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  1. Naima Ramos-Chapman

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    In Place of Monuments: a communal workshop and devised theater series


    The play, In Place of Monuments, will be devised through a series of gatherings and workshops within the community. It is inspired by my short experimental docu-narrative film of the same title, and is an emergent story that centers two Afro-Caribbean childhood friends who seek, through remembering and reclamation, to saddle alongside a shared traumatic experience– a healing that can only be felt through with compassion and a determination to resist the lessons the dominant social order seeks to teach–specifically the carceral state–to Black, Brown, Indigenous, Femme and Queer communities.
  2. Rochelle Kwan

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    Chinatown Records Sonic Histories: Chinatown Records Radio & Sonic Histories Program


    Chinatown Records Sonic Histories is a sonic oral history program and radio station activating an ever-growing community archive of 35+ music collections inherited from Manhattan Chinatown families & beyond. This project will launch Chinatown Records Radio and our Sonic Histories fellowship and mixtape with Chinatown youth, seniors, & neighbors to train up the next generation of DJ historians of all ages to bring the archive’s music, memories, & sonic histories to life with us.
  3. asmara

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    Mapping Siwanoy Forest


    Mapping Siwanoy Forest explores the relationship between land stewardship and artmaking as life practices that make us more resilient and whole. Seton Falls Park and Ujamaa Garden, a youth-centered learning space, resting ground, and community garden located in the Northeast Bronx, are the last remnants of the vast Siwanoy Forest. the elders of the Seton Falls Park Preservation Coalition have spent decades defending the natural habitat that remains. This oral history project trains young people in the neighborhood, already connected to Ujamaa Garden, in this archival practice.
  4. Sally Chen

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  5. Vic Liu

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  6. Sara Washington Goggin

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    Quilts for Reproductive Justice: Community quilts for care, connection, and Black futures


    Quilts for Reproductive Justice brings community members together to create quilts that honor Black people and support reproductive justice through mutual aid. Through cohort-based workshops, participants learn foundational quilting skills while engaging in facilitated conversations about community care and justice. Together, they will contribute to larger community quilts. Alongside this collective work, Sara creates her own quilts as offerings to the project. Completed quilts are raffled to raise funds for doulas, midwives, abortion access, lactation support, and other resources for birthing people of color in New York City.

  7. Maelys Monga

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  8. Nailah Manns

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  9. Artemis

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  10. Jamed Kinsey

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  11. Tattfoo Tan

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  12. Damien Smith

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  13. Lisa Chau

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  14. TD Tso

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  15. Ketriana Yvonne

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  16. Russell Frederick

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    Open Studio

    Wednesday, October 1
    6:30 – 7:45 pm

    Location: 651 Arts
    10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

    Dahkil Hausif & Russell FrederickOpen Studio 

    Dark Room Diaspora

    Join us for Dahkil & Russell‘s Open Studio!

    The Darkroom Diaspora: Griots of Visual Memory is a living archive and creative activation project centered on the powerful photographic legacy of visual activist Russell Frederick. For over two decades, Russell has documented the Bedford-Stuyvesant community and beyond with a discerning eye and deep commitment to Black life, resilience, and memory.

  17. Nic Black

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  18. Maleek Rae

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  19. Jason Wang

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  20. Zakiya Collier

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    Open Studio

    Wednesday, October 15

    6:30- 7:45 pm

    Location: Gladys Books and Wine

    Zakiya Collier – Open Studio

    Collective Remembrance: For the Art of Preserving Bed-Stuy Restoration History

    Join us for Zakiya’s Open Studio!

    In an ever-changing Brooklyn, Collective Remembrance expands the documentation of and access to histories of Central Brooklyn and its Black Communities by preservation the archives stewarded by the Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) community. Using an intergenerational and creative, collective archival approach that directly fosters and resources relationships between Restoration’s key elders and community and local Black archivists and memory workers, this project shares and documents Black Brooklyn history, strengthens the Black memory work ecosystem, and uplifts the contributions that have nurtured Brooklyn’s character, art, culture, and sustainability. Participants will center their stories and be supported in the stewardship of their histories through oral histories, archival training workshops, a co-curated exhibition, public panels, and a preserved digital archive.

  21. Keshad Adeniyi

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    Open Studio

    Wednesday, August 13

    6:30 – 7:45pm

    35 Meadow Studios

    Keshad Adeniyi – Open Studio

    A Note From the Field 003: The Story From Within

    Join us for Keshad’s Open Studio!

    The Story From Within is a project designed to reawaken the human sensibilities of both incarcerated youth and youth who are currently implicated in the criminal justice system. Keshad is proposing to do workshops inside of a selected youth carceral facility that focus on personal development, identity and sociopolitical consciousness. A key element of these workshops is sharing the creative contributions of these incarcerated youth with the public – specifically a cohort of youth on the outside who are currently attempting to avoid incarceration. Youth on the outside will be selected from a local non-profit organization, and these selected youth will be prompted to engage in a similar workshop series as their incarcerated counterparts. By executing this project with both cohorts, we amplify a dialogue among New York City Youth who are on different parts of the school-to-prison pipeline spectrum.

  22. Dahkil Hausif

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    Open Studio

    Wednesday, October 1
    6:30 – 7:45 pm

    Location: 651 Arts
    10 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn

    Dahkil Hausif & Russell FrederickOpen Studio 

    Dark Room Diaspora

    Join us for Dahkil & Russell‘s Open Studio!

    The Darkroom Diaspora: Griots of Visual Memory is a living archive and creative activation project centered on the powerful photographic legacy of visual activist Russell Frederick. For over two decades, Russell has documented the Bedford-Stuyvesant community and beyond with a discerning eye and deep commitment to Black life, resilience, and memory.

  23. Briana Calderón Navarro

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    Open Studio

    Wednesday, July 23
    6:30 – 7:45 pm

    Friends and Lovers

    Briana Calderón Navarro – Open Studio 

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    Community Fridge Mixer & Film Preview

    The Community Fridge Revitalization Tour is a multi-stop campaign in Central Brooklyn that brings together artists and organizers to rehabilitate four longtime community fridges in need of structural repairs. By working together and sharing resources, we are revitalizing these essential resources for thousands of people experiencing food insecurity.

  24. Michael Tonge

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  25. Tiffany Smith

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