Join artist Tasha Dougé and the Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive STEAM activities to illuminate history!
Join us as we celebrate National Write a Friend Month as we discuss famous letters to friends and share stories of personal letters sent and received. Participants will learn how to write secret notes with friends using household supplies. This workshop pays homage to Lewis Latimer’s use of writing in literature as an outlet for personal freedom.
Illuminating Histories is a family-friendly virtual STEAM workshop series by artist Tasha Dougé in collaboration with the Lewis Latimer House Museum. It seeks to shed light on the hidden legacies of Black historical figures through innovative, immersive artistic approaches and applications.
Audience:
All ages welcome
Families welcome
Materials:
baking soda
turmeric powder
rubbing alcohol
water
measuring spoons
two cups
About the artist:
Tasha Dougé is a Bronx-based, Haitian-infused artist, artivist & cultural vigilante. Her body of work activates conversations around women, advocacy, sex, education, societal "norms," identity and Black pride. Through conceptual art, teaching, and performance, Dougé devotedly strives to empower and to forge broad understanding of the contributions of Black people, declaring that her "voice is the first tool within my art arsenal."
She has been featured in The New York Times, Essence and Sugarcane Magazine. She has shown nationally at RISD Museum, The Apollo Theater & Rush Arts Gallery. Internationally, Dougé has shown at the Hygiene Museum in Germany. She is alum of the Laundromat Project's Create Change Fellowship, The Studio Museum of Harlem's Museum Education Program, Haiti Cultural Exchange’s Lakou Nou residency, the Caribbean Cultural Center African Diaspora Institute’s Innovative Cultural Advocacy Program and their inaugural Digital Emerging Artist Retreat.