don't forget your roots
Please join us in this moment of reflection and remembrance making mementos to honor our ancestors. we'll make image transfers onto either pre-dyed or to-be-dyed fabric. Participants will have the opportunity to put their images-on-fabric dyed with marigold, walnut or cochineal and indigo. The patches can be used as standalone objects, or added to your favorite item of clothing, jacket, hoodie etc.
The Ibura Art and Research Residency welcomes 4 residents biennially (in cohorts of 2 people) to connect their practice to Blue Light Junctions (BLJ) mission, values, environment and work. As part of the residency, IARR residents offer a free community engagement to conclude their time at BLJ.
This workshop is limited to 12 participants. If for any reason you are unable to attend the workshop please let us know as soon as possible at bluelightjunction@gmail.com.
If you want to be added to the waitlist, please email bluelightjunction@gmail.com with the Subject: Don’t Forget Your Roots Waitlist along with name and number of people who would like to attend.
Ibura Art & Research Residency Bio:
Savannah Wood is an artist with deep roots in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Wood works primarily in photography, text and installation to explore how spirituality, domesticity, and our relationships to place shape our identities. Her projects reconnect people with the everyday beauty of our world and the histories that lie hidden below the surface.
As the Executive Director of Afro Charities, Wood is leading the charge to increase access to the 130+-year-old AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. In this role, she has shepherded the organization through a period of historic growth, initiated new programming, and attracted support from national funders including the Mellon Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Ruth Foundation.
Wood is a graduate cum laude of the University of Southern California. She is a member of the 2023 class of The Leadership Baltimore, a 2022 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund fellow, 2022 Creative Capital finalist, and a 2019 - 2021 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation fellow. Like four generations of ancestors before her, she lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, sharing and preserving Black stories.
Participant brings:
laser-printed or digitally-accessible image of an ancestor (words/text should be reversed)
hoodie, jacket, bag, etc. to add the patch to (optional)
Date: Saturday, December 07, 2024
Time: 12-2:30 pm
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: 209 McAllister Street, Suite A, Baltimore, MD 21202 (grey door, across from Hidden Harvest Farm) *one step to enter building
Teacher: Savannah Wood
Cost: Free
Materials provided by BLJ & Facilitator
Light snacks, water, tea will be provided
Join us for an exciting experience in community!
Some Kind of Blue ( Studio Blue Concept Store) will be open for shopping and browsing.
The Alternative Library will be accessible for perusing.
*Please Note - There are 20 stairs to climb to Studio Blue. We apologize for whatever inconvenience this may cause.
Please join us in this moment of reflection and remembrance making mementos to honor our ancestors. we'll make image transfers onto either pre-dyed or to-be-dyed fabric. Participants will have the opportunity to put their images-on-fabric dyed with marigold, walnut or cochineal and indigo. The patches can be used as standalone objects, or added to your favorite item of clothing, jacket, hoodie etc.
The Ibura Art and Research Residency welcomes 4 residents biennially (in cohorts of 2 people) to connect their practice to Blue Light Junctions (BLJ) mission, values, environment and work. As part of the residency, IARR residents offer a free community engagement to conclude their time at BLJ.
This workshop is limited to 12 participants. If for any reason you are unable to attend the workshop please let us know as soon as possible at bluelightjunction@gmail.com.
If you want to be added to the waitlist, please email bluelightjunction@gmail.com with the Subject: Don’t Forget Your Roots Waitlist along with name and number of people who would like to attend.
Ibura Art & Research Residency Bio:
Savannah Wood is an artist with deep roots in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Wood works primarily in photography, text and installation to explore how spirituality, domesticity, and our relationships to place shape our identities. Her projects reconnect people with the everyday beauty of our world and the histories that lie hidden below the surface.
As the Executive Director of Afro Charities, Wood is leading the charge to increase access to the 130+-year-old AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. In this role, she has shepherded the organization through a period of historic growth, initiated new programming, and attracted support from national funders including the Mellon Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Ruth Foundation.
