Greetings Unity Senior Adventurers,

This month we’re going to the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture.

We hope you can join us as we visit an exhibit on Femmetography: The Gaze Shifted. 

Femmetography: The Gaze Shifted examines the Black feminine gaze.  The 2019 Teen Curators used the first book documenting Black women photographers as a guide. Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe’s 1985 opus, Viewfinders:Black Women Photographers, unravels the histories of these pioneering photographers and creates a space for their narratives to be discovered

Where:  Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture

515 Malcolm X Boulevard

New York, NY 10037

When:   Friday, August 30th

Time:     Noon

Cost:      Free

What you need to do to reserve your place:  Send an email to unityusanyc@gmail.com

Optional:  Join us for coffee and or a bite to eat, TBD.

Optional and if we have time, there is a second exhibit to check  out:  A Ballad for Harlem examines several strands of Black placemaking in the 20th century, offering views of residents and institutions committed to community, innovation, education, fervent political engagement, cultural affirmation, global perspectives, and creativity. Exhibition highlights include the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, the Speakers Corner, items from the recent acquisitions of artist and activists Ruby Dee and Ossie Davis and author Ann Petry, artwork by contemporary Nigeria-based artist Modupeola Fadugba featuring Harlem Honeys and Bears, Harlem’s daughter and tennis champion Althea Gibson, sculptures by Augusta Savage, and street scene photography of 1930s Harlem.

We are looking forward to seeing this exhibit with you.  Let us know if you can make it.

Until then, enjoy the rest of this steamy summer!

USA Committee