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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York;VALUE=DATE:20250415
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URL:https://www.walden.org/events/weaving-an-address-by-the-umbrella-arts-
 center/
SUMMARY:Weaving an Address by The Umbrella Arts Center
DESCRIPTION:The Umbrella Arts Center in historic Concord Center will commem
 orate the semiquincentennial of the American Revolution and “the shot he
 ard round the world” with an ambitious outdoor/indoor public and gallery
  art exhibition\, Weaving an Address\, curated by artist Marla McLeod.\n\
 nFor the first time\, Weaving an Address combines The Umbrella’s popul
 ar Art Ramble public art installation\, on view April 15 through October 7
  at Brister’s Hill in nearby Walden Woods\, with an indoor exhibition on
  view April 14 through June 14 in The Umbrella’s Allie Kussin Gallery. T
 he exhibition features site-specific work by eight prominent Black artists
  combining sculpture\, fiber art\, installation and live performance inspi
 red by little-known experiences of historical Black inhabitants of Concord
  and its Walden Woods.\n\nFeatured artists in the exhibition are Ifé Fran
 klin\, Stephen Hamilton\, Whitney Harris\, Ekua Holmes\, Perla Mabel\, Mar
 la McLeod\, Kimberly Love Radcliffe\, and Anthony Peyton Young.\n\nOutdoor
 s\, large-scale work will be installed on Brister’s Hill\, named for Bri
 ster Freeman\, an enslaved man who won his freedom by serving in the Revol
 utionary War and then bought the property and lived there along with other
  formerly enslaved.Indoors at The Umbrella\, inter-related fiber artworks 
 will weave narratives from fragmented pasts to offer a vision of how histo
 ry shapes the present and influences the future.\n\nSupporting community a
 ctivities include an opening reception on April 14\, monthly curator talks
 \, a processional with artist Ifé Franklin\, and participation in the tow
 n-wide Revolutionary Concordians Trading Card program.\n\nThis exhibition 
 is presented as part of the Concord250 commemoration\, in partnership wi
 th The Walden Woods Project and The Robbins House\, in association with
  Gather 2025\, a month-long exploration and celebration of fiber and text
 ile art in Greater Boston\, and with permission of Concord Natural Resourc
 es Division.\n\nSee https://TheUmbrellaArts.org/Weaving for more informa
 tion about special engagements\, wayfinding\, artist bios\, and background
  to the exhibition.
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