Local Relator
Summer Series: Liberation and Pride for All
Thursday, July 1, 2021,
6pm - 8pm
The MAH
705 Front Street
705 Front Street
Suggested Admission $5
Kicking off our Summer Series is a celebration of Liberation and Pride for All! Join the MAH and Blended Bridge as we highlight historical events through an evening with local storytellers. Listen in as community members share personal experiences to illuminate the ways in which we see history repeat itself on a local and national scale.
Following the storytelling session, stick around through a guided art lesson. Together participants will have the opportunity to paint what Liberation and Pride for All means to them. After your artwork is completed photos of your work will be displayed on the 2nd Floor of the MAH for the entire month of July. This event will conclude with History Bingo and the opportunity to continue to learn about Liberation and Pride.
What to Expect & Schedule of Events
Intro and History Archive Lesson:
- London Nelson presented by Luna Leo - Liberation
- History of Stonewall/Pride presented by Karissa (Picked by Karissa)
Interactive Activity:
- Paint what liberation looks like to you taught by Dennis Scott local realtor and artist and display art in the MAH.
Speakers/Storytellers:
- Chloe Gentile Montgomery - read a poem from book
- 2 Personal Stories:
- Juneteenth: Thairie
- Liberation: Karissa
Featured Educators & Storytellers
Community Healer
Luna Leo
Poet
Chloe Gentile-Montgomery
Community Leader
Karissa Rhueby- Fields
Community Leader
Thairie Ritchie
A Summer Series: Blending Art, History and Community
Local community organizations Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History and Blended Bridge are partnering to create A Summer Series: Blending Art, History, and Community. This series will blend art, history, and community by curating a safe space to highlight local historical events and storytellers to highlight the ways in which we are seeing history repeat itself locally.
*The purpose of this series will blend three important elements of everyday life: art, history, and community. By curating a safe space to highlight historical events and storytellers sharing personal experiences to illuminate the ways in which we see history report itself on a local and national scale.
Our Collaborators
Blended Bridge
Blended Bridge aims to connect the community of individuals who oftentimes feel like their identities have gotten lost in the middle. Most importantly, our goal is to create a safe, inclusive community that welcomes every individual for who they are and what they identify as. Whatever that may be. By highlighting the ways in which we are all wildly different, yet inadvertently the same, Blended Bridge aims to empower and inspire collective community.
Visit the MAH
May 14, 2021 – Sep 5, 2021
Conexiones
Experience selected artworks from the Museum of Latin American Art’s permanent art collection and their connection to the stories of local Latinx individuals and communities.
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Find your space at the Santa Cruz Museum of Art & History (MAH) located in downtown Santa Cruz. For the safety of our guests, staff, and community, the museum continues to encourage masking, hand hygiene, self-screening, and other preventive measures. If you are experiencing any symptoms of illness, please visit us another time.