Hear Alexandra Barbier's audio recording on Repugnant Rapunzel (Let Down Your Hair) by Chakaia Booker.

Hello, my name is Alexandra Barbier and I’m a dance artist and educator living in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Hear Ruth Gooden's audio recording on Portrait of a Young Musician (1970) by Beauford Delaney.

Hi, my name is Ruth Gooden and I’m a docent at the Utah Museum of Fine Arts from Park City, Utah.  

Hear James Jackson, III's audio recording on how I got over (2011) by Henry Taylor.

Hi, my name is James Jackson, III, founder of the Utah Black Chamber in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

Hurdle after hurdle. Obstacle after obstacle. Barrier after barrier. Yet, we as a people, we got over. That’s what this picture says to me.  

Hear Matthew Sketch's audio recording on Conspicuous Fraud Series #1 (Eminence) by Kehinde Wiley.

Hi, my name is Matthew Sketch and I’m an artist from Houston, Texas.

Hear Meligha Garfield's audio recording on Kevin the Kiteman by Jordan Casteel.

Hi, I'm Meligha Garfield and I'm the director of the Black Cultural Center at the University of Utah.