Juneteenth Celebration 2024 | Freedom’s Voices from Jubilee to Reparations
Wednesday, June 19 | 11 am – 5:30 pm | FREE EVENT
Spend the day celebrating Juneteenth with Reginald F. Lewis Museum through intergenerational and artistic voices expressing freedom, “jubilee”, and reparations. Enjoy a Freedom Quilt Artist Talk on emancipation and create your own Juneteenth quilt block square with story quilter, Dr. Joan M. E. Gaither. Music lovers can experience a musical concert of “jubilee” with the Carter Legacy Singers while theatergoers can hear today’s youth honor Black Woman Genius fiber artists with their monologues co-written by artistic producer Wordsmith. Museum visitors can end the day discussing what reparations look like in Baltimore and beyond with the film screening and panel discussion of Pay Up..Get Out of the Way with filmmaker John Comer. Juneteenth refreshments will be available while supplies last.