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SUMMARY:Where We Find Ourselves
DESCRIPTION:About\n\n\nWhere We Find Ourselves is a multi-disciplinary investigation into memory\, place\, and Black perception across generations\, centering the historic neighborhood of Freedmen’s Town in Houston. Through photography\, film\, architectural modeling\, and installation\, artist Satchel Lee brings a forensic intimacy to the project\, placing the South\, and specifically Freedmen’s Town\, under a microscope. Lee reveals the physical remnants of a once self-sustaining Black community founded by formerly enslaved people and the brilliance embedded in its spatial and spiritual architecture. \nThe exhibition navigates the tension between monument and ruin\, presence and erasure. By constructing miniature models of historically significant structures and re-photographing them at large scale\, Lee shifts perception\, shrinking the past to examine it closely\, then magnifying it to command reverence. These gestures act as reclamation\, re-centering Black stories and spaces that urban renewal and gentrification have obscured. The models operate as vessels for multigenerational memory and questions of ownership\, belonging\, and cultural survival. \nThrough documentary films\, longtime residents Bobby Johnson\, Pastor Samuel Smith\, and Dr. Sally Wickers share lived experiences of the neighborhood. Their testimonies counter the visual archive\, grounding the work in Black reality. \nInstalled in a restored Freedmen’s Town row house\, the exhibition culminates in an immersive space reflecting domestic familiarity and sacred ritual\, inviting visitors to perceive the neighborhood’s history and present anew. \n\nOrganizers\n\n\nWhere We Find Ourselves is co-organized by Houston Freedmen’s Town Conservancy (HFTC) and Contemporary Arts Museum Houston (CAMH) as part of the Rebirth in Action project. The exhibition is curated by Mich Stevenson\, Project Manager—Partnerships. \n\nAbout Satchel Lee \nSatchel Lee (b.1994\, New York\, NY) is a visual artist and filmmaker whose work explores memory\, legacy\, and Black interior life through photography film and installation. She reinterprets personal and collective histories through the architecture of memory\, using built spaces to reveal deeper layers of identity and heritage. Lee had an MFA from School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a BFA from NYU Tisch School of the Arts. Having exhibited her work both domestically and internationally and collaborated with Washington Post Magazine\, Vogue Italia\, and The New York Times. Where We Find Ourselves marks the artist’s first solo exhibition.
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/where-we-find-ourselves/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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SUMMARY:Porch Talk: Self-Determination in Storytelling: A Night of Community Story Circles
DESCRIPTION:Honoring Our Stories!\n\n\n\nThis Porch Talk centers Black storytelling traditions through intergenerational story circles\, historical grounding in Black press and media\, and community conversation. Facilitators from the PECAN Project\, Houston Defender\, Shift Press\, Media 2070\, and Scalawag Magazine will lead participants through a guided evening of sharing\, listening\, and honoring local narratives. Food and refreshments will be provided. \nDate & Time: Wednesday\, December 11\, 2024 | 6:00–8:00 PM \nLocation: Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center \nParking: 1300 Cleveland St\, Houston\, TX 77019\, African American History Research Center at the Gregory Campus. \nPlease park in the lot in front of the library. Then walk between the library and the HFTC houses\, and enter the Visitor Center via the porch. The Visitor Center is the last house in the row. \n\nTo RSVP please visit: Houston Freedmens Town Conservancy Inc – Porch Talk: Self-Determination in Storytelling: A Night of Community Story Circles.
URL:https://houstonfreedmenstown.org/events/porch-talk-self-determination-in-storytelling-a-night-of-community-story-circles/
LOCATION:Freedmen’s Town Visitor Center\, 1204 Victor St\, Houston\, Texas\, 77019\, United States
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