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“The voice of intelligence… is drowned out by the roar of fear. It is ignored by the voice of desire. It is contradicted by the voice of shame. It is biased by hate and extinguished by anger. Most of all it is silenced by ignorance.”
– Dr. Karl A. Menninger
2025/2026 Global Advisory Board
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Los Angeles, CA
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Chicago, IL/ Los Angeles, CA
Dwight White, MFA
Contemporary Artist
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Paris, France
Monique Y. Wells, VMD, MS
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Harlem, New York City, NY
Contemporary Multimedia Artist, Adjunct Instructor of Photography, NYU Tisch School of the Arts
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London, England, UK and Philadelphia, PA
Oliver St. Clair Franklin CBE
Honorary Consul, British Consulate
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London, England, UK and Philadelphia, PA
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London, UK and Los Angeles, CA
Colman Domingo
Internationally acclaimed actor, director, writer, and producer
Tony, Olivier, Drama Desk, and Drama League Award–nominated
Instagram:@kingofbingo
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Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Professor Tommy Curry, PhD
Personal Chair in Africana , Philosophy and Black Male Studies, University of Edinburgh
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Miami, FL
Marlon Johnson
Emmy Award-Winning Film Director and Producer
Marlon Johnson is a twelve-time Emmy Award-winning producer and director and a valued member of The Brothers’ Network Global Advisory Board. A Miami native, he holds dual degrees in Anthropology and Communications (with a Motion Pictures focus) from the University of Miami. His acclaimed documentary work explores music, culture, and social justice — including Coconut Grove: A Sense of Place (on gentrification), Breaking the Silence (on HIV in the Black American South), and Sunday’s Best (on Black women’s church fashion).
Marlon has served as Head of Production for Plum TV, where he earned his first Emmy. He later co-directed Deep City: The Birth of the Miami Sound, a festival favorite and PBS feature, and Symphony in D, an award-winning look at Detroit through music. In 2016, he received the top South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship for Visual Media, recognizing his excellence in visual storytelling.
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Job creation, tourism, civic engagement, and social cohesion are the tenants of what The Brothers’ Network has done for the city of Philadelphia since 2007. 13.5 million people attended in-person cultural events in the region in fiscal year 2022. The typical TBN event attendee spends $49.19 per event excluding admission cost supporting jobs, generating income, and driving tax revenue. This data underscores a significant role of The Brothers’ Network in arts, culture, and heritage programming organizations.
The arts and culture sector supports approximately 55 full time equivalent jobs in the region including direct employment within cultural organizations and jobs in other industries like hospitality and retail. Through cultural programming TBN has significantly engaged in job creation for actors, directors, stage hands, and box office staff. More than 1,000 job placements have been generated for full and part-time workers!
TBN has shown resilience coming throughout the COVID Pandemic through robust and innovative programming, pivoting to online engagement. Our attendance and participation levels are at pre-pandemic levels and continue to grow.
The data collected here is from the City of Philadelphia Tax Department and according to the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.
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Lourin Plant PhD. | Glassboro, New Jersey
Associate Professor of Vocal & Choral Music at Rowan University (Baritone/Countertenor)
Lorene Cary | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Senior Lecturer University of Pennsylvania | Author | Activist | Playwright
Lauren & Mike Arnold | Dubai, UAE
Lauren Arnold is a well-respected clinical and business leader, renowned for her innovative approach to launching and scaling digital health companies.
Exceptional Access to High Art from The Brothers' Network May 2026 | 'The Black Clown' & 'The Great Privation' | Curated Just For You!
THE GREAT PRIVATION
(How to flip ten cents into a dollar)
Written by Nia Akilah Robinson
Directed By: Ontaria Kim Wilson
**Associate Producer: The Brothers’ Network
May 28, 2026 — June 14, 2026
Theater Exile
1340 S. 13th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
(corner of 13th and Reed Streets)
May 30th, 2026 The Brothers’ Network Night!
Davóne Tines Bass-Baritone | Singer of Immense Power and Fervor | One of the Most Powerful Voices in the World of our Time
250 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19102
Opera Philadelphia
Miller Theater
250 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19102
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 8:00 p.m. ONLY
Runtime is 70 minutes with no intermission
Immediately following the performance there will be an opportunity to meet the cast and discuss the performance exclusively for The Brothers’ Network
People can also use the traditional purchase path and enter the code BROTHERS without using the link as long as it is before adding the performance to their cart.
Professor and Artist, Billy Colbert, MFA
Fishtown, Philadelphia | May 29, 2026 – July 11, 2026
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May 29, 2026 – July 11, 2026
LOCATION
1400 American St. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania United States
Artist John Akomfrah
The Menil Collection
Wednesday–Sunday 11 a.m.–7 p.m.
Free Admission
1533 Sul Ross Street Houston, Texas US
Kerry James Marshall,
'Histories' at Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
Now - Aug 16, 2026
This exhibition at the Kunsthaus Zürich is Kerry James Marshall’s largest to date outside the US – and the first major survey of his work in the German-speaking world. It features a comprehensive selection of his most important works, as well as a series of new paintings created specifically for the exhibition.
An exhibition in cooperation with the Royal Academy, London, and the Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris.
American artist Kerry James Marshall (b. 1955 Birmingham, Alabama, lives in Chicago) is considered one of the most important contemporary painters. His large-format, multifaceted works consistently focus on Black people – in dialogue with the Western tradition of history painting from Giotto to Manet. But where his predecessors left blank spaces, Marshall makes visible what had long remained invisible.
The paintings of Kerry James Marshall – powerful images of the life and history of the African American community, are imbued with colour, pain, hope and vibrancy. They are full of art-historical and socio-cultural references – to everything from the Civil Rights movement to comic and fantasy culture – as well as personal memories. With these diverse motifs, Marshall not only comments on history and social reality but also celebrates diversity, resilience and confidence.
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A new play conceived, directed, written, and produced by The Brothers’ Network. Funded in part by Black Theatre Alliance of Philadelphia.
Alain LeRoy Locke is heralded as the “Father of the Harlem Renaissance” for his publication in 1925 of The New Negro—an anthology of poetry, essays, plays, music and portraiture by white and black artists. Locke is best known as a theorist, critic, and interpreter of African-American literature and art. He was also a creative and systematic philosopher who developed theories of value, pluralism and cultural relativism that informed and were reinforced by his work on aesthetics.
