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Keynote Conversation: Dawoud Bey in discussion with Kalia Brooks Thursday, May 5, 2022 6:00 - 7:00 PM 169 Henry Street | New Haven, CT 06511 NXTHVN Aula We are honored to have Dawoud Bey in conversation with Kalia Brooks, PhD, director of programs and exhibitions at NXTHVN. Please join us for this free in-person event.  In his conversation at NXTHVN, MacArthur Fellow and artist Dawoud Bey will present the history based work that he has produced over the past ten years. This work looks at the Black past through a contemporary conceptual lens. From The Birmingham Project (2012), which recalls the murder of six young African Americans in Birmingham, AL in 1963, to Night Coming Tenderly, Black (2017), which reimagines the flight of Black fugitivity in Northeaster Ohio through the Underground Railroad, to his most recent Evergreen which includes photographs and a three-channel video work that revisits the sites of five plantation landscapes in Louisiana, Bey has pursued the creation of a liminal space where the Black past and present intersect through his large scale photographs and video works. Please register here to attend the conversation. Tickets will be available on a first come first serve basis.  Guests are required to wear masks for this event. Saturday, May 14, 2022 2:00 - 3:00 PM The tour will begin at NXTHVN NXTHVN is excited to collaborate with The Greater New Haven African American Historical Society on a site-specific walking tour featuring the cultural sites and landmarks located in our Dixwell neighborhood.  This event is free and open to the public. Sonic Portals: Sound Bath Performances Saturday, May 14, 2022  3:00 to 4:00PM De Gale Field Performers: Antonius Bui, Wes Lewis, and  Nicholas Serrambana   As part of the exhibition, Let Them Roam Freely, NXTHVN is offering two healing sound bath performances that explore the creation of portals through sonic experiences as a form of harmony, wellness, and relaxation. The exhibition organized by NXTHVN’s curatorial fellows Jamillah Hinson and Marissa Del Toro, Let Them Roam Freely, will also be open and on view. Audience members are strongly encouraged to bring their own yoga mats or seating cushions. Chairs will be made available on a limited basis, upon request.     To champion emerging/future generations of artists and curators, please visit nxthvn.com/support.