George Washington Carver Museum, Cultural and Genealogy Center

Join residency artist Corey De’Juan Sherrard Jr. for a jazz concert on July 25, 2024 from 7-9pm! With the intent of showcasing the spirit of jazz and creating a living example of the importance of jazz for the agency of Black life, Corey De’Juan Sherrard Jr. will be performing in a quartet alongside local musicians representing the East Austin Creative Coalition. Free and open to the public.

Link to RSVP below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/small-black-museum-vol-3-an-evening-of-live-jazz-with-corey-sherrard-jr-tickets-944466624097?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join Torch Literary Arts and the Carver Museum for the 2024 Torch Fellows Reading!

Eight creative writing fellows will read from their works-in-progress across poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and script.

A reception with refreshments by Mashae's Catering will follow the reading.

Free and open to all! Link below to RSVP.
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2024-torch-fellows-reading-tickets-940624171217?aff=oddtdtcreator

Join residency artist taylor barnes in meditative conversation inspired by her body of work for Small Black Museum Vol. 3 on Saturday, July 20 from 10-11:30am. Led by social wellness entrepreneur Shauntavia Ward, we are hosting a morning reflection on restoration, rituals, and rebirth.

Link to RSVP below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/small-black-museum-vol-3-breath-and-meditation-session-with-taylor-barnes-tickets-939925862557

💥TOMORROW!💥

Carver ATX Foundation in partnership with Kind Clinic presents the House of Lepore at Cheer Up Charlies! Join us at Cheer Up's from 11PM-2AM for the (rescheduled) Juneteenth Freedom Ball!

Hosted by Legendary Mother Natalie Lepore and Austin Mother Tia Lepore. DJ Set by Amarji Kin. Free entry, 20+

See you tonight at the Carver Museum for a special Juneteenth reboot of Jeaux Anderson's, Patches: A Black Gay Man's Journey to the Moon.

Join us at the Carver Museum on Wednesday, June 19, at 7:00 PM for Patches: A Black Gay Man's Journey to the Moon. Patches is a collage of poems that details the writer and creator, Jeaux Anderson's, journey to the moon with the man he fell in love with on the eastside of Austin. This beautiful story of moments captured in memory and rhyme will take you to the moon and back.

🔗Link in bio to RSVP

Join us at the George Washington Carver Museum on Wednesday, June 19, 2024 from 2:30 -4:30 P.M. for a remembrance ceremony as we honor our ancestors and come together in solidarity. On Juneteenth proper, we gather in unity to honor victims of police violence in Texas, and create a safe space for communal mourning and grieving as it relates to the ongoing fight for Black liberation. We invite the community to gather in the museum lobby to help elevate the spirit of our fallen sisters, brothers, and non-binary community members, with a special portion of our program dedicated to the the victims involved in the Round Rock Juneteenth shooting. Join us in song, prayer, and meditation as we honor our Black ancestors and gather our strength to continue doing the work to liberate our communities.

Attendees are strongly encouraged to wear all white or bright, neutral colors. Link below to RSVP.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-remembrance-ceremony-tickets-928514480807?aff=oddtdtcreator

⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE ⚠️

Due to extenuating circumstances, we are unable to proceed with the Free Your Mind Symposium: A Conversation with Dr. Zoé Samudzi event as planned. Please follow us or visit our website for information regarding the rescheduled date for this program.

Similarly, due to concerns about the weather, the Juneteenth Freedom Ball, originally scheduled to conclude our Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration, will also be postponed. Stay tuned for details about the new show date, being announced soon.

We know many of you are looking forward to this afternoon's conversation, along with the Freedom Ball this evening. Please bear with our team as we adjust programming for the final day of celebration and learning as a community. Thank you for your continued support and attendance! Swipe to see the finalized schedule. ➡️

Off today? Come catch a free matinee at the Carver! Join us today, at 2:30 P.M. in the Boyd Vance Theatre for a film screening & talk back: Miss Juneteenth (2020), followed by a discussion with Dr. Charles Carson, Professor of Musicology at UT Austin. 🔗 Link to RSVP in bio, but not required.

Miss Juneteenth is a 2020 American drama film written and directed by Channing Godfrey Peoples and starring Nicole Beharie, Kendrick Sampson, and Alexis Chikaeze. The plot follows a single mom and former teen beauty queen who enters her daughter into the local Miss Juneteenth pageant. The film premiered at Sundance in January 2020, and was released via video on demand on June 19, 2020, coinciding with the 155th anniversary of the historically Black holiday which originated in the south eastern United States.

Calling all early birds! , what's important to you?! The Carver and K*T News invite you to complimentary coffee and light bites on Wednesday, June 19th, (Juneteenth proper!) from 8:00 AM - 10:00 AM for a community mingle. Start the last day of the Carver's Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration with intention!

