call (co-edited with Charles Stephens, 2014), Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books (co-edited with Lisa C. Moore, 2007) among other titles. His visual work is featured in the exhibition “From Toledo and Beyond” (June 2022) at the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library. stevengfullwood.com

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Steven G Fullwood

Steven G. Fullwood is an archivist, editor, and visual artist. From 2002 to 2009, Fullwood co-founded and co-curated art in harlem, an art salon that featured the works of new and established Black artists in New York City. He is the co-founder of the Nomadic Archivists Project, an initiative that partners with organizations, institutions, and individuals to establish, preserve, and enhance collections that explore the African Diasporic experience. Fullwood is the former associate curator of the Manuscripts, Archives & Rare Books Division at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. He is also the founder of the In the Life Archive, a project to collect, preserve and make available to the public materials produced by and about LGBTQ people of African descent, housed at the Schomburg Center. Fullwood’s published works include Black Gay Genius: Answering Joseph Beam’s Call (co-edited with Charles Stephens, 2014), Carry the Word: A Bibliography of Black LGBTQ Books (co-edited with Lisa C. Moore, 2007) among other titles.