Join Harlem based artist Ayanna Legros for a collage workshop exploring the legacy of Marsha P. Johnson! She will guide us in creating our own paper collages and explain the significance of the medium. Materials and food provided. Ayanna showed work in our most recent exhibition, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Program […]
Bridgeport based artist Melida McKenzie-Alford will talk to us about her life, work, and process while giving a workshop in pattern-less macrame crafting. Melida has work in our current exhibition, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Materials and lunch provided! Open to youth 18-23. Space is limited- RSVP required: https://forms.gle/z9wcexsEux3xPHm88
OurTransLife and the Freeman Center will lead an interactive discussion and complete activities from Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Animals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs. Artist Lex Ferguson will guide us in crafting mobiles based on the books themes. Free copies of the book, craft materials, and lunch provided. Open to youth 18-23. Space is limited- […]
Join the Freeman Center's curator for open-house style gatherings exploring the works in our current exhibit, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Come for the conversation, leave with new connections! This week, we will look at the work of Elisha Brockenberry and Asé Selah.
Join OurTransLife and the Mary & Eliza Freeman Center for a hands-on still life drawing class with artist Chris Jones. Attendees are encouraged to bring objects related to birth, motherhood, mother-figures, children, or innerchild work! Materials and dinner provided. RSVP required: https://forms.gle/eaTU3XxkHd8mkgvT9
Join the Freeman Center’s curator for this series of casual cultural conversations! Bi-weekly gatherings on the first and third Thursday of the month from 5:00-7:00pm based on the works featured in our current exhibit, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Thursday, May 21st: What's on the other side of Chelsea RamÃrez's flowing, foggy […]
Wings Over Little Liberia & the Freeman Sisters with Maisa Tisdale (in collaboration with Black Wing Coalition, Sovereign Land Trust) Join us for a guided history and bird walk tour honoring the legacy of Little Liberia and the Freeman Sisters--connecting with our culture, history, and ecology. Light Lunch Included!
Join the Freeman Center’s curator for this series of casual cultural conversations! Bi-weekly gatherings on the first and third Thursday of the month from 5:00-7:00pm based on the works featured in our current exhibit, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Thursday, May 7th: Raffia, Bells, and (Cowrie) Shells: Nicole Grant-Paul's Lioness and Lion […]
Join the Freeman Center’s curator for this series of casual cultural conversations! Bi-weekly gatherings on the first and third Thursday of the month from 5:00-7:00pm based on the works featured in our current exhibit, Turning Tides: Little Liberia & the Black Atlantic. Thursday, April 16th: Asé Selah's powerful installation Indigo Dreams and Ayanna Legros' 5 […]
