Renata Cherlise

CTL-E-3192 · Person · artist · 2011–present

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Renata Cherlise is the Atlanta-based creative director, multidisciplinary visual artist, and founder/curator of the Black Archives multimedia platform (launched on Tumblr 2011; Instagram expansion 2015). Author of 'Black Archives: A Photographic Celebration of Black Life' (Ten Speed Press, 2023).

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RELP73 new supporting entity (2026-10-06); name-collision checked against canonical entities.json.

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Black Archives Co — founded by → this record

Sources

AnOther Magazine - This Online Archive Celebrates the Everyday Beauty of the Black Experience (2021)
Hyperallergic - Documenting the Black History Not Taught in Classrooms
Essence - Renata Cherlise's 'Black Archives' Book (2023)

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