SILVER LININGS: Yemaya Brunch

A Love Letter to Blackness

Please SAVE THE DATE for this special opening event for the exhibition Silver Linings: Celebrating the Spelman Art Collection.

Curated by Yodit Mesfin Johnson in partnership with the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Yemaya Brunch is an intimate gathering to honor the inner worlds, divinity, and shared humanity of Black women & femmes.

We hope you’ll join us to be celebrated and nourished by art, food, and each other.

Program highlights include:

Silver Linings exhibition preview with julia elizabeth neal, U-M Assistant Professor of Art History
Sound meditation, performance and poetry
Soulful Charcuterie by Chef Nina Love The Love Experience

RSVP to let us know you plan to attend.

Sun, Sept 8, 2024

11:00am–2:00pm

at Museum of Art

RSVP Here!

About the Silver Linings Event Series

Each event within this series is a love letter to Blackness, an homage to the lineage, spirit, and inner worlds of Black women and femmes, artists and cultural workers, and my ancestors, who prayed for me to have moments and opportunities like this one. The program series draws upon the histories of Black women freedom fighters; of making and building community power; and celebrates the bonds forged in struggle within our families, communities and the institutions we created to honor, educate, and restore ourselves amid the brutalities of this nation’s original sins.

From Yodit Mesfin Johnson

I cherish Black creatives and cultural workers who help us recount, mourn and remember our histories, radically imagine new Black futures, and who mirror our longings back to us. In this series, I also call forward the necessity that we amplify and invest in their works. This is about taking up space too—space that reveals the multiplicities of Blackness, our many intersecting identities, and our creative expressions. Each program recognizes the divine essence within each of us, and calls forward our collective liberation.

By honoring the legacy of our ancestors and the creativity of contemporary artists, we affirm our place in the broader narrative of art and culture. Celebrate with me every conception of art, every moment of connection, and every shared experience as a testament to the enduring spirit of my people.Gather with us to reflect and celebrate together, creating new memories and forging deeper connections through the universal experience of art. Let us embrace this journey of remembrance and creation, where each event is a tribute to our resilience, brilliance, and unwavering spirits.