Unamericana
@ Memorial Hall
240 Main St, Northampton
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7pm Concert
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12-5pm Gallery Hours
2pm Opening for New Dangerfield at the Academy of Music (Ramble Pass Required)
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1pm Workshop “Freedom Songs: Using Call and Response”
3pm Concert
Unamericana is a three-day public art installation by Indë, a queer Black artivist born and raised in Northampton, MA. As a free & public facet of the Back Porch Fest, Unamericana will be housed at 240 Main St from March 7-9th. Immerse yourself in Indë’s interactive musical performances and paintings of queer and trans Black figures, as they weave their narratives into the history of Memorial Hall.
This event is possible thanks to Live Music Society, PRCO and Signature Sounds’ Back Porch Festival, Northampton Arts Council, and Mass Cultural Council.
About this event.
Indë’s featured paintings are part of a “touring exhibit” called Mirror, Mirror. When queer, Black love and life weren’t represented to Indë as a youth in Western Massachusetts, they turned to artmaking. “The paintings presented in Mirror, Mirror depict the role models I wish I’d had,” Indë says. Their sentiments echo a quote of Marlon Riggs’s, “It is necessary to constantly remind ourselves we are not an abomination.” Indë’s work is not only about their own self reflection, but the reflection of those who encounter the art; empowering viewers with tales of intersectional resilience, and giving them tools to imagine and create art, music, and community outside of a Eurocentric, heteronormative lens. Learn more here.
This event is possible thanks to Live Music Society, PRCO and Signature Sounds’ Back Porch Festival, Northampton Arts Council, and Mass Cultural Council. Thank you!