We want to hear from you. We want to provide a space for our community to enjoy the morning together, connect through conversation, and learn about the things important to the people who are important to us. Yep, we're talking about you. 😋

No RSVP required, just stop by and say hello. See you tomorrow at the Carver!

We are live with 2024 Texas Poet Laureate, Amanda Johnston! Tune in now!

https://www.twitch.tv/carvermuseumatx

We are live with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Melina Abdullah! join us for a virtual conversation with Dr. Cornel West and Dr. Melina Abdullah. Facilitated by Kellee Coleman, COA Equity Officer and Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Francis (in-person).

https://www.twitch.tv/carvermuseumatx

Good morning, Austin! Today begins the Carver Museum's Stay Black & Live: Free Your Mind Symposium! We couldn't have brought this incredible programming without help from our presenting sponsor, the City of Austin Equity Office! This lineup of educational speakers and thought leaders was made possible by the collective commitment to lifting up the ideas and voices of our people.

On behalf of the Carver community, we thank the City of Austin Equity Office, and support provided which made the 2024 Stay Black & Live: Free Your Mind Symposium possible!

➡️➡️➡️ Swipe to see who's on deck this week. From conversations to lectures, poetry slams to plays...we've got.you covered at the Carver in the Boyd Vance Theatre! 🔗Link to RSVP for each event in bio!

Our people. Our history. Our culture. Our art.

We're in the final countdown to the 5th annual Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration! Join us at the Carver Museum on Saturday, June 15, from 3:00 - 10:00 PM for the community cookout and music festival, or get there early and register for the Joyous Juneteenth Chess Classic beginning at 11:30 AM !

The Museum will also be open to the public until 4:00 PM for fun activities with the Carver Education Team, and we'll be serving up chilled watermelon, popsicles and other cold treats!

See you at the Carver!

Introducing our closing speaker, Zimbabwean-American writer and activist, Dr. Zoé Samudzi! Join us on Wednesday, June 19th, at 12:00 PM for a conversation with Dr. Samudzi, about the war in Gaza, genocide, and geopolitics, facilitated by Lauren LLuveras, Doctoral Candidate in the Black Studies Department at UT Austin.

Dr. Zoé Samudzi is a writer and critic whose work has appeared in Art in America, Artforum, Bookforum, The New Inquiry, The Architectural Review, The New Republic, the Funambulist, and other outlets. She is an associate editor with Parapraxis Magazine, a contributing writer at Jewish Currents, and co-author of As Black as Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation (AK Press).

🔗Link in bio to RSVP.

We're serving up culture from every angle at the Carver for the Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration! If you're a sucker for The Theatre 🤌🏾, you don't want to miss this incredible production from Austin's very own playwright and activist, !

Join us at the Carver Museum on Wednesday, June 19, at 7:00PM for Patches: A Black Gay Man's Journey to the Moon. Patches is a collage of poems that details the writer and creator, Jeaux Anderson's, journey to the moon with the man he fell in love with on the Eastside of Austin. This beautiful story of moments captured in memory and rhyme will take you to the moon and back.

🔗 Link in bio to RSVP!

The George Washington Carver Free Your Mind Symposium is pulling out all the stops this year! Join us in the Boyd Vance Theatre on Tuesday, June 18 from 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM for a conversation with public scholar, Dr. Marlon M. Bailey. Hear Dr. Marlon Bailey's thoughts on Sexual Politics and Ballroom facilitated by Dr. Lyndon K. Gill, Black studies professor at UT Austin.

Dr. Bailey is a Black q***r theorist and critical/performance ethnographer who studies black LGBTQ cultural formations, sexual health, and HIV/AIDS prevention. In 2014, Dr. Bailey's book, "Bitch a Queens Up in Pumps: Gender, Performance, and Ballroom Culture in Detroit won the Alan Bray Memorial Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Book Award in LGBT studies. He holds a PhD in African Diaspora Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies from the Department of African American Studies and Gender and Women's Studies respectively from the University of California, Berkeley.

🔗 Link in bio to RSVP

We are nearly one week out from the big day, and we couldn't have made it this far without help from our presenting sponsor, Six Square Austin's Black Cultural District ! On behalf of the Carver team, we thank Benson Owens and Six Square. The support provided by Six Square helped to make the 2024 Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Festival headliners possible.

Join us in the Boyd Vance Theatre on Monday, June 17, from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM for a virtual/in-person hybrid conversation with 2024 Presidential candidate, Dr. Cornel West and 2024 Vice Presidential candidate, Dr. Melina Abdullah. Facilitated by Kellee Coleman, City of Austin Equity Officer and Dr. Jacqueline Smith-Francis (in-person), this facilitated discussion considers what a genuine racial justice platform should look like for the future of America.

Arrive at 2:00 P.M. sharp for a special opening performance by international touring interdisciplinary poet, writer and performance artist, Ebony Stewart.

