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Before Yesterday We Could Fly: A Creative Convening on Afrofuturism

  • The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Avenue New York, NY, 10028 United States (map)

I’m holding a mini sound bath to open this amazing convening on Afrofuturism at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, at 10:30am. This will be in person and online

10:30am-4:30am [FREE w/ RSVP]

Join us for dynamic conversations, activations, and performances by leading artists and scholars to mark the first anniversary of Before Yesterday We Could Fly: An Afrofuturist Period Room. Engage with the ideas, histories, and practices presented in the exhibition, including the themes of Home, Flight, and Storytelling.  

Participants include:

Rena Anakwe
artist, performer, healer

Hannah Beachler
production designer

Michelle Commander
Deputy Director of Research and Strategic Initiatives, Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture

Cynthia Copeland
historian

John Jennings
author and illustrator

Roberto Lugo
artist 

Alexander Manevitz
Assistant Professor of History, Baruch College, City University of New York

Moor Mother
songwriter, composer, vocalist, poet, and educator

Jenn Nkiru
artist and director

Tourmaline
artist

Afrofuturist Teen Council Members 

MORE INFORMATION HERE: metmusuem.org/Afrofuturism

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