The Morning Star Research Center for the Afterlife of Slavery (MSRCAS) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization in California dedicated to the collection, study, and presentation of materials that engage with the ongoing legacies of Atlantic slavery and antiblackness in the United States and abroad. Located in Los Angeles, MSRCAS supports theoretical research, curatorial inquiry, and public programming related to the legacies of Atlantic slavery. With a focus on both historical and contemporary materials, MSRCAS serves as a site of interdisciplinary engagement at the intersection of Black studies and Black contemporary art.

VAVY Media is a digital media platform created under the umbrella of VAVY, a cultural platform and creative studio based in Madagascar. VAVY Media is dedicated to making visible, preserving, and sharing the work, voices, and cultural knowledge of Malagasy women artists and cultural practitioners. The platform functions as an ecosystem to strengthen the recognition of women in shaping Madagascar’s cultural heritage while connecting them to regional, continental, and global audiences. As a contemporary living archive, VAVY Media experiments with and rethinks how cultural knowledge can be documented, preserved, and shared. Using storytelling and the everyday as foundations, it builds a community-centered archive that preserves Malagasy matrilineal heritage, ensures accessibility, and shapes future possibilities.

The Baldwin Institute is a Brooklyn-based nonprofit dedicated to advancing literacy, creativity, and critical thinking among young people across New York City. Inspired by the life and legacy of James Baldwin, we create educational third spaces—outside of home and school—where students are empowered to explore their curiosities, engage the arts, and access the tools they need to thrive. Through culturally grounded programming and community-centered resources, the Baldwin Institute is helping build a more just, imaginative, and Baldwin-informed future. To learn more about our work, please visit baldwininstitute.org

This March, G.A.S. is pleased to welcome U.S. based ecological researcher and farmer Monai McCullough for a six-week residency at the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ. Working across research and ecology, her multidisciplinary practice is rooted in the decolonisation of horticulture. Through her work, she reimagines relationships to nature through education, regenerative practices, and workshops that foster deeper dialogue around environmental justice and our connection to the natural world.

Earlier this month, we had the pleasure of welcoming Okwei Odili, a Nigerian Afrobeat musician and cultural practitioner, to the G.A.S. Farm House in Ikiṣẹ for her residency. Based between Lagos and Salvador, her work spans moving image, sound, ecology, and ancestral knowledge systems.  Through her multidisciplinary practice, she explores how sound and storytelling can empower women, mental health and support ecological health.