The Weusi Art Collective Archive continues the work of the David C. Driskell Center in systematically supporting and celebrating the work of modern and contemporary Black artists. The acquisition of the papers of Ronald (Okoe) Pyatt expands knowledge of the Weusi Art Collective, a Harlem-based collective rooted in the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and 1970s, making their contributions available for study and research. Over the course of three years, staff at the Driskell Center will transfer, process, digitize, and catalog the papers of Ronald (Okoe) Pyatt and conduct oral histories with Pyatt’s widow, Shelley Inniss, and other surviving members of the Weusi Collective including Dingda McCannon, Otto Neals, and Ademola Olugbefula. This work culminates in a Study Day in fall 2026 at the Driskell Center, involving living members of the Weusi Collective and three guest researchers, who will present and discuss scholarly papers on the Weusi Art Collective’s contributions and significance. The oral histories and the papers from the Study Day will be published in spring 2027, in what will be the first critical and sustained engagement with Weusi Collective archival materials. The book, edited by Dr. Jordana Saggese, will be available in open-access print and online formats.