Dearest Wa Na Wari community,
Wa Na Wari's physical space will remain closed until it is safe for us to be together again. Check our Events page and our Facebook page regularly for upcoming livestream and outdoor programming.
Like everyone else, we have experienced some setbacks with the need to stay home and keep our community safe. But we are small and nimble, and that has allowed us to adapt quickly. The incredible support our community has shown is allowing us to weather this storm. We embrace the move from physical space to digital space as an opportunity to share unique Black-centered arts experiences that can happen outside of the walls of the Wa Na Wari house.
On April 5th, we celebrated our first birthday party with an online dance party, and we created a virtual gallery tour hosted by our curator Elisheba Johnson. We’ve been live-streaming Black comedians on Friday nights, and in celebration of Black Music Month, we are partnering with LANGSTON to present 2(06) The Break - a four part live-streaming series where local DJs present themed sets on the history of local Hip Hop, from the 1980s to the present. Each session is complemented with live commentary from two deeply embedded members of the Northwest’s Hip Hop community. Most recently, we partnered with On The Boards to present Our Water is Melted Snow, a participatory, experimental performance by artist, Autumn Knight.
We are currently working with Sankofa Film Society and local Black churches to organize a series of drive-in movies in church parking lots, featuring classic and contemporary Black cinema. Finally, we continue to pay our gallery staff, even though the gallery doors are closed, because we must take care of each other.
Wa Na Wari's physical space will remain closed until it is safe for us to be together again. Check our Events page and our Facebook page regularly for upcoming livestream and outdoor programming.
Like everyone else, we have experienced some setbacks with the need to stay home and keep our community safe. But we are small and nimble, and that has allowed us to adapt quickly. The incredible support our community has shown is allowing us to weather this storm. We embrace the move from physical space to digital space as an opportunity to share unique Black-centered arts experiences that can happen outside of the walls of the Wa Na Wari house.
On April 5th, we celebrated our first birthday party with an online dance party, and we created a virtual gallery tour hosted by our curator Elisheba Johnson. We’ve been live-streaming Black comedians on Friday nights, and in celebration of Black Music Month, we are partnering with LANGSTON to present 2(06) The Break - a four part live-streaming series where local DJs present themed sets on the history of local Hip Hop, from the 1980s to the present. Each session is complemented with live commentary from two deeply embedded members of the Northwest’s Hip Hop community. Most recently, we partnered with On The Boards to present Our Water is Melted Snow, a participatory, experimental performance by artist, Autumn Knight.
We are currently working with Sankofa Film Society and local Black churches to organize a series of drive-in movies in church parking lots, featuring classic and contemporary Black cinema. Finally, we continue to pay our gallery staff, even though the gallery doors are closed, because we must take care of each other.
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