Name: Black, Brilliant & Free/An Ode to Zora : Cut & Conjure Session (Collage)
Start: 2025-03-11T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2025-03-11T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Barnard College Library

$Black, Brilliant & Free\/An Ode to Zora : Cut & Conjure Session (Collage)$

Join OlaRonke Akinmowo in collaboration with Barnard Library for a collage session in exploration of Zora Neale's Huston's life and legacy
About this Event

Join interdisciplinary artist and literary scholar, OlaRonke Akinmowo in collaboration with B.O.S.S. and Barnard Library for

Black, Brilliant and Free : An Ode to Zora in 3 Parts
An interactive installation, discussion and workshop series in honor of the Zora Neale Hurston Centennial at Barnard College.

All are welcome to visit the installation, as well as attend three special events happening during the Spring 2025 semester.
Cut & Conjure is a community collage session led by Akinmowo that invites folks to make collages in exploration of various themes and ideas. This session invites folks to make work responding to the life and legacy of Zora Neale Hurston, specifically her memoir DUST TRACKS ON A ROAD.
Free copies of the book will be made available for all participants while supplies last
Cut & Conjure : Community Collage Session & Workshop
Tuesday, March 11
6pm - 8pm
The Milstein Center, Room 225
3009 Browadway
NYC NY
Registration is required and closed 2 days before the event

Bios/Background:
OlaRonke Akinmowo
Creator/Director of The Free Black Women's Library, a social art project that features a collection of over 5000 books written by Black women & Black non-binary writers, a free store, a period pantry, a backyard garden, a virtual Reading Club, a weekly book swap, and a wide array of free public programs. It is a literary hub, social site, Black Feminist archive, and community care space located in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
All races, ages, and genders are welcome to read, write, work, rest, day dream, and learn in this space. Follow the library @thefreeblackwomenslibrary to stay connected.

B.O.S.S
Originally formed in1969, BOSS ia a student group formed to support, empower, and establish sibilnghood between Black students at Barnard.

Barnard Library
Barnard Library is a catalyst for knowledge creation and investigation - a vibrant social and intellectual center that brings scholars and disciplines together.