BUFU Presents US: A Convening on Collective Action

Brooklyn-based artist collective BUFU presents two evenings (on July 20 and 27) as a part of US, a four-week, five-borough series for sharing strategies, resources, and skills on artist collectives and collective organizing. Come together for a summer evening featuring DJs, cash bar, panel discussions, and skill shares on art-making and community building.

Schedule:

• 6 pm Happy Hour

• 7–8:30 pm Community discussion with Art Hoe Collective, Get Artists Paid, TestOURmonials Project, South Asian Diaspora Artists Collective, and more

• 8:30–9:30 pm Mixer with DJ Adair

BUFU (By Us For Us) is a collective of queer, femme, and nonbinary black and East Asian artists and organizers working to create a living archive centered around global conversations between black and Asian diasporas, with an emphasis on solidarity, de-centering whiteness, and resurfacing our deeply interconnected and complicated histories.