Wood is a graduate cum laude of the University of Southern California. She is a member of the 2023 class of The Leadership Baltimore, a 2022 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund fellow, 2022 Creative Capital finalist, and a 2019 - 2021 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation fellow. Like four generations of ancestors before her, she lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, sharing and preserving Black stories.
Participant brings:
laser-printed or digitally-accessible image of an ancestor (words/text should be reversed)
hoodie, jacket, bag, etc. to add the patch to (optional)
Date: Saturday, December 07, 2024
Time: 12-2:30 pm
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: 209 McAllister Street, Suite A, Baltimore, MD 21202 (grey door, across from Hidden Harvest Farm) *one step to enter building
Teacher: Savannah Wood
Cost: Free
Materials provided by BLJ & Facilitator
Light snacks, water, tea will be provided
Join us for an exciting experience in community!
Some Kind of Blue ( Studio Blue Concept Store) will be open for shopping and browsing.
The Alternative Library will be accessible for perusing.
*Please Note - There are 20 stairs to climb to Studio Blue. We apologize for whatever inconvenience this may cause.
Please join us in this moment of reflection and remembrance making mementos to honor our ancestors. we'll make image transfers onto either pre-dyed or to-be-dyed fabric. Participants will have the opportunity to put their images-on-fabric dyed with marigold, walnut or cochineal and indigo. The patches can be used as standalone objects, or added to your favorite item of clothing, jacket, hoodie etc.
The Ibura Art and Research Residency welcomes 4 residents biennially (in cohorts of 2 people) to connect their practice to Blue Light Junctions (BLJ) mission, values, environment and work. As part of the residency, IARR residents offer a free community engagement to conclude their time at BLJ.
This workshop is limited to 12 participants. If for any reason you are unable to attend the workshop please let us know as soon as possible at bluelightjunction@gmail.com.
If you want to be added to the waitlist, please email bluelightjunction@gmail.com with the Subject: Don’t Forget Your Roots Waitlist along with name and number of people who would like to attend.
Ibura Art & Research Residency Bio:
Savannah Wood is an artist with deep roots in Baltimore and Los Angeles. Wood works primarily in photography, text and installation to explore how spirituality, domesticity, and our relationships to place shape our identities. Her projects reconnect people with the everyday beauty of our world and the histories that lie hidden below the surface.
As the Executive Director of Afro Charities, Wood is leading the charge to increase access to the 130+-year-old AFRO American Newspapers’ extensive archives. In this role, she has shepherded the organization through a period of historic growth, initiated new programming, and attracted support from national funders including the Mellon Foundation, the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Ruth Foundation.
Wood is a graduate cum laude of the University of Southern California. She is a member of the 2023 class of The Leadership Baltimore, a 2022 Saul Zaentz Innovation Fund fellow, 2022 Creative Capital finalist, and a 2019 - 2021 Robert W. Deutsch Foundation fellow. Like four generations of ancestors before her, she lives and works in Baltimore, Maryland, sharing and preserving Black stories.
Participant brings:
laser-printed or digitally-accessible image of an ancestor (words/text should be reversed)
hoodie, jacket, bag, etc. to add the patch to (optional)
Date: Saturday, December 07, 2024
Time: 12-2:30 pm
Duration: 2.5 hours
Location: 209 McAllister Street, Suite A, Baltimore, MD 21202 (grey door, across from Hidden Harvest Farm) *one step to enter building
Teacher: Savannah Wood
Cost: Free
Materials provided by BLJ & Facilitator
Light snacks, water, tea will be provided
Join us for an exciting experience in community!
Some Kind of Blue ( Studio Blue Concept Store) will be open for shopping and browsing.
The Alternative Library will be accessible for perusing.
*Please Note - There are 20 stairs to climb to Studio Blue. We apologize for whatever inconvenience this may cause.