On October 26, 2022, the CSBCD hosted a mini-conference at OCAD University, dedicated to the work of the Ethnocultural Art Histories Research Centre (EAHR), led by Dr. Alice Ming Jim, a University Research Chair at Concordia University. The EAHR team is set to interview artists whose work engages the intersections of Afrofuturism and the Black Lives Matter movement. These artists work in a range of media including commissioned and unsanctioned street art, often using busy public spaces to convey anti-racist, anti-colonial and anti-establishment messages. Many also deploy visually arresting utopian imagery in their work, common in the evolving Afrofuturist movement, to envision a near-future defined by equality and freedom from colonial legacies. Special guest, artist Danilo Deluxo, fielded and helped re-shape the research team’s Interview Questions, reflected on his significant contributions to Toronto’s art scene as a commissioned artist and curator, and discussed the optimism that informs the work of many Afrofuturist artists, whether or not they themselves identify with the movement.