BL▽CK ▽RT: A BL▽CK QUEER M▽KERS M▽RKET

CANCELED: Unfortunately this event had to be canceled. Please check back for details about a new date soon. 

Join archivist, artist, and writer Janaya Kizzie and other Rhode Island creatives on Friday, October 18 from 6:00 – 9:00 pm at Public Shop and Gallery at 50 Agnes St in Providence for BL▽CK ▽RT, a chance for queer Black artists to meet, converse and share their work. In addition to the market, there will be free workshops teaching skills related to zine-making, Indigenous arts, and paper art. Hear from Janaya about their recent participation in the nationwide United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture initiative as a RI Humanities community content partner for a new Rhode Tour focused on LGBTQIA+ History in Rhode Island. This event is free and open to the public. More information here.

This event will also be the debut of the Kandy’s Of Course zine, a zine version of the Kandy’s Of Course story debuting on Rhode Tour at the end of October along with the other stories developed by Janaya.

The United We Stand: Connecting Through Culture nationwide initiative supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities and focused on combating hate-motivated violence. As part of the initiative, Rhode Island Humanities is working with community content partners to develop tours on the free, mobile Rhode Tour app to deepen public understanding of complex community, state, and national histories.