DISTRICT 28.
DISTRICT 28. is an art institution focused on re-imagining museum spaces and creating living and ongoing exhibitions that explores the African diaspora and the Black experience in America.
Unlike traditional museum spaces, DISTRICT 28.'s main goal focuses on providing creative and educational spaces in the arts in undervalued and overlooked communities, places that traditional museum spaces overlook due to the focus on communities of wealth.
By focusing on undervalued communities, the artifacts displayed in all exhibitions will be created, curated, and/or co-designed by local artists, designers, and members of the community.
ARTIFACTS
The creation of the artifacts gives the opportunity for people to learn and gain access to art and design, but also engage in critical theory and cultural engagement; all things that are only accessible to people with privileges and resources to engage in such activities. To combat these ideas of privilege, DISTRICT 28. opens the parameters of what is deemed educational and what free education and community engagement look like.
INSTITUTES
AMERICA IS BLACK
creates fashion exhibitions based on the history of African American culture and the black experience in the US.
ANALYZING BLACKNESS
focuses on the relationship between the African diaspora and Black culture in America through digital media and film.
COLLABORATORS
JACQUES AGBOBLY
JAHIAKIL BRUNSON
SAUL JEAN CHARLES
LASHUN COSTOR
FRANCISCO DONOSO
TATIANA GLOVER
HABIBAT JULMAT
KADEEM LAMORELL
DIRM LUAWO
JEANETTE TORRES
NADIA WILLIAMS
PATRICE CLARK-PETERS