Jun. 19
6:00–7:30 pm
American Writers Museum
180 N. Michigan Ave., 2nd Floor
Join the American Writers Museum for an evening in celebration of Juneteenth and the work of Black writers and artists. The evening includes a reading from Those Who Saw the Sun, Jaha Nailah Avery's new collection of oral history narratives from the time of Jim Crow in the South. The reading will be followed by a gallery talk with artists featured in the AWM's special exhibit Dark Testament: A Century of Black Writers on Justice. Chicago artists Dorothy Burge, Damon Reed, and Dorian Sylvain will talk about their process, what it meant to them to create representations of America's legendary Black authors for the exhibit, and how the words and work of those writers affected the artists' renderings.
Books and prints of the artwork will be available for purchase. Avery will be signing books and the artists will sign prints of their work following the program.