INHERITANCE ROOM
The Inheritance Room is a Harlem-based salon series — an intimate gathering space devoted to Black memory, lineage, and imagination.
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Where: Heath Gallery · 24 W. 120th Street, Harlem, NY
Seating is limited
This session turns our attention to Harlem itself: the histories that live in its institutions, images, and books, and the people actively shaping what comes next.
The evening will feature conversation with Sade Lythcott, CEO of National Black Theatre; Joshua Woods, Harlem-born photographer and visual artist working between New York and Paris; and Brianna McClure, founder of Colour & Hue Rare Books and a fourth-generation Harlemite.
Together they will reflect on stewardship, storytelling, and what it means to inherit Harlem. From theatre and cultural infrastructure to photography and rare books, the conversation will explore how history is preserved, interpreted, and carried forward.
The evening will include conversation, reflection, and time to gather. This is a space for deep listening, curiosity, and presence.
When: Wednesday, March 11, 2026 · 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM EST
Where: Heath Gallery · 24 W. 120th Street, Harlem, NY
Seating is limited.
Bios
Sade Lythcott is the CEO of National Black Theatre (NBT), the country’s first revenue-generating Black arts complex and one of the longest-running theaters in the U.S. led by a woman of color. She is the daughter of Dr. Barbara Ann Teer, the legendary artist and founder of NBT.
Under her leadership, NBT has expanded into a national cultural institution and Broadway co-producer. Recent highlights include a Pulitzer Prize and 5 Tony nominations for "Fat Ham" and 6 Tony nominations and a win for "Purlie Victorious." Her work has earned four New York Times Critics' Picks in just three seasons.
Sade is currently leading a $100 million redevelopment of NBT’s Harlem campus, creating a new multi-use cultural hub with artist housing, civic space, and performance venues—redefining Harlem as the global capital of Black culture alongside the Apollo Theater and Studio Museum.
She serves on the board of BAM and chairs the Coalition of Theatres of Color. She co-leads Culture @ 3 and has played vital roles in cultural policy, including reopening New York’s performance venues post-COVID and advising the mayor on the largest cultural budget in city history.
A TONY winning and Emmy-nominated producer, Sade is a writer, former Off-Broadway actor, and fashion stylist with clients including Beyoncé and Lenny Kravitz. Her work has been featured in Town & Country, Vogue, Forbes, Harper’s Bazaar, and Oprah Daily. She holds a BA from NYU and lectures nationally.
Joshua Woods (b. 1986, Harlem, New York) is a photographer and visual artist based between New York and Paris. His work moves between photography, fashion, film, material construction, and printmaking, challenging fixed ideas of Black life and representation while drawing from the textures of everyday culture, memory, and ritual.
Woods first gained recognition with his self-funded photographic journal of Senegal, published in The New Yorker. He has become known for a practice that blends social observation with a refined visual language, creating images and objects that invite deeper reflection on identity and place.
A British Fashion Council New Wave Creative, Woods has produced editorial and commercial work for Vogue, W Magazine, Harper's Bazaar, Dazed, AnOther Magazine, Wall Street Journal, M Le Monde, The New York Times T Magazine, Chanel, Gucci, Lanvin, Wales Bonner, Ralph Lauren, and others. In 2025 he collaborated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Costume Institute for the exhibition Superfine, creating portraits of the public and hosting a community gathering that centered on shared authorship and collective presence.
His ongoing projects include a long-term body of work in Harlem that traces personal and communal histories while exploring transformation, preservation, and belonging.
Brianna McClure is a fourth-generation Harlemite, professionally trained bookseller, and the founder of Colour & Hue Rare Books®, a Harlem-based pop-up bookshop. Brianna started Colour & Hue in 2025 to bring awareness about the richness of history and how it informs contemporary society. Through Colour & Hue Rare Books, Brianna is committed to empowering the community through books and serves as an example of how books can transform lives. Brianna is passionate about community development in Harlem, where she serves as Secretary of Community Board 10 and as a board member of the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone. Brianna works at one of the largest Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) in the nation, focused on developing affordable housing solutions for low-income families. Brianna holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Connecticut in Political Science. In addition, she is a graduate of the Colorado-Minnesota Antiquarian Bookselling Seminar and the 2024 recripient of the Belle da Costa Greene Scholarship for new booksellers.