Roots of Connection: Activating Spaces of Art, Food, & Liberation

A community-centered activation convening art, ecological knowledge, and cultural practice into an immersive gathering space.
About this Event

A community-centered activation convening art, ecological knowledge, and cultural practice into an immersive gathering space that reclaims access to land-based learning, creative expression, and collective joy. Through interactive installations, foraging-based education, and collaborative art-making, this project highlights and amplifies existing community pillars, demonstrating how long-standing local organizations embody resilience, care, and knowledge-sharing traditions.

By bringing these groups together in a shared environment, this activation fosters cross-pollination of resources and relationships, creating opportunities to imagine and enact new forms of social infrastructures rooted in interdependence, empowerment, and collective wellbeing.

Saturday, July 11 & Friday, July 17 from 1-6pm

Sat, July 11th
Community Painting Art Installation
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: Hillel O'Leary & Xalli Zuniga
Community Tufting Art Mural
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: Kiki Cooper
Ceramic Paint Painting
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: C.C. Newton
Nutritional Cooking Demos
Host: Haley House: Take Back the Kitchen
Herbal Foraging
Host: Milly & Me Apothecary
Jam Session
Host: DJ
Sat, July 11th
Community Painting Art Installation
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: Hillel O'Leary & Xalli Zuniga
Community Tufting Art Mural
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: Kiki Cooper
Ceramic Paint Painting
Host: Bruxas Bruxas: C.C. Newton
Nutritional Cooking Demos
Host: Haley House: Take Back the Kitchen
Herbal Foraging
Host: Milly & Me Apothecary
🕑: 04:00 PM - 06:00 PM
Jam Session
Host: Black Cotton Club