Monica L. Williams, 651 ARTS’ Chief Curator and Director of Programs, will moderate this conversation with DJ Reborn and other Brooklyn-based collaborators from varied artistic disciplines about the role of sonic liberation in art and Black womanhood. Panelists include: global sonic scholar Lynnée Denise, singer/musician Madison McFerrin and American contemporary painter Kara Walker.

Co-presented with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and The Center for Fiction.

• Proof of full vaccination is required at check-in. Mask wearing is also required throughout the building. For full COVID-19 protocols at The Center for Fiction go here.
  
• Rain or Shine.

About Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation

651 ARTS JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION is an annual commemoration of African-American liberation, resilience and self-determination featuring performances, panels and community engagement activities that honors the brilliance and vitality of Black culture.

651 ARTS Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation is an extension of 651 ARTS’ vision to be a leading institution in the performing arts ecology that illuminates the evolving stories and varied cultural experiences of the African Diaspora, and an institution whose impact and influence transforms individual lives, neighborhoods, and global communities.  We create our own executive decree, a sound of freedom, from the center of our future home to yours.