We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community
Schedule
Sun Sep 26 2021 at 11:00 am to 04:00 pm
Location
Dawes Park | Evanston, IL
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Join the Haitian American Museum of Chicago (HAMOC) and Crossing Borders Music for the one-day outdoor exhibition We Walk: A Celebration of Black Community. This community exhibition highlights the excellence and contributions of Black America in the local community and beyond. Featuring exhibits on Black scientists and inventors, Black Chicago trailblazers, Black Internationalism, and the Black Underground Railroad in Illinois, with Katriel Jean Baptiste, Dr. Cranston Knight, and Dr. Edward Davis IV!
Plus, a LIVE Crossing Borders Music concert of music by Black composers at 2PM with guest artist Kailie Holliday, featuring music by Haitian composers Sabrina C D Jean Louis and Rudy Perrault commissioned by Crossing Borders Music to honor Chicago’s Haitian founder/first non-Native settler Jean Baptiste Point DuSable!
Free and open to the public! Stroll through the exhibition with us!
Taking place at Dawes Park east of Sheridan Rd between Lake Street and Greenwood St (around 1413 Sheridan Rd), Evanston, IL
All participants will follow CDC and Illinois Public Health guidelines.
This project is partially supported by a grant from the Evanston Arts Council, a city agency supported by the City of Evanston, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.
Pictured: Visitors at the We Walk Exhibition in October 2020 down Racine Ave in Uptown
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Where is it happening?
Dawes Park, Evanston, IL 60201, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
