Schedule

12pm-1:30
Tea Afar with April Banks

2pm-3:30
When we are lost, the land anchors us with M_A

At 12pm, visitors to Black—Still are invited to share in afternoon tea and collective storytelling, part of “Tea Afar,” led by artist April Banks. Tea is the medium for hospitality and is shared globally through many rich cultural traditions. For this event, we will drink sweet tea in the southern Black tradition and create spaces of leisure through a collective storytelling experience. Like a lazy day on a front porch, we will spin a tale that no one person could imagine alone! No storytelling experience is required.

“Tea Afar” will be limited to 20 adults and is intended to be an intimate experience.

At 2pm, M_A invites you to join us in a conversation on architecture, archives, land, and kinship. Led by Navajo designer Zoë Toledo, this community conversation is an opportunity to hear stories from the archive about the federal government's "Urban Indian Relocation" program as well as to pause and reflect on the Indigenous narratives that settlers and guests have been taught and know, especially within urban places. This collective gathering asks us how can we expand our understanding of urban place, architecture, and Los Angeles to include Indigenous communities, their stories, resilience, and ties to the land.

These events are free and open to the public. RSVPs are required.