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Coco Framboise
Performance

Coco Framboise (Nikola Steer) - Afro-Dite: HairLoom

Friday January 18, 7 pm

Afro-Dite: HairLoom is a contemplation of black beauty and the celebration…

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Screenings

Daughters of the Dust

Wednesday January 16, Friday January 18 & Saturday January 19,

Dir. Julie Dash
1991| 1 h 53 min

At the dawn of the 20th century, a multi-generational family in the Gullah community on the Sea Islands off of South Carolina – former West African slaves who adopted many of their ancestors’ Yoruba traditions – struggle to maintain their cultural…

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Talks

In the Living Room: The Dis/Appearing Black Body

Saturday January 19, 2 PM

Join us for a discussion between photographer Jorian Charlton and multidisciplinary artist Shantel Miller as they explore the ways in which their practices address the representations of black women in visual culture.

How do bodies become racialized, gendered, sexualized and made hyper or…

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Family Events

Family Sundays, January: 2-D to 3-D Explorations

Sundays, January 13 - 27, 2019, 1 - 4 pm

Explore touch and texture through a colourful, fun process of painting with yarn.

Play a game of…

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