Branch Out With C1: Our Hair, Our Crowns

When:
Saturday, Jul 09, 2022 11:00a -
12:30p

Where:
Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library
194 Dudley St
Roxbury, MA

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Admission:
FREE

Categories:
Art, Shows, Social Good

Event website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/691987571897632

Join Boston-based social justice project for kids Wee the People and Company One Theatre co-founder and director Summer L. Williams for an interactive story time and workshop to explore the activism in the children's book "Don’t Touch My Hair" by Sharee Miller and in C1’s upcoming production "can i touch it?" by Francisca Da Silveira.


Inspired by Lorraine O’Grady’s “Art Is…”, an art installment that featured informal photo portraits of Black Americans holding gold frames, celebrate Black hair during this workshop as you design and decorate a gold frame to highlight your look or the people important to you.


Using this frame, you can take a portrait at our instant Polaroid station to either bring home or have it on display during Company One’s can i touch it? at the Strand Theatre!


>> About Branch Out With C1


A series of neighborhood gatherings throughout the city in conversation with Company One Theatre’s upcoming production of the play can i touch it? by Francisca Da Silveira, performing July 22 through August 13 at Dorchester’s historic Strand Theatre.


All tickets are Pay-What-You-Want, available at companyone.org!


>> About Wee the People

Wee the People (WTP) is a Boston-based social justice project for children ages 4-12. Launched in 2015 by two Black mothers, WTP organizes free, interactive workshops and events that explore activism, resistance, and social action through the visual and performing arts: music, dance/movement, theater, graphic arts, spoken word, and storytelling. Partnering with public institutions, community organizations, and Boston-based artists, WTP seeks to create high-impact, celebratory experiences that promote uncomfortable conversations parents often avoid with young children.

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