Join artist Tasha Dougé and the Lewis Latimer House Museum for a series of interactive STEAM activities to illuminate history!
Did you know that June is National Caribbean Heritage Month & LBGTQIA+ Pride Month?
For this installment of Illuminating Histories™ we will honor the flags of Caribbean countries that people may not know and pride through the making of swirl pendant lamps.
Audience:
All ages welcome
Families welcome
Materials:
Pack of construction paper
Ruler
Scissors
Glue (elmers or glue stick)
markers/colored pencils
Light (rope lights, battery tea lights, battery candle, flashlight or etc)
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.