🔗Link to RSVP below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/juneteenth-free-your-mind-symposium-dr-cornel-west-on-racial-justice-tickets-921743568827?aff=oddtdtcreator

The Carver is proud to announce a new edition to our educational programming at this year's Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration! Introduction the Joyous Juneteenth Chess Classic hosted by ! This tournament is open to player ages 7-99 years old, but participation is limited to 32 players, so get to the Carver at 11:30 A.M. sharp to register in person!

Sponsored by the ATX Carver foundation and hosted by Coach Gabe with joyous tutoring. This vibrant and celebratory event combines the rich traditions of Juneteenth and the strategic game of chess for all generations to enjoy. This new edition to the educational portion of the Carver's Juneteen celebration strives not only to promote the game of chess, but also highlight the importance of freedom, equality and literacy. With its joyful atmosphere and competitive Spirit spirit! Prizes and trophies for first, second and third place winners.

But wait, there's more! We are also honored to announce that community partners and the Austin Buffalo Soldiers will be returning with interactive fun and learning, along with storytime, and hands-on arts and crafts with the Carver Education Team!

Austin, we heard you last year when you let us know that the Live Artist Market was 💥💥💥, so we are elated to announce that will be back at this year's Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Celebration! With 6 different hands-on activations from 6 local artists, we are so excited to have the crew from Riches in the mix for round 2!!!

🔗 to RSVP for the 5th annual Stay Black & Live City-wide Juneteenth Celebration!l. See you at the Carver on Saturday June 15th!

Founded by artist Richard Samuel in 2021, RichesArt Gallery is open to the public from Friday through Sunday. During the week, it becomes an event space, home to watercolor painting, figure drawing, and collage making classes, as well as comedy shows, jazz performances, poetry readings, and more. This Black owned art and community space is a hub for creatives in Austin, and welcomes all. We are honored to have Riches at the Carver!

⭐️ THIS SATURDAY: SBMV3 ARTIST TALK ⭐️

Join us for a day of art and community on Saturday, June 8! Starting at 1pm, we are hosting our Small Black Museum Vol. 3 artist talk facilitated by our residency project manager, Regine Malibiran. Our Vol. 3 cohort, taylor barnes, Nitashia Johnson, and Corey De’Juan Sherrard, Jr., will be discussing their experience during the residency, their inspiration for their body of work, and the collaborations that created the Carver’s most cohesive and ambitious residency group show to date.

We’re keeping the party going with a getdown in the garden starting at 3pm. Invite your friends and fam and don't miss out!

📣 Austin, are you ready for Scarface and Tank and the Bangas?!

Let the countdown begin! We're exactly 2 weeks away from the 5th annual Stay Black & Live: Juneteenth Celebration at the at the Carver Museum! 🔗 Link to RSVP below:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/888648931877?aff=oddtdtcreator

Tomorrow! Do your kids LOVE anime?! Join us at the Carver Museum on Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 10:00 A.M - 2:00 P.M. for Joyous Tutoring and Black Diamond Authority's Afro Anime Camp! Create your own anime character and develop your literacy skills! Link to RSVP below.

The afternoon will include:

✏️Drawing Session
📖Story Time
✒️Writer's Workshop
📚Book Giveaway
👕T-Shirt Giveaway and more!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/afro-anime-camp-tickets-897651659277?aff=oddtdtcreator

💥💥💥SB&L 2024 JUNETEENTH LINE UP DROP!💥💥💥

W*p, w*p, w*p, w*p, w*p, we gon do our stuff! The Carver Museum is the place to be on Saturday June 15th! ➡️ 👀

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We are so proud of our Small Black Museum Vol. 3 cohort! Endless thank yous to everyone who contributed to our most ambitious year yet: our residency mentors, professional development consultants, contributing writers, photo and video production team, opening reception attendees, residency alumni, and of course, our in-house Carver team 🖤

To be able to, as one of our curatorial mentors Betelhem Makonnen put it, "create, offer, and administer an arts residency program that truly benefits artists" in pursuit of our mission is one of the Carver's deepest honors. We are so blessed and grateful to do this work with and for our community.

And we're not done yet! SBMV3 is open until October 5, 2024. Our next public program is the artist talk facilitated by residency project manager, Regine Malibiran, on June 8 from 1-3pm. We'll also be opening up our garden from 3-6:30pm for an afternoon afterparty. See y'all there!

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Introducing our premier Stay Black & Live Juneteenth Free Your Mind Symposium speaker, Amanda Johnston! Join us on Monday, June 17, 2024 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM for a reading and brief talk with 2024 Texas State Poet Laureate, and founder of Torch Literary Arts, Amanda Johnston, and hear her thoughts on her role as an artist concerning Nina Simone's statement that "an artist's duty is to reflect the times." Following the talk, Johnston will be in conversation with esteemed writer, and deputy director of the Texas Book Festival, Dalia Azim, who will then facilitate a community Q&A to close out the evening. 🔗 Link in below to RSVP!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/912380032237?aff=oddtdtcreator