Name: Art Is My Weapon with Hollis King
Start: 2026-02-15T12:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-02-15T14:00:00-05:00
Location: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture

Celebrate Black History Month with Hollis King as he shares how art became his voice and weapon for change and community building.
About this Event

When: Sunday February 15, 2026 12:30PM
Where: via Zoom & In-Person 269th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
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Spend an afternoon with Hollis King as he shares his journey using art as his voice to go from being an immigrant in the stockroom to a Grammy nominee. Hollis would like to inspire you to use your voice, your art your, creativity as your weapon in these current challenging days. And to use your art to carve out a new future for yourself and in your community

About the Speaker

Hollis King former vice president and creative director at the Verve Music Group, the largest jazz record label in the world. He was responsible for art direction of all CD packaging, logos, advertising, point-of-purchase and signage. King worked at several design studios before entering the music industry. King has received numerous achievement awards and citations from Communication Arts, How, Print, AIGA, Graphis and the Society of Illustrators, as well as five Grammy nominations. He worked on Zora Neale Hurston “Their Eyes Were Watching God”, Set Design for “Afropop Series” Public Television, Creative Direction and set Design for August Wilson American Century Cycle at the Greene Space NPR. Recent work includes “Etienne Charles “San Juan Hill” Geffen Hall. New books include “Imprinted Illustrating Race” Norman Rockwell Museum. “Our Open Caskets to the World” coffee table book. Currently, Hollis runs his own creative company, sits on an executive board in New York, Creative Direction at The Billie Holiday Theater and regularly lectures about creative, and photography, at Advertising agencies, the School of Visual Arts, FIT, Pratt Institute, Art Directors Club, Society of Illustrators, Stella Adler Acting Studio.
About Brooklyn Ethical
Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture (Brooklyn Ethical) is a humanist community grounded in ethics, social justice, and collective care. Located at 269 4th Ave in Park Slope, we host community programs that uplift dignity, foster belonging, and promote action rooted in shared values. We are part of a larger movement of Ethical Societies across the country dedicated to nurturing human potential and working together for a more just world.