✨You're invited: Clayton Sisterhood Project Exhibition Walkthrough on Juneteenth!

Join us in honoring the continuing legacy of the Clayton Sisterhood. [View this email in your browser]( YOU’RE INVITED: Clayton Sisterhood Project Exhibition Walkthrough with Laila Annmarie Stevens in Conversation with Elias Williams as part of Juneteenth in Queens Monday, June 19 | 2pm - 3pm Located at the entrance to [Roy Wilkins Park]( at the intersection of Merrick Blvd and Foch Blvd in St. Albans, Queens In honor of Juneteenth, please join us for a special walkthrough of the [Clayton Sisterhood Project]( exhibition in Roy Wilkins Park led by artist Laila Annmarie Stevens in conversation with Elias Williams. This event is being held as part of [Juneteenth in Queens]( – a community empowered event to highlight, celebrate, and commemorate the history of Black Ancestors and their journeying to liberation. As part of the 2023 #PhotovilleFestival, the Clayton Sisterhood Project explores the continuing legacy built by Laila Annmarie Stevens’s sisters and nieces, originally from South Jamaica, Queens, New York who moved to Clayton, North Carolina together. Inspired by the historical branches of trees on southern terrain and longing for ancestral remembrance through the traditional family album, Stevens utilizes the 1960s Black Power Movement principle of Self-Determination to preserve and document intergenerational Black Women across both states. [RSVP HERE]( [Laila Annmarie Stevens]( is a Black Queer Photographer and Visual Artist from Queens, NY. She received her BFA in Photography and Related Media at The Fashion Institute of Technology. Their portraiture is informed by their passion for honoring marginalized youth voices and embracing the fullness of Black life through the creation of a digital safe space. [Elias Williams]( is a photographer born, raised and working in NYC. Through long-term portrait-based projects he celebrates historically underrepresented communities referencing lived experiences through the nuances of music, pride, race and resilience. His photographs have been showcased at the Photoville Festival, International Photo Festival Leiden, the Morris Museum, and The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art and the Museum of the City of New York. In honor of this Juneteenth coming up, We've handpicked some visual narratives ideal for thematic excursions as you reflect on the significance of the lived experiences of Black people, and the history of Black Ancestors and their journey to freedom. These visual stories are on view throughout NYC’s 5 boroughs until June 18th, 2023. This is the perfect opportunity to take advantage of time (and the weather) to get started on celebrating Juneteenth! [READ MORE ABOUT “BELOVED: AFRICAN-AMERICAN PORTRAITS FROM THE DAWN OF PHOTOGRAPHY”]( [READ MORE ABOUT “PICTURING BLACK GIRLHOOD: BLACK UTOPIA”]( [READ MORE ABOUT “THE BLACK COWBOYS OF AMERICA”]( [READ MORE ABOUT “HIP HOP AT 50”]( [READ MORE ABOUT “OUR BLACK EXPERIENCE: STORIES FROM BLACK WOMEN PHOTOGRAPHERS”]( A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR INCREDIBLE [PARTNERS AND FRIENDS]( MAKE PHOTOVILLE ACCESSIBLE TO ALL! Marquee Partners Major Partners Education Partners Community Partners Exhibition and Programming Partners [Facebook icon]( [Instagram icon]( [Website icon]( Copyright (C) 2023 Photoville. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Photoville 20 Jay Street, #207 Brooklyn, New York 11201 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe](