An afternoon of creative experiments and ideas featuring artists, scholars, & cultural organizers who are actively advancing black freedom.

About this Event

free/conjure/black is a communal mediation, a spirit-sourced intervention, a virtual ring shout calling forth a perpetual and inevitable throughline of prismatic black freedom. free/conjure/black centers the rich legacy of the Weeksville community and movements for black sovereignty in the United States.
Join the Weeksville Heritage Center’s Coalition of Theaters of Color, Artist in Residence, creator, curator, moderator, and founder/CEO of Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative, Ebony Noelle Golden on Sunday, June 28th from 11:30AM-4:30PM, for an afternoon of creative experiments and ideas featuring artists, scholars, and cultural organizers who are actively advancing the movement for black freedom now.
Schedule of Events
11:30am Weeksville Video & Welcome by Rob Fields, President & Executive Director of Weeksville Heritage Center
11:40am free/conjure/black Video & Intro of Artist in Residence by Zenzelé Cooper, Program Manager of Weeksville Heritage Center
11:50am Artist Talk–Ebony Noelle Golden, Founder & CEO of Betty’s Daughter Arts Collaborative
12:15pm Conversation –Ebony and Arielle
12:45pm black/conjure/free by Viktor le. Givens
1:00pm Conversation –Ebony and Angela
1:30pm conjure/black/free by Viktor le. Givens
1:45pm Conversation– Ebony and Aya
2:15pm Conversation– Zenzelé and Viktor le. Givens
2:30pm Work in Process Sharing – Jubilee 11213 by: Ebony Noelle Golden; Featuring: Graceson Rafael, Paris Cymone, Mon​ét Noelle Marshall, Freddie Fulton
2:50pm Response to Sharing: Ebony Noelle Golden
3:00pm Round Table: free/conjure/black ; Featuring: Dr. J.T. Roane, Dr. Andrea Roberts, and Michelle Lanier ; Moderator: Ebony Noelle Golden
4:15pm Closing Thoughts: Ebony Noelle Golden