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March 7–April 19, 2024

Lavendra/Recovery Project

E. Jane

fueled by a reverence for the artistic legacy of Black American R&B divas

April 4, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Screening & Q+A: Agnès Varda’s Cléo from 5 to 7

E. Jane

Join us for a screening of Agnès Varda's Cleo from 5 to 7 (89 min, 1962, France).

April 19, 2024, 6:00 – 8:00pm

Lavendra/Recovery Project Closing Reception & Zine Launch

E. Jane

Artist E. Jane is concluding their Session with the release of two new zines featuring research, music video stills and production notes.

May 2024

BLESSED BE OUR CARE!

Chinyere Okafor

written in conjunction with artist Suhyun Choi's Session project, Memorial for Laptop.

May 9–June 19, 2024

The Meeting Place

Helina Metaferia

A site for transformative gatherings by and for Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) women (cis and transgender)

May 11, 2024 at 2:00pm

Meeting #1: By Way of Revolution | Facilitated by Helina Metaferia

Helina Metaferia

Session artist Helina Metaferia will explore the overlapping practices of performance art and protest movements.

May 24, 2024, 6:00 – 9:00pm

Meeting #2: The Future is Present – Building Worlds with The Free Black Women’s Library Facilitated by OlaRonke Akinmowo, founder of TFBWL

Helina Metaferia

Join OlaRonke Akinmowo of TFBWL for a writing workshop that interrogates the possibility of afro-futurism, daydreaming, and world-building.

June 1, 2024, 2:00 – 4:00pm

Meeting #3: Gathering Workshop — Creative Tools for Collective Movement Facilitated by Samaa Wakim and Samar Haddad King of Yaa Samar! Dance Theatre

Helina Metaferia

Exploring Palestinian culture, history, and resilience through the lens of movement and contemporary performance.

October 5–November 23, 2024

Meter & Light: Night

Zain Alam

Enacts in miniature and in music the interlocking rhythms of time in Muslim life, specifically after sunset.

March 2025

iNKED with iNTENT

Glenn Quentin

written in conjunction with artists' KING COBRA's and Hue Hallums' Session project, Conjuring the Past, Marking the Present.

March 2025

A Homeplace (The Meeting Place)

Jenée-Daria Strand

written in conjunction with artist Helina Metaferia's Session project, The Meeting Place.

March 15–April 26, 2025

CUNTRY: Always the Horse, Never the Jockey

Cleo Reed and Assembly

A set of musical works, sculptures, and performances working to protest against the demand of labor and productivity in the US.

December 13, 2025, 5:00 – 8:00pm

Holiday Card Writing Event with Black & Pink

we’re honored to partner with Black & Pink for their annual Holiday Card Writing event

February 2026

Take Me Where I Need To Go: On Portals, Ancestral Intelligence, and Black Continuums...

Daria S. Harper

Writer and cultural producer Daria Simone Harper reflects on Portals: Traversing Black Continuums

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