TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image

ARTIST TALK 5.21.2026 / 6-7PM FREE Join us this Thursday for a talk with the exhibiting artists of How We Stay Free: Mike Arrison / Harvey Finkle / Joe Piette / Sunny Singh /

Register at BLUESTOOP.ORG/EVENTS.

Nicole G. Young is a writer whose non-fiction work has been featured in Elle, YES!, Vox, SEEN, Scalawag, and Bitch magazines. She is a part of the editorial team of Jacaranda Books, working to bring a non-fiction book series on Black American culture to life. She was selected as an Aspen Summer Words Emerging Writers Fellow in 2023, attended the 2024 Tin House Summer Workshop, and received the 2024 Alonzo Davis Fellowship at The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Nicole previously served as a writer at The African American Policy Forum, co-host of the Kidlit These Days and Worth Noting podcasts, and contributing editor for Book Riot Media. In addition to her freelance non-fiction writing, Nicole is dreaming up fantastical worlds for middle grade and young adult readers in her fiction novels and short stories.

From our creative community to yours, may the winter season be full of cheer and lots of room on your external hard drive!!