CURRENT
Exhibition "Freedom Rising: I am the Story" is now showing at the Minneapolis Institute of Art ( @artsmia ) in-person and online until September 19, 2021.
Showing works as part of a larger project curated by WCQN founder Carolyn Mazloomi (@carolynlmazloomi — conceived of in response to Minneapolis becoming an epicenter for nationwide protests following the police killing of George Floyd.
June 2021
As part of Quilters Take a Moment Live programming for 2021 fundraiser.
May 2021
L’Merchie Frazier discusses the Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial for Open Studio with Jared Bowen (WGBH)
From WGBH, “158 years to the day after Col. Robert Gould Shaw and his men marched down Beacon Street past the State House, the newly-restored Shaw 54th Regiment Memorial was formally unveiled earlier today. The 54th was one of the first U.S. military regiment comprised of African American soldiers in the Union during the Civil War.
@maahmuseum's Di[rector]. L'Merchie Frazier on @openstudiogbh: ‘I see men who are determined to have their freedom and the freedom of those who are coming after them and their families. So, for me, it's a walk to triumph.’
April 2021
L’Merchie Frazier Artist Talk with the Minneapolis Institute of Art
An artist talk about current exhibition “Freedom Rising: I am the Story."
Object Lesson with L’Merchie Frazier hosted by Spelman Museum of Fine Art
L’Merchie Frazier, Visual artist and Director of Education & Interpretation at the Museum of African American History in Boston and Nantucket, leads a HOPE SCROLLS art-making workshop inspired by the work of Emma Amos.
This event originally took place on Wednesday April 15, 2021 and a recording can be found here.
March 2021
Connections and Conversations: Harriet Tubman and Black Women’s Activism
Kim Szewczyk (of the Harriet Tubman National Historical Park) and L’Merchie Frazier present on Harriet Tubman and Black Women’s Activism.
This event was originally live streamed on March 9, 2021.
The Cooper Gallery offers an event series that fosters conversation among artists and audiences and focuses on creating a local community around art in our virtual world.
The Conversation Club creates a space for discussion and distillation, away from the onslaught of the perpetual news cycle, where participants can learn more about art and other topics as a community, and gives Boston-based artists a platform to share their work and ideas.
This event took place on March 2, via Zoom.
February 2021
ReMapping New England: Righting History (memory + art + place)
Conversation Ayumi Horie ( @ayumihorie ) and Indigo Arts Alliance co-founder and Artistic Director Daniel Minter ( @d1minter ); the second installment of the Indigo Arts Alliance series, “ReMapping New England: Righting History (memory + art + place).”
This conversation originally aired, via Zoom, on February 23, 2021, the link to view can be found here.