Gallery Tour: Highlights
Saturday, July 1, 2017 2–3 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of Museum highlights.
Gallery Tour: Georgia O'Keeffe: Living Modern
Saturday, July 1, 2017 3–4 pm
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
Join a Museum Guide for a free tour of the exhibition Georgia O’Keeffe: Living Modern; free with exhibition admission.
Music: Tamara Renée
Saturday, July 1, 2017 5 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Vocalist and songwriter Tamara Renée mixes her ethereal voice with elements of soul, jazz, and hip-hop in music from her LP Conjur Woman, named after a series of collages by Harlem Renaissance artist Romare Bearden.
The Black Lunch Table Edit-a-Thon
Saturday, July 1, 2017 5–9 pm
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor
The Black Lunch Table invites you to bring your laptops and receive training in Wikipedia editing. Then, join us to create, update, and improve Wikipedia articles on women artists of the African diaspora, focusing on the artists in We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85. Plus, get your portrait taken by photographer Noelle Theard for use on Wikipedia.
Pop-Up Gallery Talks
Saturday, July 1, 2017 5–6 pm
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Teen Apprentices host ten-minute discussions about works of art about the legacies of the revolutionary black women in the exhibition.
Gallery Tour
Saturday, July 1, 2017 6–7 pm
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
Join Allie Rickard, Curatorial Assistant for the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, for an inside look into the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85.
Hands-On Art
Saturday, July 1, 2017 6–8 pm
Printmaking has often been used to share political messages. Create your own colorful silk screen print on fabric, inspired by the prints in We Wanted a Revolution. 330 free tickets in Hands-On Art line at Admissions at 5 pm.
Film: Flag Wars
Saturday, July 1, 2017 6–8:30 pm
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Flag Wars (Linda Goode Bryant and Laura Poitras, 2003, 82 min.) follows two communities in Columbus, Ohio, over a four-year period of gentrification, examining conflicts of politics, privilege, and poverty. Followed by a talkback with director and We Wanted a Revolution artist Linda Goode Bryant. 330 free tickets in Auditorium line at Admissions at 5 pm.
Music: Billy Dean Thomas
Saturday, July 1, 2017 7–8 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
Billy Dean Thomas blends roots and hard-core hip-hop with intense vocals on #blacklivesmatter, intersectional feminism, gender politics, and life in NYC.
Community Resource Fair
Saturday, July 1, 2017 7–8:30 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Become more active in your community and connect with vital resources offered by community-based organizations, including G!rl Be Heard, Haitian Women for Haitian Refugees, Voices of Women Organizing Project, and The Black Girl Project.
BUFU Presents US: A Convening on Collective Action
Saturday, July 1, 2017 7–9 pm
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Come kick off US, a month of programs hosted by BUFU (By Us For Us), with skill shares and workshops with Yellow Jackets Collective, Sisters Circle Collective, Artrepreneurship, QTPOC Mental Health Initiative, and more.
Book Club: Morgan Parker
Saturday, July 1, 2017 8:30 pm
Poet Morgan Parker reads from her latest book, There Are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé, a personal narrative that unpacks the complexities of twenty-first-century black womanhood. Followed by a signing in the Museum Shop.
Music: DJ Reborn
Saturday, July 1, 2017 8:30–10 pm
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
DJ Reborn mixes soul, hip-hop, reggae, house, Latin, electronic, and Afrobeat in honor of the revolutionary women in We Wanted a Revolution.