Upcoming Events at Paul Robeson House
Sat Oct 2, 3:00 PM - Sat Oct 2, 8:00 PM
Paul Robeson House
4949 Walnut St., Philadelphia, PA 15042
Community: Center City
Description
Body mapping workshop/performance art and exhibit for Black women between the ages of 18 and 90 at the Paul Robeson House/WPCA
Event Details
Seeking:
Black women between the ages of 18 and 90 to participate in a workshop/performance at the Paul Robeson House and Museum/West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance on September 18 and October 2 from 3-5
participants will:
• engage in a body mapping workshop
• reflect on Black women's healing practices
• have their body maps framed and exhibited at the Paul Robeson House and Museum
• take home their framed body maps
Refreshments will be provided for both workshops.
Participants must commit to both dates and agree to be filmed/photographed. These may be displayed in the @UsesofMapping online archive.
Masks will be mandatory.
Slots limited; RSVP required
For questions or further information, please contact Qrescent Mali Mason on Instagram @UsesofMapping or qmalimason@haverford.edu
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The #UsesofMapping Project (@UsesofMapping) consists of an interactive exhibit of collage/maps and photographs by thinker-artist Qrescent Mali Mason that document the Self-Translation Cycle, a performance and visual art exhibit of Black feminist healing and a corresponding workshop/performances for Black women in West Philadelphia. Inspired by the work of Audre Lorde, Lorraine O’Grady, Adrian Piper, bell hooks, and other Black feminist thinker-artists, #UsesofMapping includes three aspects: 1) the framing, display, and exhibition of the Self-Translation Cycle, which includes the collage/maps “Uses of Death Dying” (2020), “Uses of Loving,” (2020) and “Self-Compassion Project” (2021), and the development of the interactive map/collage “Uses of Mapping” for display and annotation at the Paul Robeson House, 2) two workshop/performances that will facilitate Black women participants’ creation of their own body maps/collages and subsequent framing and exhibit, and 3) the online archiving of the #UsesofMapping Project, which will host and share the community-participant-developed maps with the wider public.
Black women between the ages of 18 and 90 to participate in a workshop/performance at the Paul Robeson House and Museum/West Philadelphia Cultural Alliance on September 18 and October 2 from 3-5
participants will:
• engage in a body mapping workshop
• reflect on Black women's healing practices
• have their body maps framed and exhibited at the Paul Robeson House and Museum
• take home their framed body maps
Refreshments will be provided for both workshops.
Participants must commit to both dates and agree to be filmed/photographed. These may be displayed in the @UsesofMapping online archive.
Masks will be mandatory.
Slots limited; RSVP required
For questions or further information, please contact Qrescent Mali Mason on Instagram @UsesofMapping or qmalimason@haverford.edu
***
The #UsesofMapping Project (@UsesofMapping) consists of an interactive exhibit of collage/maps and photographs by thinker-artist Qrescent Mali Mason that document the Self-Translation Cycle, a performance and visual art exhibit of Black feminist healing and a corresponding workshop/performances for Black women in West Philadelphia. Inspired by the work of Audre Lorde, Lorraine O’Grady, Adrian Piper, bell hooks, and other Black feminist thinker-artists, #UsesofMapping includes three aspects: 1) the framing, display, and exhibition of the Self-Translation Cycle, which includes the collage/maps “Uses of Death Dying” (2020), “Uses of Loving,” (2020) and “Self-Compassion Project” (2021), and the development of the interactive map/collage “Uses of Mapping” for display and annotation at the Paul Robeson House, 2) two workshop/performances that will facilitate Black women participants’ creation of their own body maps/collages and subsequent framing and exhibit, and 3) the online archiving of the #UsesofMapping Project, which will host and share the community-participant-developed maps with the wider public.
