See how cultures connect through stories, songs, games, and films.
Story Reading: Tales of Trickery and Wit
10:15 am, 12 noon, and 2 pm
Listen to storyteller Nothando Zulu, who shares African and African American folktales filled with curious characters.
Gallery Crawl: Remade Discoveries
10 am – 2 pm
Take a look at several artists in the collection who use scrap materials and street debris to create fresh new ideas.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Safari Surprise
10 am – 3 pm
Draw a hilarious hybrid African animal as you play Exquisite Corpse, a game developed in the 1920s by a group of French Surrealist artists.
Performance: Yawo
11 am and 1 pm
Celebrating sounds from West Africa to America’s heartland, Yawo Attivor’s high-energy music is a refreshing mix of afrobeat, afrofunk, and reggae.
Art-Making for the Entire Family: Recycled Art
11 am – 4 pm
Create a new piece of art using recycled materials with artist-instructor Ilene Krug Mojsilov.
Film: Made in Africa
12 noon, 2 and 3 pm
Watch live-action shorts that reflect the lives and experiences of African children.
