The Rasanblaj Symposium: Decolonizing Y/our Experience Through Art, Performance & Collective Memory – DAY 2

Decolonizing Y/our Experience Through Art, Performance & Collective Memory

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West Harlem Arts—a partnership between The Children’s Art Carnival and Centro Cívico Cultural Dominicano—is proud to present The Rasanblaj Symposium and Exhibition, a transformative gathering of artists, scholars, and community organizers working to reimagine narratives of identity, belonging, and liberation.

Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of Caribbean Rasanblaj, the landmark double issue of e-misférica guest edited by Dr. Gina Athena Ulysse, this weeklong celebration embraces “Rasanblaj”—a Haitian Kreyòl term for assembly and re-gathering—We invite you all to gather together to reclaim our stories, and to build something beautiful together.

📚 SATURDAY, MAY 31

THE RASANBLAJ SYMPOSIUM
🕕 12:00–8:30 PM | 📍 The Children’s Art Carnival, Centro Civico Cultural Dominicano and Hamilton Landmark Galleries

12:00–12:45 PM Children’s Art Carnival

• Welcome, Keynote Conversation & Libations
  • Dr. Gina Athena Ulysse with Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo Ovalles and Vanessa Valdez

1:00–3:00 PM Children’s Art Carnival

• Self-guided Exhibition Tours & Installations
  • Reflections of WEUSI (Parts 1)
  • Brewing Dreams, Sifting Realities
  • I AM PRE-COLONIAL POWER
  • Making Home
  • Decolonizing Menstruation

1:00–3:00 PM Hamilton Landmark Galleries

• Reflections of WEUSI (Part 2)

1:00–3:00 PM Centro Civico Cultural Dominicano

• Living Winds: Oya’s Altar
• Secret City

1:00–3:00 PM 

• Workshop: I AM PRE-COLONIAL POWER Textile Activation @ CAC
• Workshop: Cold Process Soap-Making @ CAC

3:30–3:40 PM Children’s Arts Carnival

• Live Performance: Germono Toussaint – The Last Gatekeeper @ CAC

3:45–4:30 PM

• Panel: The Last Gatekeeper – Talkback with Germono Toussaint

4:30–5:00 PM

• Closing Reception: Community Music & Closing Remarks