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SUMMARY:Space for Us: Afrofuturism and the Poetic Imagination
DESCRIPTION:The Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center is proud to present Space for Us: Afrofuturism and the Poetic Imagination which showcases the captivating works of Aris Kian Brown as part of her community outreach project as Houston’s 2023-2025 Poet Laureate. This exhibition challenges the boundaries between art and organizing\, protest and poetics\, imagination and demand. \nThis event is free and open to the public. \nAbout Aris Kian Brown \nAris Kian is currently the Houston Poet Laureate 2023-2025 and ranked #2 in the 2023 Womxn of the World Poetry Slam. Previously an Inprint C. Glenn Cambor Fellow\, she received her MFA from the University of Houston. She was ranked #10 in the 2020 Women of the World Poetry Slam and #4 in the nation at the 2019 ACUI College Unions Poetry Slam Invitational with UH team Coogslam. She is a current member of Smoke Slam alongside LeChell “The Shootah”\, R.J. Wright\, Blacqwildflowr\, and Sherrika Mitchell\, coached by Ebony Stewart\, which ranked #1 at the 2024 Southern Fried Poetry Slam. \nShe is one of 25 recipients of the 2023 BIPOC Artist and Network Fund Awards and the 2022 recipient of the Inprint Marion Barthelme Prize in Creative Writing for Students with Service to the Houston Literary Community. She is a 2019 Pushcart nominee\, a 2020 Best of the Net finalist\, a 2021 Crystal Wilkinson Creative Writing Prize finalist and a 2022 New Voices Contest finalist with Frontier Poetry. She was co-granted a 2023-2024 Creative Catalyst award from the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund with collaborator Sonny Mehta\, with Riyaaz Qawwali. \n  \n\n\nParking is available at the Gregory School Library African-American History Research Center located at 1300 Victor Street\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019.
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/space-for-us-afrofuturism-and-the-poetic-imagination/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Celebrate Freedmen's Town: UH Graphic Design Exhibition
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Freedmen’s Town is a collaborative exhibit with the cultural archives of Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy that features selected posters by the junior Graphic Design students at the University of Houston Katherine McGovern School of Art. \nThrough the visual language of design\, students envisioned topographical data\, cultural institutions\, and signifiers of history that answer questions about a way forward through the dense legacy of preservation that formerly enslaved African Americans began in the late 1800s and early 1900s. \nTo view Celebrate Freedmen’s Town\, visit the Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center during opening hours. \nThank you to the University of Houston Graphic Design junior block class for working with us on such a special project!
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/celebrate-freedmens-town-uh-graphic-design-exhibition/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Our Road Home - Exploring Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Our Road Home: Explore Freedom\nOur Road Home will premiere at the Bethel Church Historic Site in the heart of Freedmen’s Town\, as part of the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy’s Juneteenth Celebration. This new work aims to serve as a node of remembrance\, exploring the implications of a new free life and the value we can learn from the journey and cultural fertility of this community. The work features dance\, music\, song\, and more\, performed by a talented cast of artists from Houston and beyond. Our Road Home celebrates the building of a community\, the strength of its people\, and freedom as a way of life. \n\nHouston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy presents “Our Road Home” – an interactive rhythmic performance created and directed by Houston artist\, Jakari Sherman. \n6:45PM – Transport to Bethel begins \n7:00PM – Mixer \n7:30PM – Program Begins \n8:15PM – Program Ends \n8:30PM – Reception at the Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center \nRegister Today
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/our-road-home-exploring-freedom/
LOCATION:Bethel Historic Church Site\, 801 Andrews St\, Houston\, TX\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Our Road Home: Exploring Freedom
DESCRIPTION:Date/Time: June 20\, 2025 – 7PM-8:30PM \nLocation: Bethel Baptist Church | 801 Andrews Street\, Houston\, Texas 77019 \nAn interactive rhythmic performance created and directed by Houston artist\, Jakari Sherman.\n\nHouston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy presents “Our Road Home: Exploring Freedom” – an interactive rhythmic performance created and directed by Houston artist\, Jakari Sherman. Jakari is the former Artistic Director of Washington\, DC-based Step Afrika!\, and is the Creativ Director of [Jk]creativ\, a top ten and nationally recognized African-American dance company. His work has been celebrated globally for its unique blend of storytelling\, cultural exploration and energetic percussive dance. His recent production\, Drumfolk\, made its Houston debut in 2023 at the Wortham Theater Center.\n\nOur Road Home will premiere at the Bethel Church Historic Site in the heart of Freedmen’s Town\, as part of the Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy’s Juneteenth Celebration. This new work aims to serve as a node of remembrance\, exploring the implications of a new free life and the value we can learn from the journey and cultural fertility of this community. The work features dance\, music\, song\, and more\, performed by a talented cast of artists from Houston and beyond. Our Road Home celebrates the building of a community\, the strength of its people\, and freedom as a way of life.\n\nFeaturing: Jakari Sherman and Company\n \nPURCHASE TICKETS
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/our-road-home-exploring-freedom-2/
LOCATION:Bethel Historic Church Site\, 801 Andrews St\, Houston\, TX\, 77019\, United States
CATEGORIES:Juneteenth,Our Road Home
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